Employee Handbook for Difficult Employees
Get clear with an employee handbook. They won't be able to say

"No One told me...

Employee Handbook for Difficult Employees

Protect your business from difficult employees with an employee handbook.

We've all had to deal with a difficult employee, but a NOTMIC is a specific type of difficult individual.  NOTMIC is an acronym for "No One Told Me I Couldn’t".
We're also all familiar with that section in an employee handbook that includes excruciatingly detailed conduct policies that communicate things like 'Don't consume alcohol while operating a crane'.  Those are the legalese policies that most employees roll their eyes at, such as Workplace Violence (don't use brass knuckles at work) or Code of Conduct (don't steal, break the law, or take illegal drugs).

The company near you usually includes those policies in their handbook to protect their business and their staff against the NOTMICS.  
 
NOTMIC
No One Told Me I Couldn’t.
 

NOTMICs are difficult employees but thankfully, they're an anomaly in most businesses. They are the toxic employees who take advantage of your lack of conduct policies or are masters at finding holes in them. They know the law inside out and use it for purposes outside of what they were meant for. They claim to require detailed instructions to cover every scenario about what is not acceptable in the workplace. 

Significant amounts of HR time, drama, effort, and ultimately money are spent communicating and dealing with NOTMICs - and eventually paying them to leave.  Some have made a career of accumulating severance packages (and wealth) based on rules that are stacked in the NOTMIC's favor. 

NOTMICs’ are difficult employees who are bold and comfortable in their knowledge that in many cases, the onus is on you, the employer to spell out, accommodate, over-document, and in many cases even tolerate employee poor performance and unacceptable behavior.

NOTMICs have figured out that they have the right to point the finger at their employer for their own poor performance or inappropriate conduct by declaring “You didn’t tell me” or “I didn’t know” or “No one told me I couldn’t”. These statements represent a belief that you need to accept and work with a NOTMIC’s behavior.  And guess what?  The courts often agree.

So why create painfully-detailed policies just for them?  The reason is that NOTMICS can cause a lot of damage and create significant liabilities for your company. And you simply don't ever know when you're hiring one, because they often blend right in during the first 3 months. 

Bottom Line?  Get your Employee Manual or Handbook, and particularly your Conduct Policies in place and win the war on NOTMICs.  

The Employee Handbook Builder is included in the HR Toolkit and provides step-by-step online instructions and guidance for getting your Canadian handbook over the finish line.
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