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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

BMT Office Administration

Beyond that, droves of companies that were inexperienced with remote work were creating monitoring policies for the first time. That means if a company doesn’t have a written policy stating that they’ll watch employees on webcam, they likely aren’t doing it secretly. Time tracking and file tracking.

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Uber and Lyft Lawsuits & the On-Demand Economy

Small Business Labs

The separate suits - one filed by Uber drivers and other by Lyft drivers - allege they are misclassified as independent contractors.   It's not clear the business models of many of the on-demand economy companies work if they have to use employees instead of independent contractors as their service suppliers.

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Gatekeeping: what does it actually mean?

Practically Perfect PA

I am the only person the supplier will speak to in the sector and my authority stands. I’ve had managers that have operated an open door policy and welcome interruptions and other managers that do not expect to receive any information unless it has either been scheduled as a meeting or came from me. Tanya Battel. Louise Jones.

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Pandora's Office May Have Been Worse than Her Box

The Office Professionals Place

File According to Sara Caputo, OfficeArrow’s Productivity Guru, 80% of what is filed is never looked at again. If possible, “Go Green,&# eliminate the paper clutter and file documents electronically. If you are reverting to electronic filing, be sure to have a backup just in case your computer crashes.

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Top 5 Tips for Avoiding Employment Lawsuits

The Small Business Blog

Make certain that you have strong, unconfusing policies on employment. Consider Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) to cover you against claims or lawsuits filed against you by employees. Consider Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) to cover you against claims or lawsuits filed against you by employees.

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Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses?

The Small Business Blog

A lot of policies were focused was on helping small businesses with a “£2.5 However, these headline grabbing, unsubstantial and inflated promises hide many policies that will place a huge strain on SME’s. Not policy. Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses? billion one-off growth package”.

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Top 5 Tips for Writing a Staff Handbook

The Small Business Blog

Include policies on issues such as discrimination & discipline so that your position is clear and in writing. Good Business: A Reputation of Integrity » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 7:00 am and is filed under Business Checklists. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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