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Bringing Your Employees Back

Creating a Plan to Re-Open and Bring Your Employees Back An ESC  Zoom seminar Thursday, April 30,  2020 | 10 – 11 a.m. EST Overview Join our EVP and Chief People Officer, Liz Warren, for a detailed discussion on the steps to re-open your business: Establishing a timeline for your re-opening and return to work…

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Employee Safety & Communication During a Crisis

Join our panel of experts for a detailed discussion of best practices during a crisis. Topics for discussion include minimizing employee exposure to various hazards, key aspects of a preparedness and response plan, developing a documented risk assessemnt, creating a communication plan, connecting with your employees, and supporting your employees.

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2020: New HR Challenges in a New Decade

Join Employer Services Corporation (ESC) and Gross Shuman P.C. for a lively panel discussion on the newest HR challenges and legal issues confronting employers in 2020. Topics to include expansion of NYS Sexual Harassment & Anti-Discrimination Laws, handling the flu, Coronavirus, and other illnesses in the workplace; NYS and marijuana; hiring a competitor’s employee, and more.

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The Five Steps of Coaching & Progressive Discipline

Coaching and progressive discipline is the process for both dealing with teaching employee’s new skills as well as dealing with job-related behavior that does not meet expected performance standards. The primary purpose of progressive discipline is to assist the employee to understand that a performance problem or opportunity for improvement exists. The goal of this process is to have the employee improve their performance to average or above-average expectations, but sometimes this doesn’t happen. In these instances, there must be a commitment to move forward with a separation or the entire process becomes meaningless.

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Quiz Corner: Recruiting Communications

What should an employer tell a candidate who is not selected for a position? How an organization handles it’s applicants is perceived as a reflection of how it treats its employees.

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Do you need a written PTO policy?

The Importance of Having a Written PTO Policy Employment law does not mandate the allowance of paid time off (PTO) to employees for events such as vacations, personal time, and sick days.  It is, however, a best practice of  Employers of Choice. Employers have flexibility regarding the amount of time off, if any, they will offer to…

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Quiz Corner: Employee Performance Evaluations

There is no law that mandates you provide your employees with annual written performance evaluations.  However, it is important to document any performance issues and an annual evaluation is one way to help do that.

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Interview Best Practices

There is a right and a wrong way to get the information you need during the interview process. Test your knowledge by identifying if the following questions would be deemed appropriate to ask while interviewing a potential candidate.

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