Documenting employee relations examples in the workplace is essential for consistently gathering the data you need to improve the employee experience and manage organizational risk.
We first published this list of employee relations issues on LinkedIn. The response was overwhelming (and continues to be). So, here it is again. Let us know more employee relations issues we should add! The list could go on and on.
And don’t forget to consider COVID-19 related issues. We’ve also created a list of them you can download, too.
50 Employee Relations Examples You Should Be Documenting
These examples of employee relations issues will help you determine the scenarios you should be documenting, investigating, and reporting on in the workplace. You should consider creating an HR risk management strategy to better recognize when your employee:
- Gets into a dispute with a co-worker
- Has hygiene problems that can no longer be ignored
- Views sexually explicit material over the company internet
- Frequently uses the phone or internet for personal reasons
- Lacks attention to detail in his work
- Is slow to get their work done…missing assignments and quotas
- Receives poor customer feedback
- Has a dip in expected sales production
- Struggles during the probationary or training period
- Covers up for a co-worker
- Has a hard time following through and never seems to get anything done
- Uses company equipment or facilities without proper authority
- Works unapproved overtime
- Has poor time management skills
- Has excessive unscheduled absences from work
- Is frequently late for work
- Proselytizes religious or political beliefs to co-workers or subordinates
- Comes and goes as they please
- Uses the company credit card for personal expenditures, even if they pay it back
- Calls the women in the office “dear,” “sweetie,” and “girls”
- Has “one-too-many” at the company holiday party
- Doesn’t have the required technical skills to get the job done
- Shows up inappropriately dressed or with questionable body piercing/art
- Has inadequate problem-solving skills
- Demonstrates weak written or oral communication skills
- Keeps office space a mess
- Violates a safety rule, even if no one gets hurt
- Swears – either in casual conversation or when things get heated
- Frequently sends, receives, and forwards inappropriate jokes over e-mail
- Is the office bully and creates a hostile work environment
- Makes discriminatory comments or racial epithets, even once
- Has a tendency to have “elevator eyes” when talking to women
- Gossips – all day long
- Displays a lack of commitment to their job or the company
- Carelessly leaves confidential information out in the open
- Can’t seem to get along with anyone on the team
- Makes a veiled threat of physical harm to a co-worker
- Neglects to communicate to management what they are doing
- Appears to have an alcohol or drug problem that is influencing their work
- Cannot accept constructive criticism
- Shows a lack of respect when speaking to their supervisor
- Is going out on a leave of absence
- Is constantly late for meetings
- Always has an excuse for not getting things done
- Shares confidential or proprietary information
- Has an unwillingness to confront problems head-on
- Is beginning or modifying a flexible work arrangement
- Telecommutes but never seems to be reachable when needed
- Is being placed on a performance plan or receiving a disciplinary warning
- Is exiting the business either voluntarily (resignation) or involuntarily (termination)
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