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Employee Job Descriptions

Renee McNally - Monday, March 29, 2010

As I begin to post this week's Human Resource Blog, my mind reels with a myriad of  topics to discuss:  Difficult Employees, Performance Management, ADA, Compliance on Files, Posters, etc, Policies, Recruiting, Job Descriptions, EEO, HR Practices, Discrimination, Harassment- I could go on forever.  Every critical topic will be covered and a new post will be added each Monday afternoon.

 

Job Descriptions – Why do you need them?

It is an age old question but a critical one.  Many businesses feel a job description is unnecessary,  claiming “I know what my employees are supposed to do.”   The real question is: Do your employees know what their actual duties are and can you prove in a court of law?  Job descriptions are meant to accomplish several key things:

 

  • Specifics on expectations from your employees that they understand
  • Key component for performance management up to and including termination
  • Required for legal recruiting including, but not limited to:  Physical Requirements and Work Environment
  • Set a standard for recruiting; ensuring questions are consistent and applicable to the job.
  • Used to justify accommodations made or not made for an employee with a disability

 

Job descriptions should be reviewed once a year along with performance reviews by both the employee and the manager. 

 

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