“She Has a Bad Attitude and She Wants a RAISE?”

by CEDR HR Solutions | Sep 11, 2015 | Team Troubleshooting

I get questions all the time about wage negotiations and employee attitude problems, but I don’t usually get those questions together. Here’s a paraphrased query I recently received about an employee who, after working for the practice for only a brief time, was both...

Alcohol and the Workplace: An HR Infographic

by CEDR HR Solutions | Nov 30, 2016 | Team Troubleshooting

Providing alcohol in the workplace or at work-related events—whether holiday-themed or not—is sometimes seen as a boost to enjoyment, team spirit, and a relaxed company culture. And as the holiday season progresses, many employers and managers enter full-on party...

When should your employees be allowed to moonlight?

by CEDR HR Solutions | Dec 15, 2016 | Ask an HR Expert, Handbooks & Policies, Team Troubleshooting

For the past few weeks, you notice that your star employee, Jennifer, consistently arrives late, bleary-eyed from lack of sleep. When you approach her, she admits to taking a second job that requires late shifts. You’re not happy about what that means for your morning...

When At-Home Problems Come to the Office: You Asked, We Answered

by CEDR HR Solutions | Nov 10, 2017 | Ask an HR Expert, Team Troubleshooting

What should you do when an employee’s home-life problem spills over into the office and starts affecting their performance—in other words, when a personal problem becomes an HR problem? I get questions like this one emailed to me all the time. Here’s one real-life HR...

Stop the Revolving Door! 11 Tips to Lower Employee Turnover

by CEDR HR Solutions | Mar 2, 2018 | Firing & Separations, Team Troubleshooting

For once, your team is humming along. Interviews are a thing of the past, all recent hires have been trained and HIPAA-trained, and team huddles are starting to feel productive again. Then, BAM! One of your employees informs you she is putting in her two weeks’ notice...

He Said, She Said: What to Do When Nothing’s Clear

by CEDR HR Solutions | Apr 9, 2018 | Risk Management, Team Troubleshooting

“I have two front office employees, Miranda and Charlie, who hate each other. If there’s some small, childish way to poke, prod, or annoy the other, they will do it. They constantly tweak each other’s schedules, complain if anything, including scrap paper, is...