Your employees are an essential part of your business, and you cannot treat them poorly. Even having said this, we know that there are plenty of businesses out there that still continue to do this, which leads to a high churn rate for their business. So, in order to stop this from happening, and to have happy, productive employees, you need to assess whether you are treating them the way that they deserve to be treated. If you would like to have a little bit more information on this, keep going!

Enough Breaks And Maximum Hours

Your employees need enough breaks and a maximum amount of hours that they can work in a week including overtime. We know that a lot of people like overtime because it gets them more money, but you have got to think of the health and wellbeing of your employees. If you make this something fair that can get them the money that they need while also ensuring they aren’t working themselves to the bone, this is going to be the ideal.

You also need to ensure that they are taking their breaks throughout the day. When employees have a lot to deal with, they often work through their breaks, but they need them. As a good employer, it’s up to you to ensure that they are working at maximum capacity, and this means taking breaks.

Providing A Supportive Environment

Your business needs to be a supportive environment for your employees. There should be a zero tolerance for discrimination or bullying which should be implemented harshly when needed. As well as this, everyone should be friendly, collaborative, and your team should work as just that, a team. 

That doesn’t even take into account your role in support. As the person running everything, you are going to need to be supportive of your staff as well. There should be an open door policy in your business so that employees know if they need you, you’re there for them. Don’t put yourself above them, offer the support they require and in turn they will happily do their best for you.

Making Them Feel Like A Family

The final thing that we’re going to put here is that you want to put in the effort to make your business feel like a family. Team building exercises, days out together, work trips, work events and anything else that you can think of to bond your team, you need to do it. Even things like having a working environment where everyone is with everyone else, but with their own space. Communal working is great for encouraging interaction and building relationships. 

Everyone needs their company ID so they are all uniform, and we recommend paying attention to other little things like this also.

Your employees make up a huge part of your business, and without them then your business doesn’t exist. A lot of employers seem to forget this when it comes to how they are treating those that work for them, thinking that just because they pay them they can do what they want. This is not true in the slightest, and you need to get this thought out of your head right now.