Gruntled Employees
"Managers, executives, in-house counsel, and HR people know all about disgruntled employees. They cost employers billions of dollars each year in lawsuits, attorney fees, lost productivity, and wasted time. Here we discuss how to keep employees gruntled. We also talk about dealing with your lawyers."
Author: Jay Shepherd is chief executive of Shepherd, an employment law firm in Boston. He also authors Client Revolution.
Blawg Related Categories: Careers • Work/Life Balance • Labor & Employment • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Gruntled Employees
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Gruntled employees have birthdays at work
Today is my birthday. I'm 42. I spent much of the past year telling people I was "thirty-eleven — in my very late thirties." But now I've resigned myself to fortyhood. Many years ago, when…
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Why I'm glad I'm not Microsoft's employment lawyer
First off, in case anyone missed it, I'm an Apple guy. My firm's all Macs and iPhones, and I know nothing about worms, trojan horses, or blue screens of death. Unsurprisingly, I'm not a fan…
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The seven deadly sins of the workplace
We have a rule at Shepherd Law Group: we won't try to talk you out of firing an employee. I believe that once a manager has made the difficult decision to fire someone, the relationship…
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Five reasons Twitterers make better employees
Many employers are fretting that Twitter — like email and The Google and The Interweb — are a drain on employees' time and attention, and generally a bad thing for business. Some companies have already…
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The First Rule of Managerial Eptitude
A while back, we talked about our Universal Truth (you can tell it's important since it's capitalized): Inept managers lead to disgruntled employees, which in turn lead to diminishing profits. Ept managers lead to gruntled…
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"We don't treat our employees like children"
Heidi and I don't get out very often, so when my parents offered to take our daughters for the weekend, we had some important decisions to make. We wanted to go out for a nice…
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Strippers take it off ... off payroll, that is
Everyone knows that strippers are properly considered independent contractors. Right? Yeah, right. A Massaschusetts court this week ruled that a strip club had violated state wage laws when it improperly classified its exotic dancers as…
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Division-leading employee management
If you know me, you know that I'm a big Red Sox fan. This is always a tough week, because baseball goes into midseason hibernation, with no games scheduled on the Monday before and Wednesday…
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Debating noncompetes
Whether a noncompete is enforceable depends on what state you're in. In California, as most of you know, employment noncompetes are completely illegal. At the other end of the spectrum is Florida, where noncompetes are…
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Sugarcoated terminations
This might sound obvious, but when you’re firing an employee, you need to tell the truth. Actually, that’s only half right. Well, closer to two thirds. Anyone who’s ever watched Law and Order or been…