How do you handle employees' first few hours … first few days … and first few weeks on the job? Do you simply throw new hires to the wolves with a "sink or swim"...
The pandemic changed many things … including your handling of employees’ expense reimbursements. For example, more employees are working remotely. But which of their...
When toxic talk infects an entire department, managers may be tempted to throw up their hands and just give in. They often feel powerless to counteract the damage caused...
For HR departments, the legal process for completing I-9 forms has changed more in recent months than in the past 30 years. The same is true for the E-Verify system. One...
One big trend that is arguably here to stay thanks to the pandemic is telecommuting. And with it comes a long list of compliance obligations. Learn how to set...
If the first days of Biden's presidency is any indication of the speed at which his team will move, we're all going to have to pick up the pace to keep up.
Trudging to the office is so … 20th century. These days, anyone can work from anywhere. And they do. But having employees across different states can trigger...
Winter is crunch time for complying with your Affordable Care Act mandate to provide health care information reporting to employees. And while the pandemic means...
Whether your employee handbook is homegrown or crafted by experts, it’s critical you update it on a regular basis. Especially now, as business policies have to rapidly...
Whether you’re in a large corporation, small business, or somewhere in between - performance reviews are a vital part of managing employees. In fact, successful...
In this slumping economy, you need to work even harder in interviews to sort the wheat from the vast amount of candidate chaff. So how can you cut through all those...
The W-4 form used to be a simple half-page. Now it looks like a tax return … and employees have to do math! Even after a year with this format, the new withholding...
Is it legal to fire employees for posting inflammatory comments on Facebook? Can workers claim “free speech”? And when are their words or actions considered...
The distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine has made many Americans see the long-awaited light at the end of the tunnel. But the journey is far from over, especially for...
The world of work is forever changed and new employment law regulations are in the pipeline. Do the people managers at your company have the legal training they need...
Elections, as they say, have consequences. As the country prepares for the transition of a new president to take office, employers must get ready for swift and on-going...
While you can’t prevent unplanned business disruptions, you can be prepared for them. A standard operating procedure is essential to helping maintain everything from...
Maintaining personnel records used to be a whole lot simpler. Any HR department that wanted to be safe simply used a "keep everything" policy. These days, however, that...
This time of year, payroll departments get hit with the double whammy of preparing W-2s for employees and 1099 forms for their independent contractors. The bad news: The...
Winter is crunch time for complying with your Affordable Care Act mandate to provide health care information reporting to employees. And while the pandemic means...
