Employee Policies




Recent Employee Policies Articles

Cybersecurity: 3 Steps Every Business Must Take

C'mon; you know this stuff is important. Don't wait until you're hacked before you try to protect your company.  Read more

Best Way to Keep Your Company Computers Safe

For years, antivirus software was the gold standard for securing your IT. But the cloud has changed the nature of the game.  Read more

Do You Always Tell Employees the Truth? You Should.

Even if you face something as difficult and stressful as having to close a business, you have only one choice: Do it badly, or do it right.  Read more

Prevent Hack Attacks: 5 Things to Do Today

Just how easily can a hacker destroy your online life? You don't want to know. Take preventive measures now.  Read more

Why Performance Should Be Measured 

John Caplan, CEO of OpenSky, talks about performance measurement and working with family.  Watch video

Why Entrepreneurs Should Never Be Micromanagers 

The three founders of Zumba Fitness talk about learning to lead by trusting their employees to do their jobs.  Watch video

How Gilt Keeps a Stellar Workforce 

Gilt Groupe's CEO Kevin Ryan says you should get to know all of your employees and learn when it's time to promote and let go.  Watch video

Encourage Employees to Speak Up

Silence is not golden. To really know what's going on, you need people around you to say what's on their minds (even if it's not what you want to hear).  Read more

Zappos' Security Breach: Are You Next?

The hackers didn't get credit card information but what they did get is potentially more dangerous. Don't let it happen to your business.  Read more

Do You Have a Privacy Problem?

Google, Facebook, and others have made consumers particularly sensitive about their privacy online. That means you need to be sensitive about it too.  Read more

Would You Fire Someone for Taking Time Off to Donate a Kidney?

A mother's attempt to save her son spotlights holes in the Family and Medical Leave Act: It doesn't apply to businesses with fewer than 50 employees.  Read more

Would You Fire Someone for Scaring Off Robbers?

A Walgreens pharmacist fires a gun, he says, in self-defense, and then is fired.  Read more

Judge Orders Re-Hiring of Workers Fired for Facebook Complaints

A National Labor Relations Board judge says workers fired for off-duty griping about their jobs on Facebook should be re-hired.  Read more

Would You Fire Someone for Planking?

A GameStop employee posts a photo of himself planking, and gets himself and the co-worker who took the picture, fired.  Read more

Submittal Exchange

This software company uses the gazelle theory to mark progress and inspire growth.  Read more