by Caroline | Jun 5, 2019 | Company Building, Hiring, Recruiting
Odds are your hiring managers want to hire candidates who are experienced in ~90% of the job. Why? They want to go home and sleep at night thinking the tasks are covered and the team is productive. Odds are the best candidates really want a job that is 50-75 % of what...
by Caroline | May 15, 2019 | Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Recruiting
Like most cities with universities, Austin has a large supply of college students and so it seems like it would be a good idea to establish an internship program. After all, all these students need some “real world” experience and you need the free labor, right? Sigh,...
by Caroline | May 1, 2019 | Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, HRCompliance, Management
Doing the right thing doesn’t always get rewarded. We all know the saying, “No good deed goes unpunished.” But that is not the topic of this blog. This time, doing good is being rewarded by the federal government. Shocked? Read on. There are tax...
by Caroline | Apr 17, 2019 | Compliance, Labor Law, Taxes
Happy Tax Day! Monday was the 15th of April and as we know, official “pay up your taxes” day unless you are good with penalties. This is also the time of year that contractors realize their self-employment tax bill. Unfortunately, not all of them have put aside...
by Caroline | Apr 3, 2019 | Company Culture, Leadership, Management, React to Change, retaliation
I recently read an article published by SHRM entitled “Employer Couldn’t Selectively Enforce Prohibition on Sleeping on the Job” and I thought “Oh, there has got to be a catch.” Yes, employers and HR professionals are sometimes flummoxed by EEOC decisions...
