Human resources (HR) is a critical component of all businesses, regardless of their size. How a company interacts with its employees can either be a positive or a negative. In today’s economic environment, losing money and facing legal troubles are not ways to sustain or build a business. Sometimes, the mistakes are not easy to…

As a business owner, one of your main goals should always be to put your company in the best possible position to succeed. Accomplishing this often includes putting your employees in the best possible position to succeed as well. The effectiveness of your workers in completing their job duties is inextricably linked to the growth…

When employers and recruiters are searching for new talent to help grow their businesses, the résumé is often the only tool to show a candidate’s qualifications. In many cases, interviewers are initially forced to assume that applicants are accurately representing themselves on their résumés. But as we all know, you can’t always take a person’s…

The Majority of U.S. Employees Feel Underpaid Employee pay has become somewhat of a hot-button topic in recent months and years, with employees increasingly demanding higher wages to match the cost of living. It appears that many employers who made budget cuts and froze salaries following the Great Recession have created a new norm that’s more reflective…

It’s no secret that two of the biggest expenses and headaches a business owner has to deal with are payroll and benefits administration. Local, state and federal tax agencies need to be paid accurately and on-time, as do your employees. This all requires time, effort and expertise which you and your employees may or may…

Are You Taking the Correct Precautions In Your Workplace? Workplace safety may not be a primary concern for many business owners and managers, but it certainly should be. The AFL-CIO published a 200-plus page report in 2015 painting a picture of a nation of employers and legislators who have neglected the safety of the American…

An errant post, a seemingly innocent tweet, or maybe it was a silly Snapchat photo that was captured. Cautionary tales are spread across the internet. Too often have qualified, yet digitally naïve individuals, either lost a job or a chance at landing one due to some social media faux pas. Fact is, most of us…

3 Ways to Attract the World’s Largest & Most Influential Workforce More than one-in-three American workers today are Millennials (adults ages 18 to 34 in 2015), and this year they surpassed Generation X to become the largest share of the American workforce, according to new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.[1] We’ve…

Outsourcing. Just the thought or mention of the word instills fear. Outsourcing. It carries with it an air of impending doom and a sense of cold, lifeless machinery. Outsourcing: the very definition of a dehumanized workplace. Wait. Hold on a moment. Let’s back up for just one second. Let’s take a deep breath. Has this…

After spending countless resources on recruiting, interviewing and hiring a new employee, one would think that managers would want to make a good first impression and make the first few days, weeks and months for a new hire as smooth as possible with effective onboarding. Strangely, onboarding is often overlooked by employers. Reasons for this…

  Depending on the size of your business, your ability to implement change and the candidness of your workers, an employee survey could be the key to improving employee engagement. Any company that cares about its employees will do what it can to understand what’s going on in the work place and how both management…

  It’s the necessary evil that nearly every boss, manager, supervisor and HR professional dreads: having to discipline an employee for tardiness, lack of productivity or anything else. In an ideal world, no employee would ever do anything wrong or underperform; unfortunately, these things happen at all workplaces, making employee discipline an inevitability. In many…

It’s just basic common sense that a happy employee will be more invested in their work and thus more productive. Employees who are unsatisfied or unfulfilled in their roles will not be motivated to put their best foot forward. A 2014 report by Conference Board, a nonprofit research group, showed that 52.3 percent of Americans…

Payroll is one of the largest expenses for any business owner of any size; but there are ways to lower the cost. Using an automated system to track your employee hours will reduce mistakes and cut down on the labor associated with manually calculating time. Think of all the potential productivity gained by automating your…

Staying compliant and accurate on your business’s payroll, employment tax withholding, tax return preparations, reporting and tax payment responsibilities is no easy task. There are so many laws and regulations to consider, and business owners often lack the time or expertise to effectively navigate tax liabilities and run their business operations. It’s for this reason…