Author: Gregory Covey
Published articles: 23
Having been a Human Resources Director in California I know how important it is to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. It can have a devastating impact on not only the employees involved but the entire department or company depending on how big the organization is. The new sexual harassment law, AB1825 that California enacted at the end of 2005 in my opinion did nothing to help the problem.
Is an employee policy manual really necessary for your staff? I guess I would simply ask you another question and that would be, do you like paying out large settlements to employees that think they were treated unfairly by you? It may only take one time to learn your lesson and put you out of business.
Are you just getting your small business started? Are you worried about software to take care of your accounting and payroll needs? Well, there is a variety of different accounting and payroll software applications geared towards small businesses. No need to worry, you will find payroll software for small business and it will probably be easy to use.
Does your company need an employee policy manual? Let me answer your question with a question. Does the Department of Motor Vehicles need a Driver’s manual for those wanting to get a license to drive in th.eir state, or is it up to the Highway Patrolman to decide what he feels is right or wrong? This is just one example of many where we need manuals to let everyone know what is and is not ok.
Being a small business owner is both a great satisfaction and a great frustration. The days are long gone when one could successfully use paper ledger books or “hip pocket” accounting (keeping receipts in one pocket and paying expenses from another). Today’s company owner needs small business inventory management software to keep a good accounting of the the firm.