In most types of small businesses, the owner has a lot of contact with employees. Regardless of the type of relationship you have with your employees, you are sharing some of your business responsibilities and most likely your workplace with someone else. This portion of the Employment Regulations guide is designed to make your life with employees run a smooth course and helps you with deal with the glitches that may arise along the way.

• The employment relationship. A discussion of your relationship with your employee including the probationary period, employee performance, dealing with poor performance, handling employee complaints, loyalty, morale, motivation, and rules of conduct.
• Workplace safety. OSHA rules, including federal and state posting requirements, security issues, smoking policies, harassment issues, and dealing with and preventing violence in the workplace.
• Review procedures. How often to conduct reviews, rewarding good employees, corrective actions for problem employees, and what you should do if an employee disagrees.
• Documenting employee relationship issues. Documenting performance reviews and compensation decisions, documenting employee discipline, investigating and documenting employee complaints, and documenting workplace safety compliance.

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