Business: “SECURITY LIABILITIES YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT”

“SECURITY LIABILITIES YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT”

Written by Gary L. Cunningham, C.P.O.

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Why should you worry about liabilities in your business? Well, for one and probably repparttar biggest reason, you could get sued for everything you have! But I guess you have insurance for things like that, right? Well, did you know that if you are found negligent in any action, there is a very good chance your insurance carrier will not stand behind you?

That has happened to more people than you think, and then they get to pay all repparttar 104160 bills like repparttar 104161 legal fees, court costs and yes repparttar 104162 final judgment against you.

Just think about it, most lawyers charge an average of $250.00 an hour, then there are repparttar 104163 court costs, repparttar 104164 bad publicity a court situation will undoubtedly bring to your business and of course repparttar 104165 money you have to pay repparttar 104166 person(s) that filed repparttar 104167 suit in repparttar 104168 first place.

WOW, can you imagine trying to pay for a multi-million dollar judgment plus all repparttar 104169 other costs that you will get hit with! Hope you are saving a lot of money for repparttar 104170 future and you checked out your insurance in case it is a negligent suit you’re filed with!

So, you are now wondering what is liability? In this article we are discussing repparttar 104171 liability of security in your business! These are repparttar 104172 main liabilities you will have in a business when it deals with security issues:

•Negligent Hiring/Retention •Failure to Provide Adequate Security •Failure to Properly Training Security •Premises Liability

So there is a lot you can do for reducing/eliminating these types of liability issues. Preparing for them ahead of time will save you money, time and maybe even your entire company.

The first thing you can do to reduce your security liabilities is to have a physical site security survey done by a competent security consultant. In this manner you will be able to find out just what your liabilities are and what measure you need to implement to reduce them.

Performance Reviews That Actually Improve Performance

Written by Jan B. King

Performance Reviews That Actually Improve Performance

Employee performance reviews are one of repparttar most dreaded tasks by most managers. It is hard to win here – you can never say enough good things, and one word of criticism is generally repparttar 104159 only thing they will remember.

Taking repparttar 104160 easy way out and just documenting repparttar 104161 positive will cause you a lot of trouble if you ever need to fire repparttar 104162 employee.

The only way this ever gets better is with a lot of practice, and a pretty thick skin. Think about it this way: a bit of feedback that no one else has repparttar 104163 guts to give a poor performer might turn around their whole career. Deliver repparttar 104164 negative – you have to – but make sure repparttar 104165 employee knows there are things they can do about it. For more effective performance reviews, prepare at repparttar 104166 time of hire by giving all employees copies of repparttar 104167 review forms you use in their orientation packet. An employee who knows how she will be reviewed will direct his behavior accordingly from repparttar 104168 beginning of his employment and will probably do all she can to be sure he has good reviews.

In fact, an employee should have copies of all survey and review material that he will encounter over repparttar 104169 course of his employment. The perception is what you measure is what you care about. Give a description of how often you use each evaluation tool and how. This is particularly important if your company does 360 degree performance reviews. The purpose of reviews is not to trap employees, but to give them repparttar 104170 tools to do their best for repparttar 104171 company. Accordingly, your review forms should be created very carefully and should cover actions specific to his skills and responsibilities as well as his people skills with peers and subordinates.

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