Employees and HR continued
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Protect Your Cleaning Employees From Hepatitis BWhy should Hepatitis B be a concern to your cleaning company? It's estimated that 80,000 people a year become infected with Hepatitis B. This is a serious disease that can have both short-time and long-term health problems. Your cleaning workers can become infected if a needle punctures their skin or if they come in contact with bloods or fluids from an infected person....
As your cleaning business grows, one of the first things you will need to do is hire employees. But before you put that ad in the paper or start interviewing prospective cleaning employees, you should have a written job description that specifies the duties of the position....
What Your Cleaning Company Needs to Know About the Hazard Communication LawAs a cleaning company you use various chemicals in your day-to-day operations. Products such as floor finish, toilet bowl cleaners, disinfectants, carpet spotters and all-purpose cleaners contain various ingredients that can pose a hazard to your employees' health and well-being. This article clarifies your responsibilities to your employees' safety, as stated in the "Right To Know Law"....
As your cleaning business grows, you will find yourself in the position of hiring employes. But before you start the process of getting employees on board you have to figure out what to pay. How do you decide what to pay your cleaning staff?...
You may have started your cleaning company part-time and thought that as the business grew you could quit your "day job" and put more time into the business. But as your cleaning business grows you may find you can no longer manage all the tasks you need to handle, no matter how much time you devote to it. Are you thinking of hiring employees so your cleaning business can grow?...
Due to the nature of the cleaning business it can be hard to keep good employees. Your good employees may be lured away by competitors, leave for a "regular" 8 to 5 job, or leave to take a job in another field that pays more. So how do you keep your good employees? This article shares some tips on how to keep your good employees working at your cleaning company....
Tips for Training Cleaning StaffWe have found that effective and comprehensive training leads to cleaner buildings, fewer accidents, faster cleaning times, improved employee retention, and a more professional cleaning staff. And training should not end after orientation or the employees' probation period....
Whether your cleaning business has 2 employees or 20, it is important that your staff works together as a team. Working together as a team helps to create a more positive workforce, is valuable for sharing ideas and energy for problem solving, and provides more bodies to share the work and share responsibilities....
Too often managers and supervisors avoid discussing performance issues with their employees. This can mean that important issues that need to be addressed and resolved are ignored. Employees want feedback and constructive criticism on their job performance. Don't be afraid to let your employees know how they are performing in their job duties....
Do you have someone in your organization who is responsible for holding employees accountable? Often in a small business you feel you hire employees to do a job, and that they should do the job they were hired to do. But this is not always the case. If your employees are not performing up to par, what steps should you take?...
Reasons Your Commercial Cleaning Company Needs to Conduct Background ChecksWhether using single cleaning technicians or teams of cleaners, at some point they will be working by themselves, in different areas of the building and offices, and may have access to confidential information or valuables. So as a business owner, you want to do whatever you can to make sure the people you are placing in your customers offices are trustworthy and reliable, right? But how can you be sure the employees you hire can be trusted when working unsupervised?...
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