Most people are clear that managing staff or employee poor performance is difficult, but many wonder how it relates to everything else in the organisation, including your performers.
HR have to have many difficult conversations with staff and managers alike and whilst I won’t preach about there being a particular way you should have a difficult conversation there are a few things you naturally have to consider before you tackle one in the HR world.
Yes, you have to do this, and you should give them 24 hours notice too. It’s simply not fair to have a performance or disciplinary discussion that could lead to a formal warning or worse, dismissal (and yes I’ve seen it) without notifying the employee in writing of the meeting.
The Industrial Relations landscape within Australia is frequently criticised in the Human Resources community for being pro-employee. Politics plays in every area of the law and Employment Law is certainly no exception.
As we approach the end of financial year pay review most employees are expecting some sort of pay rise. As HR professionals we tend to start thinking about the Performance Review Process.