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10 Best Practices for Building a Recruitment Brand
If you’re struggling to drive traffic from job sites, your recruitment brand may be to blame. As an employer, you aren’t just branding and marketing a product to your customers. You’re also marketing your business to potential applicants. By building the right...
10 Best Practices for Building a Recruitment Brand
If you’re struggling to drive traffic from job sites, your recruitment brand may be to blame. As an employer, you aren’t just branding and marketing a product to your customers. You’re also marketing your business to potential applicants. By building the right...
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The Dangers of Overstaffing
Because of the war for talent, there is a shortage of skilled workers for many positions. In response to the labor shortage, some companies deliberately try to hire extra workers to ensure they have enough labor. However, there is also a danger of overstaffing. If you...
IRS ACA Health Care Tax Tips for the Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions
(IRS Health Care Tax Tip 2016-32, March 16, 2016 – Updated March 21, 2016) The health care law includes the employer shared responsibility provisions, which require applicable large employers to offer health coverage to full-time employees and their dependents. Those...
FLSA Exempt Employee Minimum Salary Changes – Doing the Math
It may be confusing but, as you have probably heard, the Department of Labor is planning to dramatically raise the minimum salary requirement for employees to qualify as exempt under the “White Collar Exemptions.” It’s possible this new minimum will be as high as...
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Austin HR Gives Back — Announcing Spring Session of Career Transitions
Austin HR's Cofounder, David Hughen, is hosting a seventh year of Career Transitions - a free to the public five week session, designed to help Austin area professionals who are considering their 'next'. This program is made available as a gift to the community....
Austin Passes “Ban the Box” Ordinance
Yesterday, Austin’s city council passed what is considered a very controversial ordinance requiring private employers to remove “the box” on their employment applications requesting applicants to disclose whether they have a criminal history or not when applying for...
Tech trends to watch: Resource Scheduling
Is your calendering spreadsheet at your office nearly indecipherable? There is an easier way to manage business activities and projects. Resource scheduling, a tech trend on the rise, is an organizational tool that can funnel all of your company’s resource allocation...
Q & A: How to Calculate the Actual Cost of an Employee?
Does your business want to calculate the actual cost of an employee to help with cost analysis, bidding jobs, and pro forma financial statements? Determining the "true cost" of an employee is more complex than most people realize. First, you need to determine...
On-demand hiring: Tools to help manage your contingent workforce
There are shocking numbers of contingent workers in the U.S. Last year the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported that 40.2% of American workers were contingent workers. This means that a significant portion of the U.S. workforce is comprised of part-time,...
Humble Leaders are the Most Effective
We, at Austin HR, are always looking for humble HR professionals. This trait isn't always easily found. While it's important to be able to lead a team and provide strategic guidance, the willingness and humility to roll one's sleeves up is truly where the rubber...
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) for Qualified Organizations Extended
The IRS released Notice 2016-22 (click here for PDF of notice) which provides guidance and transition relief on the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) as part of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH Act). The PATH Act extends the WOTC through...
Workshifting
Sometimes the best work gets done outside of the traditional 9-5 work day. Business in the modern era is often transacted across several time zones. Employees are increasingly working whenever and however they can to meet the demands of both local clients and those...
Q & A: How to deal with nepotism?
Is it legal for employees who are spouses to be reporting to one another? Should you have a policy against nepotism? Or should you allow it with some qualifications? There is no law against employing relatives. In fact, nepotism is quite common in the United...
ACA ruling: You can now get sued for reducing employees’ hours
This U.S. district court ruling is a real game-changer for employers — and not in a good way. Turns out, you CAN now be sued for simply reducing an employee’s hours. Here’s the deal: If an employee can show that your intent in reducing his or her hours was to deny the...
How Will the Internet of Things Affect Your Business in 2016?
The Internet of Things is a relatively new term that people are becoming familiar with as technology improves on almost a daily basis. It refers to everyday items that are enhanced with smart technology, such as Bluetooth or RFID sensors.Businesses are encountering...
“Helping your employees understand what to do with their 1095-C”
Employees will be receiving one or more 1095 forms from their employer providing information about their 2015 health coverage as mandated by the Affordable Care Act.If employees have questions, the below link can help to answer many of these, such as: “Will I get a...
Simple Strategies to Retain the Best Employees by Using Technology
Every business owner and human resources department deals with employee turnover each year. These turnover rates can vary widely, especially in today's competitive hiring world.It's ultimately the company's responsibility to design a workplace that encourages high...
3 Benefits of Outsourcing Payroll Taxes
Companies have a variety of responsibilities on their plate. From recruitment to retention and everything in between. Business leaders can’t let any obligations fall by the wayside without serious consequences for their organization and its employees. One of the...
Be on the Lookout for These Top 10 Workforce Trends in 2016
What trends are facing business owners and managers? What’s on the horizon for the year ahead? From technology improvements to personal time, workforce trends are constantly evolving.Human resource professionals must make a concerted effort to address every trend, so...
Q & A: What are the laws regarding cell phones at work?
What are the laws regarding cell phones at work? Personal use by our employees has gotten out of hand. Can we change our policy to say that cell phones are not permitted on the premises? It can certainly be frustrating having employees on their phones frequently...
Using Big Business Tools Help Small Businesses Become More Efficient
When you run a small business, you have to be smart with every dollar you spend. Therefore, using some of the same tools and systems bigger companies use can help save money and increase profits. For instance, instead of writing a schedule by hand, it may be easier to...
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