How to Manage Human Resources More Effectively

May 21, 2012

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Should you invest in human resources for your company? Absolutely, but don?t let fear be the motivator for change. While non-compliance with federal, state and local regulations is not insignificant in terms of financial penalties and litigation risks, consider taking a proactive and commonsense approach to HR and compliance.

Such an approach eases the burden of compliance while advancing business growth and encouraging employee commitment. It?s important to consider the value HR can bring by taking an informed look at what is going on in your workplace today.

Keep it simple by looking at three categories of workplace challenges:

Workplace Challenges

Hiring

1. Are you hiring and retaining the best talent?
2. Are you focusing time and resources on the hiring process?tapping into the right candidate pool, vetting candidates, keeping candidates engaged in the process, asking the right interview questions?
3. Are you making offers in time?before your best candidates move to your competition?
4. Do you know if your salary and benefits programs are competitive with the external markets where you compete for talent?

Retention

5. Are you compensating your employees fairly and in a way that is important to them?
6. Are employees dissatisfied with or complaining about salaries and opportunities for advancement?
7. Are you investing in training and development to grow and retain your internal talent?
8. Are you losing your employees to competitors?
9. Do you or your managers spend too much time sorting out employee relations issues?

Compliance

10. Do you properly classify your exempt or non-exempt employees and pay overtime when required?
11. Do you have complaints filed against your company by current or former employees or have you received communication from the
government?
12. Do you have a process to know about employee complaints at your company?
13. Are you confident that you provide required documents to new hires and current staff and maintain documents properly in employees? files?

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