Performance

Question:  Can we cut a performance improvement plan short if the employee's performance has gotten worse? Answer:  In general, yes. When an employee is on a performance improvement plan (PIP) and their performance has not improved but gotten worse, it is perfectly reasonable to...

Giving workers raises and providing employee recognition are effective ways to encourage better performance. However, many workplaces aren’t pointing out the connection between better performance and higher pay. If your business isn’t clearly demonstrating the correlation between hard work and financial wards, your investment in...

To Our Esteemed Payroll Clients, We are pleased to announce the upcoming upgrade of our Asure Payroll and Tax- Classic (formerly Evolution Classic) platform to 64-bit. This upgrade offers significantly improved performance and stability. This first release concerns servers only. At this time, you do not need...

Although most managers don't enjoy giving feedback, say through a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP), 83% "of employees really appreciate receiving feedback, regardless of whether it's positive or negative," says Officevibe, which helps companies with employee engagement.   If the feedback is negative, it generally means the employee...