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The Most Common Payroll Mistakes Your Startup Is Probably Making
Having smooth payroll processes in the foundation of smooth people operations. As much as your team likely enjoys their roles, it’s the regular paychecks that keep them coming back to work every day. Conversely, if your payroll processes have errors or inefficiencies,...
What Employers Need to Know About the Second Round of PPP Loans
On Monday, Jan. 11th, The U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Small Business Administration began accepting applications for the second round of Payment Protection Program (PPP) loans. This second round will continue until Mar. 31st, 2021. Both new borrowers and...
Actionable Strategies Employers Can Use to Keep Employees Connected & Engaged During Remote Work
At the beginning of 2020, working from home was often viewed by employers and workers as a privilege that few were able to take advantage of regularly. By the end of this year, remote work has become an accepted and, at times, a dull reality of life as the COVID-19...
HR and Finance Have More in Common Than You Might Think
One of the keys to success in any organization is diversity. Diversity of thought, diversity of backgrounds, diversity of age, and diversity of gender can all contribute to generating ideas and strategies that will give you a competitive edge. Having multiple...
What Employers Need to Know About the $900 Billion Stimulus Package
The leading news of the week from the political world has been the $900 billion stimulus package that was passed by Congress on Monday, December 21st. After several months of stalemate between the divided house and senate, a COVID-19 relief bill finally won enough...
The Top HR Issues of 2021 Employers Must be Prepared For
The year 2020 presented many unprecedented challenges for businesses of all sizes and industries. The COVID-19 pandemic forced most employers to significantly alter their operations. Some of these changes might revert back once the pandemic is over, but other changes...
COVID Has Created a Crisis for Women in the Workforce: Here’s What Employers Can Do to Support Women Leaders
This year’s McKinsey and LeanIn.org’s annual Women in the Workplace study reports that 25% of women in the workforce are considering changing their careers or leaving the workforce altogether. Rachel Thomas, CEO of LeanIn.org in Palo Alto, California stated, “This...
7 Key Employee Benefits Challenges Employers Must Plan for as 2021 Approaches
Each new calendar year brings significant changes in the form of laws and regulations affecting employee benefits and general HR compliance. And this year, with the ongoing COVID-pandemic, employers are facing more unprecedented challenges that ever before. In this...
How Employers Can Support Staff with Children During COVID
The modern workplace as we knew it is likely gone forever. COVID-19 has turned many industries and their respective workplaces upside down. For most office and administrative positions, employees are now working remotely – and there’s a chance they’ll never return to...
How Employer and Employee Relationships Have Transformed Amid COVID-19
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, we have faced a number of unprecedented challenges. It has dramatically launched us forward in what has been the most rapid transformation of the workforce ever seen - creating a new normal that prioritizes the use of technology and...
Research Shows Your Employees Are Making Bad Benefits Decisions: Here’s How You Can Help
Has choosing a healthcare plan become too complicated? According to research conducted by Medical Xpress, when given the option between two employer-sponsored healthcare plans, nearly 25% of employees chose the option that was less financially beneficial to them -...
Accountability, Trust, and Success in the Remote Environment
It’s natural for managers to wonder about their employees’ productivity levels in a remote work environment. Since the transition from a highly collaborative and supervised office to scattered, private homes, working people have faced a range of obstacles that have...