December 28, 2017 by 1996-O Executive

Why Performance Improvement Plans don’t work!

We know there are different metrics in every organization, attrition rates, number of people on notice period, % people on bench, number of people above 100% target achievement. You think there would be a measurement of the number of people on Performance Improvement Plan?

Ever been subjected to PIP or Performance Improvement Plans? I know it is difficult to admit in public, 🙂 but I am sure you can nod in agreement as there is no harm being honest to self while reading in your own little space. I can assure you that in a long career we would face performance dips and you would be subject to PIPs of different kinds, in some organizations they call it PIP and deal with your performance in a structured way or in many they would just subject you to different kinds of pressure situations for you to feel that you are under observation for improving your performance. Whether it is called PIP or not, you would realize over a period of time that even without a PIP tag you are under fire for performance. I read somewhere that a PIP is a great opportunity for struggling employees to succeed while still holding them accountable for past bad performance, nice English huh? I still think, PIP as a structure may have been constructed with great intention but it seldom delivers the desired success of turning around employee performance. Why do you think PIPs don’t work? Next 3 minutes is my exploration of Performance Improvement Plan.

New Ontario legislation

Here is hoping that Federally there are changes as well..

New Ontario legislation ensures workers can take at least 10 sick days a year without a doctor’s note

Bosses will be banned from asking employees for sick notes if they take 10 or fewer days a year under proposed legislation that would take effect next January 1.

The measure — part of the workplace reform law Premier Kathleen Wynne’s administration has put forward — means fewer wasted appointments for doctors and allows workers to stay home and get well instead of spreading their germs around, Health Minister Eric Hoskins said Thursday.

“This becomes one less thing to worry about when you’re not feeling well,” Hoskins, a family physician, told a news conference at Women’s College Hospital.

Labour Minister Kevin Flynn, who is shepherding the labour reforms that include a $15 minimum wage by 2019, said the law will ensure all workers are entitled to at least 10 personal emergency leave days annually — two of which must be paid.