Creating a strong work force isn’t simply done by hiring experienced workers. Once hired, you have to keep them. A happy employee is a productive and dedicated worker. In additional to employee morale, there’s the fact that many employees have profiles on professional networking sites like LinkedIn. Recruiters comb professional networking sites for candidates. Employee […]
Debunking 3 Common Myths About Working From Home
In light of the controversy over Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision to ban home-based work, many discussions have arisen over the efficiency of working from home, and whether it has a positive or negative effect on a business. This, in turn, has led to countless myths and false arguments swirling around out there about home-based […]
Why Your Small Business Needs Workers’ Compensation Insurance
The subject of workers’ compensation insurance may not be the most popular topic to bring up at the lunch table with fellow small business owners, but regardless, it is an important discussion to have about your company at some point – sooner rather than later. Workers’ compensation insurance regularly gets accused as something businesses are […]
Small Business HR Tips: Employee Incentives
If you own or are just starting a business, the concept of employee incentives may not have yet occurred to you. You may think your company is too small to bother with these types of formalities, or that the nature of the work some of your employees perform doesn’t merit incentives. Unfortunately, this type of […]
3 Hiring Tips for First-Timers
Since you decided to become an entrepreneur and take on the challenge of starting a small business, you’ve had to learn a lot of new skills. By this point, you may know more about computers or accounting than you ever expected or wanted to. Depending on the size and type of business you own, management […]
Healthcare Reform Will Save Small Businesses an Estimated $855 Million
In a report released by the nonpartisan Small Business Majority and featured in the Daily Dose blog, healthcare reform could save America’s small businesses $855 million in the first 10 years. Healthcare reform is a hot topic in the halls of Congress right now. Increasing costs have forced entrepreneurs and small businesses to make tough […]
What the 2009 Fair Pay Act Means for Small Business
Last Thursday, President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. This new law loosens the restrictions under which pay discrimination lawsuits can be filed. The Ledbetter Act is named after an Alabama woman that sued Goodyear – claiming she was paid substantially less than men in similar positions […]
Control Health Care Costs, Increase Productivity with a Wellness Program
Providing health insurance and other fringe benefits for employees of your small business is a large expense that is increasing at alarming rates each year. Many small business owners are faced with the prospect of discontinuing health benefits or cannot offer it to their employees due to the prohibitive costs. Workplace wellness programs may offer […]
Key Employees Can And Will Leave Your Business, Are You Prepared?
by Justin Woolich Business Systems Manager Very few businesses can claim to be prepared for the loss of key employees. Quite often it is an unexpected and unplanned for event that causes quite a bit of disruption to ‘business as usual’. It is quite a gut wrenching experience to see an employee you have worked […]
Employee Retention: It’s A Changing Game
by Mike Beitler As a management consultant, I have seen some poorly conceived retention policies at otherwise well-run companies. The philosophies underlying these policies lack some basic knowledge of two things: 1. human nature, and 2. the changing world around us Human Nature Let’s start with human nature. The practice of management requires an understanding […]