If you aren’t familiar with your company’s federal, state, and local regulations, having a full HR department can be a lot to handle. If you are not paying attention, noncompliance can also damage your employees and rack up a lot of financial costs. WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF YOU AREN’T COMPLIANT WITH HR LAWS/REGULATIONS? ...
Is your team performing routine HR audits? HR practices, systems, and policies that are ineffective can be detrimental to your company. If these criteria are not constantly examined, a company may find itself in violation of labor regulations. For example, suffering severe consequences for failing to implement an employee safety program. An HR audit can...
You are well aware of the importance of remaining compliant for the success of your business. While sometimes it’s easier said than done, it’s not always easy to keep up with everything. Human Resources is the most important aspect of a business. In addition, you must make sure that your employees are taken care...
There have been many companies that have been fined, fined further, canceled their licenses, closed their operations, and had their licenses revoked for noncompliance. Reports show that businesses have lost an average of 4,005,116 US Dollars in revenue due to non-compliance. So, what does compliance actually mean? An organization’s commitment to compliance involves adhering to...
For business owners, setting limits with clients is a difficult process. On the one hand, you want to recruit customers and keep them satisfied. Clients, on the other hand, will be valuable only if they respect your boundaries. Consider this: what good is a client who does not pay on time? Is one client truly...
Employers are becoming increasingly concerned about employee financial health, once a taboo topic. HR professionals are key in spearheading health and wellbeing initiatives, because it’s a strategic HR priority. Employees are typically plagued by financial worries both at home and at work. Although it is one of the primary reasons for stress among workers, financial...
Having the right employee in the right place will be beneficial to any organization. Employers who place employees correctly ensure that they are happy, and that absenteeism and labor turnover are reduced. Placed properly, employees are more productive and have a good relationship with their employers. Employers often seek candidates with knowledge and experience in...
There has been so much chatter lately about the bill that congress is trying to pass for a four-day work week. Now, you may be thinking “Oh, that’s great!”, not necessarily for a lot of people. It’s a very fine line of who’s all for it and who’s all against it. It’s probably now...
Whether you own or manage a small business, Fortune 500 company or multi-location firm, you need to maintain a positive online reputation to establish your thought-leadership brand and gain better online recognition. Online reputation management allows you to do just that. Reputation management is the practice of safeguarding the online reputation of an individual, company...
Consulting selling is a sales technique in which the salesperson acts as a consultant to determine the customer’s needs. Rather than trying to sell a product, consultative selling focuses on establishing a relationship of trust between the salesperson and the customer. Consultants have been referred to as value-added vendors, need-satisfaction sellers, and professional sellers over...
Online sellers who fail to promote and animate their products on their eCommerce site generate a low conversion rate. Double down on your user experience and create a customer-centric eCommerce marketing strategy. We now confuse fads with ecommerce trends thanks to our globally connected lives. As Twitter trends come and go, so do fads. However,...
It’s coming up to summertime and vacations are being requested, but what do you do when you just started a new job? Perhaps you have a yearly summer beach vacation you take with your family and need the time off. You don’t have to abandon your travel plans because you’re a new employee. Here we...
Whether you’ve been recently laid off, changing career paths or just starting out looking for a job, here are some tips and tricks to land that interview. All of us will be there again, as we have all been there in the past. It’s difficult to talk about yourself in an interview. What should I...
There are a lot of different topics and opinions on how one should compensate their employees. No matter if you are a small business owner or a large corporation, you need to make sure your employees are well compensated for. Compensation is key in keeping key employees and driving them to be more productive and...
PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, MIGRATION WHAT IS ERP CONSULTING? Accounting, human resources, sales and inventory management are all considered part of enterprise resource planning (ERP), which is a set of integrated and integrated business applications used to manage and automate numerous business functions. Additionally, depending on your ERP choice, you may be able to take advantage...
Do you know about SEO, which stands for Search Engine Optimization? Have you ever considered how it relates to your business? How does SEO work? In search engine optimization, organic search results are ranked high and website traffic is obtained. In order to generate web traffic organically, click-through ads are not considered. Although a few...
Establishing boundaries early on will help you navigate your workplace, avoid toxic environments, and create a clear path that will enable you to achieve your best work without being exploited or burned out. Does your work email get checked outside of working hours, for example? If a problem arises, are you available on Slack 24/7?...
Employees can experience a range of emotional reactions during layoffs. Be prepared for any scenario by following our tips below. Here are a few tips on how to respond to the most common reactions so you can stay in control of the meeting, throughout the layoff notification process. If crying occurs: Offer tissue. Permit the...
Many of us can remember the days of posting a job in the newspaper. While hiring methods have certainly evolved since the digital revolution, the ability to reach a wider audience has led to even more competition. This being said, every business at some point will need to invest in their job advertisements. As we...
It’s no secret that in today’s world, employees expect more from the companies they work for and are less afraid to leave those that fail to meet their expectations. As you sit down to calculate the employee turnover rate in your company, you may find yourself with some unique questions: “What if I had two...
There are many contributing factors that can drive an employee to resign from his/her position. Employees who find themselves constantly buried in their workloads and without the proper support from their peers and management will suffer the “need to get out” mentality. In a recent survey nearly 600 individuals said they left their job without...
It has become increasingly common for companies to hire contingent workers to fill staffing needs and help with short-term or high-skill projects. But what exactly are contingent workers, and how can employers navigate the sometimes-confusing rules and regulations associated with them? Our team explains everything you need to know about contingent workers below. What is a...
After 11 consecutive months of hard work and perseverance to get his business up and running, the owner finally reached his breaking point. If you’ve experienced this yourself, you can probably remember the same feeling. At some point along their entrepreneurial journey, every founder will eventually reach this crucial moment in their life, one where...
Do you think that having a virtual assistant is a sort of luxury that only the big companies can afford? Not exactly. In fact, hiring a physical assistant not only soaks up more of your time and energy, but it also costs much more than hiring a virtual one. With the recent rise and development...
If your company has been feeling a sense of comfortability in regard to the people employed, it’s time to prepare for a shake up in the workplace. Generation Z, also known as Gen Z, are expected to make up 30% of the workforce by 2030, and they are coming in with their own set of...
