Sometimes it is necessary for employees to pay for business-related expenses with their own money, particularly if your business does not offer company credit cards....
Close your eyes and imagine a comfortable pair of shoes. What do you see? Running shoes? Flip flops? Dress shoes? If you had to buy comfy shoes right now, your shopping...
Think your memory is good enough or your team small enough to not bother documenting employee performance? Reconsider immediately. Time has a way of making details...
When open enrollment season is upon us, many human resource departments across the country scurry to prepare. Teams that want to reduce the stress this time of year...
Just as an expired U.S. passport won’t get you on a plane, such a document does not fly when an employee presents one for I-9 compliance. To successfully complete Form...
Organizational change can’t happen without buy-in from employees at all levels, which is always challenging. It’s just human nature for some to resist the...
Conducting a job interview is kinda like golf: it looks easy, but you’ll waste a lot of time if you don’t know the basics. Since the 1900s, the job interview process...
If you’ve ever attempted to roll out new changes for an organization, you likely know how challenging the change management process can be — even for the...
This is not a post about politics. You can figure that out by yourself. This is a post about the options employers have in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 24...
The COVID-19 pandemic greatly changed how many businesses operate. But whether your organization remains remote, brought everyone back on site, or adopted a hybrid...
The prevalence of depression and anxiety in adults has skyrocketed since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, according to the most recent study by Mental Health America....
Like many smart businesses, Parker and Johnson Ltd. has come to the realization that strategic workforce planning is a necessity for the organization. Baby Boomers make...
Collecting I-9 forms from new hires is a mandatory process all business owners go through in the United States. Yet, if you run a business in certain states, such as...
Communication skills are the most important soft skills for many professions. Having great communication skills can help you get ahead regardless of where you fall in...
It’s a well-known fact that organizational change never comes easy. Change management is a vast topic that encompasses a lot, so it’s easy to get lost when...
When there’s lots to do, employee engagement doesn’t demand an awful lot of creativity. Keep an updated task list, provide the right tools, and eliminate...
A friend of mine has a stellar résumé, but can’t get it through prospective employers’ algorithmic screening processes, probably because it’s too easy to infer...
The best way now to think about military leave under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act is this: If you provide paid leave for almost any...
A positive mindset is typically seen as a desirable trait in the workforce across all professionals and job levels, but it’s often overlooked as a leadership skill....
