Businesses of all sizes are touting “now hiring” as they ramp up operations following shut-downs or slow-downs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, finding the right people – or getting applicants at all in some cases – is still proving difficult in many instances as post pandemic hiring intensifies. It’s a constant frustration for hiring…
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Jul 9, 2021
Proper documentation is a key component of managing employee performance. Human resources experts say documentation should be thorough because poor documentation can be worse than having no documentation of employee performance. Tonja Sowder, Vice President of Human Resources at Syndeo Outsourcing, says proper documentation protects employer liability and lessens litigious action. She says documentation also…
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Oct 5, 2018
The outsourced human resources industry is alive and well. New research shows professional employer organizations (PEO) accounted for 3.7 million worksite employees working for roughly 175,000 businesses nationwide, according to a study commissioned by the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations. The analysis, completed by human resources analytics firm McBassi & Co. Inc., estimates PEO…
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Sep 20, 2018
As the middle of 2018 draws near, we can now get a better grasp on the HR trends that are on the rise and weed out the predictions that didn’t take hold. With older generations moving on, younger generations moving in, artificial intelligence taking over and the need to cultivate a more diverse work environment,…
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Jul 5, 2018
Ask anyone in the workforce what they most desire from their superiors, and the answer is likely to be treated with dignity and respect. In the workplace, over half of employees feel that they don’t regularly get respect from upper management. This is important to pay attention to because employees report that being treated with…
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Feb 15, 2018
Some businesses with 25 to 50 employees were grandfathered into old health care plans that will no longer be available. Businesses who currently have coverage through a grandfathered plan will need to transition to an Affordable Care Act (ACA) plan with an effective date of Jan. 1, 2018. The new ACA plan comes with a…
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Nov 16, 2017