Engagement – What is engagement and why should employers care?

Engagement – What is engagement and why should employers care?

You’d like to think the employees in your organization are rule followers. Of course a few willfully violate policy, a few more occasionally slip up by accident, but most abide by the manual and keep out of trouble. At least they think they’re following the rules.

It’s common for employers to implement a hard and fast rule that all employment references be issued from the HR department. Also, HR is likely to limit the information they release to job title, dates of employment, and ending salary. Going beyond such a neutral reference makes many employers nervous that they could be sued for defamation if a poor job reference keeps an applicant from getting a job.