Tag: good business practices

HR Series: For probationary employees, are you counting the correct 6 months deadline?

September 11, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

The Philippine Law said that companies have 6 months to gauge the capability of a probationary staff before the decision is made to regularize that staff. Companies erroneously count 6 months from the day they start. Hence, for example, if the person started on March 29, the HR person might say that he/she must have […]

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“You’re Fired!”

September 19, 2014.Reading time 7 minutes.

The only thing I remember from Donald Trump’s Show The Apprentice is him telling aspiring candidates, “You’re fired!” He makes firing so easy. As a business owner and a female boss, I don’t feel as comfortable firing people as Mr. Trump. Whenever I am about to terminate someone’s employment, I remember that I am removing from them their […]

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