Category: Employee Relation

The Bullying Boss

Turnover is a very important key performance indicator for the human resources department, That affects the overall organization’s performance, and if we look at the major underlining reason we will have to review the work of James K. Harter, Ph.D., Gallup’s chief scientist for workplace management, people leave companies because of factors that filter through the local work environment. At least 75% of the reasons for voluntary turnover can be influenced by managers.

Who Should HR Side With?

لقراءة ترجمة للمقال التالي يرجى  الضغط هنا This question has been bothering me for a while – I even started this article back in 2013, but couldn’t publish it as I… Read more »

Data Collection in HR

The Human Resources department collects a large amount of sensitive data from its employees. The organization needs to collect HR data for a number of reasons, some include: Legal requirements:… Read more »

Rights Within the Employment Relationship

Any employee in the organization has his/her own rights within the employment relationship; there are different factors –both internal and external – that impact that relationship. Some include: Internal Factors:… Read more »

Corporate Social Responsibility

I had the good fortune of growing up in Jubail Industrial City, my father was working for Sabic, and in Jubail, Sabic has done a wonderful job educating the community… Read more »

Termination of Employment

Dismissals are always a touchy subject, and must be handled very delicately. There are fair and unfair dismissals, which are as follows: Fair dismissals: there are 5 potentially fair reasons… Read more »

Work/life Balance

Work/life balance is an important aspect for an employee, it is very important to make a clear distinction between life and work, anyone that doesn’t usually faces symptoms of stress… Read more »

Should HR be Outsourced?

There are situations where outsourcing can be considered as an option, but generally, it is not suggested and this is why: The Human Resources function is an important department that… Read more »

Employee Engagement

This has been a pretty hot topic in the region for some time now, a lot of companies have started to measure their employees engagement with the organization. It is… Read more »

Exit Interviews

Previously I have talked about the resignation, an important part of that process is the Exit Interview. Exit interviews are usually conducted with the resigning employee, and it is done… Read more »