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When Your Employees Must Be Paid Even When They Aren’t Working to Remain in Compliance With Labor Laws
Violating federal and state labor laws can lead to fines, lawsuits, and damage to a company’s reputation. Every year, the U.S. Department of Labor hands out hundreds of millions of dollars in fines and back wages related to violations. Willful and repeated violations...
How a Positive Employee Experience Can Lead to a Successful Bussiness
Keeping employees happy is high on HR leaders' priority lists, and rightly so. More than 3.8 million people — 2.4% of the workforce — quit their jobs in June 2022. Each of those employees left behind a business that relied on their work. The higher the turnover, the...
Everything You Need To Know About Finfit
With summer vacation winding down, parents are gearing up to get their children ready to take on a new school year. However, the expenses associated with books, supplies, devices, and tuition can quickly accumulate and become overwhelming. Last year, families were...
Why Employee Retention Is Better for Your Business
A near-record 4 million Americans per month left their jobs in 2022, in what was termed the Great Resignation by economists. While the worst seems to be over, the trend hasn’t stopped entirely. On the contrary, as many as 61% of employees might be thinking about...
Why You Should Offer Short Term Disability Coverage to Your Employees
According to the Social Security Administration (SSA), more than one in four of today's 20-year-olds will become disabled before they retire.1 That’s a shocking statistic. While many disabilities have long-term effects, short-term disability can create a significant...
Does Your PTO Policy Need Updating?
Paid time off (PTO) policies need to align with the dynamic and ever-changing business landscape. Generous PTO policies help companies attract top talent, but many aren’t flexible enough to keep employees for the long term. Businesses need to balance employee desires...
Why Starting an HR Department May Be More Challenging than You Think
Most successful large companies enjoy the benefits of an efficient human resources (HR) team behind the scenes, but small businesses may view this as a luxury that they can't afford. Absentee HR departments can seem like a cost-saving measure, but in reality,...
5 Ways Businesses Can Support Working Parents During Back-to-School Season
Back-to-school season is both exciting and frustrating for parents. There’s a change in the morning routine, worries about after-school care, and dealing with all things school related. Scheduled days off, teacher conferences, school events, extracurriculars, and sick...
Severance Pay and Your Business
Businesses sometimes have to make difficult decisions about their staffing and employees. In cases of downsizing, layoff, or terminations, companies often provide benefits for departing employees, including severance pay. In this article, we will discuss severance...