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Discipline: What Should We Do When an Employee Refuses to Sign a Disciplinary Form?
June 2008
After discussing discipline with an employee, we always ask the person to sign the disciplinary form so there is a record that we talked with the employee about the issue. Quite often, the person refuses to sign. What do we do if an employee sues us someday? Would a court accept a document that has "employee refused to sign" written on it? Should we just bag the whole idea of written warnings and avoid this problem altogether? . . . more

Performance Evaluations: Can You Give Me Pointers on Evaluating Our Workers?
CELA Online Exclusive
We're reworking our evaluation process and want to make sure we're appraising workers properly. What should we keep in mind? And how should we address supervisors who procrastinate in completing the evaluations? That's often a problem for us. Thank you. . . . more

Bulletin: CELA Online Exclusive - Evaluations
February 2008
Neither state nor federal law requires written performance evaluations, but appraising employees honestly and promptly is an important workplace task. For advice on preparing for and conducting apprai . . . more

Roundtable: Performance Appraisals; Do Employees Get to See the Input from 360 Degree Reviews?
February 2007
We would like to start using a 360 degree review program for our performance appraisals. We define that as a process during which we would solicit evaluations from the bosses, co-workers, and customers of the employee being reviewed. If we were to adopt a 360 system, do we let the employee being reviewed see the actual evaluations? . . . more

Evaluations: How Can We Encourage Honest Performance Appraisals?
January 2007
I've been reading about how important it is from a legal standpoint to give accurate performance appraisals, and when I look over our . . . more

You're the Expert: Do you have any suggestions for improving performance appraisals?
April 2006
In every issue, we take one reader's question and ask our other readers to weigh in. Last month's question was: . . . more

Short Takes: Performance Goals
April 2005
We have a service repair technician who is required to repair 12 instruments a year, but due to a 3-month Family and Medical Leave Ac . . . more

FMLA Leave: Can We Push Back the Annual Performance Review Date When Employees Take Leave?
December 2005
When our employees go on leave, such as FMLA leave, we adjust their appraisal dates to reflect the leave time. For example, if they t . . . more

Roundtable: Employee Refusing to Acknowledge Performance Issues
October 2005
We have an employee who's just not up to par. We've tried to explain his shortcomings in disciplinary meetings and performance reviews, but he just refuses to acknowledge his performance problems. What do we do? . . . more

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