by Gordon Marzano | Sep 5, 2023 | Employee Engagement, Four-Day Workweek
Many of my clients are struggling with a hybrid work strategy. How many days should they let employees work from home? Will they be productive? The truth is you have to join the party, or you will be a very lonely business! Gaining traction these days is the...
by Gordon Marzano | Aug 16, 2023 | Compliance, Employee Engagement, Employee Handbook
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a recent decision has put under scrutiny employee handbook policies, making them harder for employers to implement and legally justify. The decision affects both unionized and non-unionized businesses. This new standard...
by Gordon Marzano | Jun 7, 2023 | Employee Engagement, Workplace Culture
Many of my clients conduct exit interviews with those employees leaving in good standing. An exit interview can provide a business with important information on both positive and negative policies and/or practices. The downside of an exit interview is that it is...
by Gordon Marzano | Sep 27, 2022 | Employee Engagement, Employee Relations, Performance Management
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash The below is an excerpt from Dear Abby which I recently read in my local paper. Co-worker’s abuse of sick leave has come to a head Dear Abby: My co-worker takes advantage of our employer’s generous sick leave policy and calls in sick...
by Gordon Marzano | Sep 1, 2022 | Employee Engagement, Employee Handbook, Workplace Culture
Surprisingly, when I review employee handbooks, I still see many businesses utilizing a new hire 90-day probationary period. I remember years ago being hired by a company that placed all new hires on 90-day probation. Besides showing me where the bathroom was and...
by Gordon Marzano | May 11, 2022 | Compliance, Employee Engagement, Employee Handbook
More and more companies are reaching out to me requesting I either create an employee handbook for them or make revisions to a current one. Times are changing quickly in the employee handbook space. Handbooks that are three years old many times are looking at major...