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What Are Bookkeeping Services?

February 12, 2025by Barbara Flynn0

Bookkeeping services involve recording, organizing, and managing a business’s financial transactions. These services ensure accurate financial records, which help businesses track income, expenses, and overall financial health. Common Bookkeeping Services: Recording Transactions – Logging all financial activities, including sales, purchases, receipts, and payments. Bank Reconciliation – Matching business records with bank statements to ensure...

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Employer Failed To Prove Nurses Were Paid On Salary Basis

February 11, 2025by Barbara Flynn0

By Rosemarie Lally, J.D./SHRM Takeaway: Employers should not rely on conclusory language in contracts regarding employees’ status as salaried professionals. A federal appeals court found that material factual questions remained in dispute regarding whether a public employer proved that its staff nurses were paid on a salary basis and that employees working in...

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Do You Know Your Attrition Rate?

February 10, 2025by People First0

An organization needs to know what its attrition rate is and understand what the norm is for their industry because there’s different attrition rates for different industries. For example, industries that employ first time workers are going to have like fast food chains. Their attrition rate is over 100%. I teach HR, and when I...

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Using Data & Analytics to Drive HR Decisions

February 5, 2025by People First0

Oh my goodness, using data and analytics to drive HR decisions,that’s, I guess I’m an analytical person, but, that’s how you make your decisions. You determine what your costs are, what your labor costs are, what your cost of benefits are, and you analyze that to determine what benefits can we offer within our budget....

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What Qualifies As Reasonable Suspicion When Requesting A Drug Test?

February 5, 2025by Barbara Flynn0

Reasonable suspicion for conducting a drug test refers to specific, objective, and documented observations of an employee’s behavior, appearance, or performance that indicate possible substance use or impairment. It requires more than a hunch or rumor and must be based on facts that can be articulated clearly. Here are the key elements of reasonable suspicion:...

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Professor Loses Disability Discrimination Claim

February 4, 2025by Barbara Flynn0

By Annabel Pollioni/SHRM Takeaway: This case shows that an employer can avoid liability on a failure-to-accommodate cause of action if the employee making the request is seeking a second chance to prove they can perform the essential functions of a position instead of an actual accommodation. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

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Benefits of Outsourced HR

February 3, 2025by People First0

The benefits of outsourcing HR functions are, with any outsourced function, is that you don’t have to employ somebody who’s not going to be as productive. The cost of having somebody on payroll, benefits, PTO, all of those things cost more money than if you outsource and you do pay as you go. There are...

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Addressing the Skills Gap

January 29, 2025by People First0

How do we address the skills gap in our workforce is a really good question. A lot of employers now are working with local schools. They’re actually working internationally to get the schools to start teaching the skills that are missing. At one point, we had issues with nursing. We couldn’t find enough nurses. We...

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When Should I Include Drug Testing As Part Of A Background Check?

January 29, 2025by Barbara Flynn0

Conducting random background checks requires careful consideration of legal and ethical guidelines to avoid violating employee rights and exposing your business to legal risks. Here’s what you need to know: Legal and Ethical Considerations Employee Consent: In most jurisdictions, you must have the employee’s consent to conduct a background check, even for random...

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2025 Trends: Pay Transparency Laws

January 28, 2025by Barbara Flynn0

By ADP® HR Tip of the Week Many new and/or expanded employment laws and regulations have been adopted over the last year, affecting the way employers hire, pay, treat and provide benefits to their employees. One of the trends among these changes is states and local jurisdictions requiring greater pay transparency. Here is a...

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