By Leah Shepherd Employers with severe workplace safety hazards may soon face a greater number of citations—and penalties. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new enforcement guidance on Jan. 26 that expands how it applies instance-by-instance citations for serious violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act). The agency is stepping up...
By Paul Bergeron, Jan. 30, 2023 According to Placer.ai, a technology company that tracks foot traffic in workplaces, total visits are still only about 60 percent of what they were in 2019. However, the number of visitors is close to 80 percent of what it was three years ago – meaning that most workers appear...
Employee engagement has reached its lowest level since 2015, according to a new survey released by research firm Gallup. About 32 percent of the 67,000 full- and part-time employees surveyed were engaged in their work in 2022, while 18 percent were actively disengaged. Active disengagement has risen each year since 2020. The remaining respondents—50 percent—were...
As a recruiter, I meet a lot of people of different backgrounds and industries. I learn about job requirements and what employers have to offer to the job market. And I also learn about the help employers need when it comes to aspects of hiring. One aspect is the job interview. There are business owners...
I received an interesting letter in the mail the other day that specifically stated that People First, my company, was not in compliance with my Labor Law Poster. This disturbed me because as an HR Professional with over 40 years of experience, I knew I was in compliance with the Law. That got me thinking...
Being a woman of faith, I have always trusted in what God’s plan was for me. I didn’t always realize that He was in control and thought that things happened to me because of good luck or because of my skills alone. As I’ve matured both personally and professionally, I realize that it is because...
Financial Statements: Financial statements are essential to a business because they provide an image of the company’s financial health. Financial statements allow one to determine where the money is going. We analyze financial statements to assess the firm’s financial condition from an investment standpoint (Titman et al., 2018). We also...
If you are up with current affairs, you can see that it has become more and more complicated when it comes to compliance with federal and state employment laws. The best way to ensure you can sleep at night, knowing that you will not have “Uncle Sam” come knocking at your door is to audit...
People First’s 12 Days of Christmas is going on and today we are to share our favorite holiday recipe. I guess my favorite recipe is Mom’s cheesecake recipe. For those of you who may be familiar with Junior’s NY Cheesecake, that’s the recipe she has which was handed down from her aunt Madeline. Mom used...
I have been pursuing my bachelor’s degree in accounting. I have taken several business and finance classes as part of my program. In my most recent course, Principles in Finance, I have been tasked with picking a major corporation to study its finances. Throughout the course, I have studied various company components and how they...
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