by Caroline | Aug 12, 2015 | Compensation and Benefits, Labor Law, Management
I was thinking about writing a blog on the Department of Labor’s overtime proposal which would bump the salary of employees who were not eligible for overtime from $23,660 to $50,440. That, I thought, was a huge leap and probably a proposal that needed to be tempered....
by Caroline | Jul 22, 2015 | Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, HRCompliance, Management, Non profit HR
Sometimes tax credits seem random. Sometimes tax credits seem like they’re always for the other guy. But sometimes, there are tax credits for hiring people who need an extra boost or being particularly good to your employees. And those are important tax credits to...
by Caroline | Jul 15, 2015 | Assessments, Company Culture, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, Recruiting
In the passionate pursuit to be authentic and create an awesome culture, people keep wanting to do away with really crucial stuff, like job application forms. They don’t want their first interaction with someone to be filling out a bunch of boxes. They just want to...
by Caroline | May 27, 2015 | Company Culture, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Management, Non profit HR, Recruiting
Almost everybody underestimates the importance of a job description. Most people, from what I can gather, tend to think of it like filling out a template. “We need a __________ with _________years experience who can __________. The ideal candidate will have...
by Caroline | May 20, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, Recruiting, teamwork, Training
So, that was embarrassing. Austin Assistant City Manager Anthony Snipes has been suspended after hiring Jonathan K. Allen, former city manager for Lauderdale Lakes, Florida to come and speak to the Austin city staff about how to interact with female elected officials....
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...
