| A friend of mine who also happens to be a Human | | | | It is then extremely important. A while back we had |
| Resources consultant wrote an article on Ezine the | | | | a discussion about the problems some cleaning |
| other day and I read it and found out that a recent | | | | companies have with employees who drag you and |
| court decision has been given out that affects all | | | | your company name down. It got me thinking about |
| employers in the State of Minnesota, the state | | | | what we try to do in our cleaning business to avoid |
| where I live in. Here's what the article had to say: | | | | this and hire great people. Here's a file I came up |
| "In a nutshell, in August 2006 the MN Court of | | | | with: |
| Appeals ruled that employers must pay employees all | | | | 1. Use a training program so everyone is trained the |
| of their earned but unused vacation when their | | | | same. Have them sign off on the training program so |
| employment terminates. Many employee handbooks, | | | | they can't come back and say, "no one ever told me |
| including some I've written, have clauses in them that | | | | that!" This is why we developed our own training |
| deny vacation payouts to employees who are | | | | program. We found our supervisors weren't training |
| terminated due to policy violations or who fail to | | | | consistently. Now they train everyone the same, |
| provide adequate notice of their resignation." | | | | covering everything we want them to cover. |
| We too have a clause in our employee handbook | | | | 2. Go after and follow up. Whether it's you in person |
| that states that terminated employees and | | | | or your supervisors. Once people are trained, you |
| employees who fail to give a two week notice of | | | | can't just leave 'em and forget 'em. People forget |
| their resignation forfeit their vacation pay. After all, | | | | what they've learned so you need to remind them, |
| who wants to give vacation pay to someone who | | | | point out what they're doing well and bad -- and don't |
| has been terminated for theft or sub-par work, or | | | | just tell them about the bad - everyone needs a pat |
| who quits without notice, leaving you high and dry? | | | | on the back once in a while. |
| I'm hoping this case will be appealed to the MN | | | | 3. Recompense employees for outstanding work. |
| Supreme Court. In my opinion, vacation pay is a | | | | Give bonuses for perfect attendance, great walk-off |
| privilege, and not something that employers are | | | | or whatever incentive you can think of. Conduct |
| required to pay. In any event, it pays to stay on top | | | | regular reviews and give them raises based on |
| of any laws that affect you and your business. You | | | | performance. |
| don't want to find yourself in hot water because you | | | | 4. Recompense your employees well. Give them a |
| failed to comply with the law! | | | | reason to stick with you versus going to the |
| Tips for Hiring Great Employees | | | | competition because they pay a quarter an hour |
| A recent discussion about how some employees drag | | | | more than you do. The employees that have been |
| down their company's name has caught our attention. | | | | with us a while are making a good wage. |