Melissa Elerick

Strong documentation helps employers make fair decisions and defend them when challenged. Explore two real employment cases that highlight why timely, accurate, and consistent documentation matters more than ever.

The workers who changed history had receipts. Learn how Labor Day's origins connect to the importance of workplace documentation.

Lately, I've been sharing Instagram reels with a close friend who also works in HR. One theme seems to pop up over and over again because it's just so relatable. A supervisor walks into HR and says: "I need to put an employee on a Performance Improvement Plan. I've talked to them multiple times about this issue, but nothing has changed." The HR professional's response is predictable: "Okay, can you provide documentation of those conversations?" Cue the uncomfortable silence..."Well...no." As...