by Caroline | Apr 29, 2015 | Compensation and Benefits, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Management, Non profit HR
Okay, you know all those annoying, gnat-like parts of life that you tend to ignore when you’re trying to run a small business? Little fees and seemingly insignificant regulations and accidental slides into overtime and things that just don’t seem like a big enough...
by Caroline | Jan 28, 2015 | Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Management, Non profit HR
House Republicans have filed suit over the Affordable Care Act last week, the most recent of many filed against the ACA by opponents of the law. Meanwhile, the dates and numbers for various ACA compliance issues keep changing and it just seems like it would be easier...
by Caroline | Jan 14, 2015 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Culture, Management, rewards, teamwork
One of the main reasons New Year’s resolutions fail is that people bite off more than they can chew. Like they’re going to completely overhaul their diet and exercise and sleep and stress habits, all at one time. Failure is inevitable. Business owners do the same...
by Caroline | Jan 7, 2015 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Management
From an HR perspective, 2015 is The Year of Employment Regulations. Consider this: a bunch of states and cities have raised their minimum wage this year and many others plan to raise it again over the next few years. Many places are implementing Ban the Box...
by Caroline | Dec 10, 2014 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, Management, Recruiting
Taking a look at the escalating premium amounts for health insurance plans, a lot of employers got a bright idea: “I don’t want to mess with group insurance anymore, it’s a pain. I think I’ll just give my employees a stipend and let them go into the marketplace and...
by Caroline | Nov 19, 2014 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Management, Recruiting, teamwork, Training
It’s that time of year when companies are self-nominating and some winning “Best Places to Work.” I was once in charge of a company HR department where the CEO wanted my job that month to include cajoling employees into filling out surveys in order to get recognition...
