by Caroline | Jan 9, 2013 | Company Culture
It happens to every small business. You’re humming along, meeting deadlines, finishing projects, wooing customers and the CTO leaves for his annual Roswell pilgrimage or the business manager gets hit by a meteor. Suddenly there’s a hiccup and everything’s thrown into...
by Caroline | Jan 2, 2013 | Assessments, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Recruiting
A lot of companies are tempted to fudge the line between employees and contractors. After all, hiring an employee is a commitment. You invest a lot of time finding, hiring, processing and training the person. You can’t just change your mind without losing out on all...
by Caroline | Dec 19, 2012 | Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Management, Recruiting, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Before you launch into any background checks on employees in the new year, you should know there’s a new Fair Credit Reporting Act Summary of Rights form that employers must use starting January 1, 2013. The new form doesn’t change any of the rights. But...
by Caroline | Dec 12, 2012 | Company Culture, HRSafety
Holiday parties with your coworkers provide a great bonding opportunity and can boost morale and connection with the company. They also provide opportunity for colossal lapses in judgment among people with whom lapses in judgment are usually carefully avoided....
by Caroline | Dec 5, 2012 | Hiring, HRCompliance, Telecommuting, company culture, management
When you write a job description for a new employee, you need to include the main things you want the employee to do and a salary range. Then you’re good, right? Not even close. You may think of that job description the way some people treat an online dating...
