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Be professional, treat everyone equally, and don't play the favouritism game.
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Take employee's personal lives into consideration.
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Don't approach employees if they want to work if they are in the store as a customer.
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Don't threaten to fire an employee because they are not able to report to work due to an illness or a family emergency.
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If an employee calls out, don't get mad if at employees if they can't take their place.
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Don't spend your entire shift in the office “pretending to work” especially when the employees are getting swamped by a lunch/dinner rush.
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Don't criticize, judge, or comment negatively on an employee's personal life outside of work.
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Respect employee's availability and don't pressure them to report to work on their off days, or days they booked off or outside of their availability due to other commitments.
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Don't schedule your employees to close and than open, giving them less than the legally required time between work.
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Don't make unrealistic demands, like expecting two employees to close the store on a busy Friday night.
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Follow all state and federal labour laws and don't retaliate against employees like cutting their hours or punish employees through constructive dismissal for excercising their rights at work.