Employee recognition in an organization

When we hear of employee recognition, we think of merit, acknowledgment, gratitude, appreciation, and some thanks for the job well-done by an employee. Employee recognition may be in the forms of awards, employee merits, promotions and monetary incentives. However, a simple saying of thanks and round of applause can also become a good form of recognition that may boost the morale of a certain worker. The importance of recognizing your personnel is as important as making them productive and achieving organizational goals. That’s why, a failure to properly recognize your best assets (human resources), may result to a total organizational disaster. Read more

Employee benefits you can give without spending money

Employees are considered the most essential players in any business organization. Without them, business machines, forms and systems will not run as what they intend to be. Thus, our personnel, as they work hard to reach the goals of our firms, are worthy to receive benefits that will make their lives better. Since money is important to a man’s life to live with prosperity, it is just ideal to grant our workers with all the monetary benefits that are due to them. Furthermore, money, although indispensable, cannot fulfill and make your employees happy and motivated. Employers and business owners should also consider the following zero-dollar cost benefits that are important to motivate them and make your organization productive. Read more

The essence of a meeting in an organization

Meeting is an essential activity that must be regularly conducted in an organization. Whatever and whoever are involved – business owners, employees or customer… meetings should be done effectively. But how can we do that? By assembling people together and telling them what to do? And then by making these people follow our desires and commands, we can already consider that we had an effective meeting? No, we cannot absolutely consider that as a successful meeting. Rather, we may call that an effective announcement or an accomplished instruction. Managers and leaders are the ones who control meetings in an organization. For this reason, they should realize one important thing – the essence of a meeting. Read more

Labor unions and strikes: Employers’ nightmare?

Striking workers with raised placards, shouting for increased wages and benefits – this could be the worst scenario that a business owner or employer would not want to see.  These images cause many employers to be afraid.  To them, this could mean lawsuits, suspension of business operations, loss of profits, or even closure of business.  This could be their biggest nightmare.

Why do most employers shy away from the idea of unions, strikes, collective bargaining and related concepts?  It is because they have a mistaken notion about these topics.  They think of a union as troublesome, a nuisance which will only lead to the failure of their businesses.  They also often associate a strike with violence as if it were some sort of a mutiny or an armed attack.  What employers fail to see is that forming unions and participating in strikes are only some ways by which employees exercise their legal right to express their sentiments about their working conditions.  If only employers would listen well, they could constructively see it as a form of an evaluation on how they are running their businesses.  If people are given their correct wages, as well as fair and reasonable working conditions, they will not go on strike.  And there would not be a need to form unions, which are precisely meant for negotiating or bargaining for terms and conditions of work.  Simply put, if they are satisfied and happy, they will not complain. Read more

How to compute separation pay in the Philippines?

If you’re a business owner who employs people, you must know how much is the minimum legal amount of separation pay you must give to your employees who are leaving your company. Likewise, if you’re an employee who has been terminated by your boss for whatever reason, you may also need to have an idea if you are entitled to separation pay or not. The law understands the need of employees when they become jobless for reasons covered by Article 283 and 284 of the Labor Code. Separation pay gives employees a livelihood after he leaves his former company and while he is looking for a new job. Read more

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