Latest trends in benefits. Let’s talk about the benefits side of it. People are looking for health care, affordable health care. I know myself, I always feel like I should encourage people to look into long term care when they’re younger and it’s affordable. Because as you get older, you can’t afford it and more...
How do you handle employee performance management? That’s that’s an interesting question. A lot of people don’t believe in those annual performance reviews. It’s constant communication, letting people know where they’re stand, where they stand on going. I still like to have that conversation annually with my staff. Because I feel it’s important to tie...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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:...
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...
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...
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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