Employees are people, and with individual personalities and needs come unique challenges. HR professionals this year faced new limits on disciplining workers, dealing with people drunk on the job, and new employees who hid body art during an interview, then revealed it the first day at work. Check out these employee relations trends we reported on in 2017.
Viewpoint: There Are New Limits on Disciplining Employees
The National Labor Relations Board has taken an exceptionally aggressive stance in terms of limiting employers’ rights to discipline workers for certain infractions. Employers are well-advised to take caution before doling out corrective action or moving to termination for certain offenses.
