Conducting The Separation Discussion

Conducting a Handbook Review

Completing the I-9 Form

While a well-written handbook could keep you out of legal trouble, a poorly written one could make matters worse! This episode covers a brief checklist of a few essential items for any employee handbook.

All U.S. employers must properly complete Form I-9 for each individual they hire for employment in the United States. Use Form I-9 to verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States. This includes citizens and noncitizens. Both employees and employers (or authorized representatives of the employer) must complete the form.

This episode covers the completion and regulations surrounding compliance with Form I-9.

This episode provided best practices when completing a Corrective Action Notice that will be issued to employees to notify them of performance modifications.

The performance evaluation process is important so that we can  communicate positive feedback, recognize accomplishments, reward  outstanding performance, correct deficiencies, redirect behavior, if necessary, communicate expectations and establish future goals. This episode covers the fundamentals of conducting performance improvement conversations.

Handling a separation goes beyond just doing it in a legally defensive manner. Showing that the organization cares about exiting employees can take several different forms including:

This and much more in this episode.

Once you've made your employee hiring selection, onboarding and orientation go hand in hand to achieve the most successful retention possible.  This episode details much of that process to ensure an employee's success in acclimating to the job, the culture and the company.

It is important to ensure you have correct use and completion of new employee forms in compliance with federal, state and local regulations in addition to an employer’s personnel policies. Periodic review of personnel file contents should not be overseen and the use of a file audit checklist can ensure you don't miss a thing.  In this episode, Lisa reviews some common documents required or recommended during an Employee File Audit.