Top Ten Managerial Mistakes That Lead to Employment Litigation
"Supervisors, managers, executives and even human resources staff often engage in behaviors that, unwittingly, lead employees to feel misled, lied to or otherwise unfairly treated. In doing so, they increase the likelihood of litigation. Ten common mistakes increase the likelihood of employee lawsuits and financial exposure.
1. Forget About Training...
2. Disregard Company Policies...
3. Shoot From the Hip...
4. Motivate Poor Performers With Raises and Bonuses...
5. Criticize the Person [rather than the performance]...
6. Ignore Problems...
7. Put Nothing in Writing...
8. Understand That Boys Will Be Boys...
9. Lie...
10. Cover-up"
From this workforce.com article by Maxine Newhauser via this post onGeorge's Employment Blawg.
