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If you’ve ever taken an infamous Gallup survey, you know one of their most popular questions is, “do you have a best friend at work?”

Interestingly, employees who don’t feel they have a friend at work, e.g. someone they can talk to and connect with, are likely to leave your company to find a better environment. Feeling connected at work is one of the top turnover reasons in the US. Although most employees will leave blaming the management, job responsibilities or pay when deep down it’s a different issue.

Does your business promote employee engagement? Do you allow employees to mingle, have lunch or get to know each other?

Failing to create this open environment could be costing you in employee turnover.

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It’s International Women’s Day!

Women at work is a topic close to my heart as someone who spent 10 years in the corporate world and now operates a successful HR business. I can’t tell you the number of times things were said to me that would never be said to my male counterparts. Times where I had to prove my knowledge or worth when respect is automatically given to others.

We are getting closer, but inequity is still a large part of our wok environment.

Even with the progress we’ve made, women still only make on average .82 cents for every dollar a white man makes in the same role. Worse, Hispanic or Latina women earn .58 cents and black women earn about .63 cents for every dollar a man makes. (US Census Bureau 2021)

Women are intentionally or unintentionally overlooked for promotions more often, not provided c-suite level mentorship or forced out of organizations due to toxic culture.

How can we fix this?

- Transparent pay ranges
- Culture changes in the workplace
- Unconscious bias training
- Mentorship opportunities
- Representative in all industries

Today, let’s evaluate our businesses and see in what ways we can open the door more often.

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Is your small business prepared for a workplace romance? Do you have a policy in place for if/when it happens?

Being prepared will help you determine what you’d do in any situation. Would either employee be moved from their department to another? Would you change shifts? Would you allow it? Will you ask them to sign a form? What happens if they break up and are unbearable to each other? Do you have a harassment policy?

Think about these and other situations before they happen to ensure you handle it the right way.

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Do you provide terminating employees with a termination letter? If you operate in one of the 18 states who require termination letters to be sent, I hope so. For the rest of us, termination letters are a way of formally documenting the employees exit and providing him/her with important information.

What to include?
You may want to include a termination reason (see below), request for company items to be returned, COBRA information and contact information for further questions.
Keep the letter short and factual.

What not to include?
Keep the letter short and to the point. Avoid getting into details about the separation; You don’t want to start an argument with the former employee or give them room for disagreements. Avoid apologizing and certainly refrain from any personal information that could elude to a discrimination claim.

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