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The ongoing Lockdown has put most businesses under enormous financial pressure. As a result many small business owners have had to, or are considering, doing retrenchments right now. In this article I explain how you can avoid …
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When an employee cannot reach or maintain the work standards that's required of him or her, we call it poor work performance. In this article we'll look at the many different causes that can have an affect on an employee's …
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Before you can fix an employee poor performance problem, you have to understand WHY. As the experts explain: ‘The right way to deal with a problem is to look for the cause and not just the outcome.’ This is the first article in a …
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Under the current Covid-19 lockdown conditions, retrenchments are inevitable. Or are they? And if they are, how do you go about doing this? In this article you'll learn how to go about doing retrenchments correctly in …
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Do you have employees that experience alcohol abuse at work? Many people like to have a drink when they finish work. Sometimes they overdo it and come to work still under the influence from the night before. Even worse, some …
Can annual leave expire? Can a business forfeit an employee’s annual leave? The answer is YES, and there are two circumstances under which you can do …
Does your business use fixed term contracts? Are you using them correctly? If not, it could cost you dearly...like this company! This is an example of an organisation that uses fixed term contracts on some employees for the wrong …
Of all disputes reported to the CCMA by far the majority are for Unfair Dismissals. Read more about that HERE. Others disputes include: unfair discrimination, unilateral changes to terms and conditions of employment, refusing …
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The 2 primary methods used for improving employee performance are the "Push" and the "Pull" method. The "Push" method refers to activities where management sets or "pushes" their standards onto employees. To put it another way, …
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When a business is not doing so well, one often finds that many of its employees are performing at sub standard levels. A lot of the staff do only what they’re told to do, nothing more. Just above the bare minimum. Enough to stay …
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