MAXIMUM PROTECTION, MINIMUM EXPENSE By MARK E. BATTERSBY

Insurance is a necessary evil for personal and business protection. Although the ultimate goal is not to make a claim, relief sets in by having coverage if and when a claim must be submitted.

Every laundry operation, large or small, should have a plan in place to manage the risks that are part of operating the business. Without such a plan, losses can leave the laundry vulnerable to failure, and employees and customers exposed to injury.

STEPS TO AFFORDABLE INSURANCE PROTECTION
A loss prevention plan helps protect the business – as well as its owners. Should a loss occur despite precautions, that loss prevention plan should contain strategies or methods for managing the loss in order to prevent additional losses. 

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AVOIDING SUCCESSFUL LAWSUITS BY NON-PERFORMING EMPLOYEES By Patricia Eyres

It is a frustrating fact that even poorly performing employees often win lawsuits for discrimination or wrongful termination. They often claim:

(1) "I didn't know what was expected of me;
(2) I didn't know that I wasn't meeting job standards;" or
(3) "I didn't know this awful thing (termination, demotion etc.) could happen to me."

How can an employee who is dismissed for sub-par performance win such a lawsuit? Often, it is because the supervisor failed to communicate in a clear manner, or at all, exactly what job standards applied and what the particular employee needed to do to meet those standards.

Equality of opportunity isn't the same as equality of outcome. In the courtroom, the dismissed employee doesn't have the burden to prove he would have succeeded; but rather, simply that he wasn't given an equal opportunity to succeed.

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