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How To Navigate the Four Phases of Onboarding

How To Navigate the Four Phases of Onboarding

Whether you are hiring remote workers or need to train new hires at a factory, your onboarding process will determine how successful your employees are in their future roles. At its heart, the onboarding process goes through four essential phases. By carefully...

Benefits Administration 101: What Every Employer Should Know

Benefits Administration 101: What Every Employer Should Know

Today, one out of six employees reports staying in their current position entirely for their health benefits. This trend is particularly pronounced among workers who earn $48,000. For employers, this type of statistic demonstrates an important point. Workers want...

What Are the Overtime Laws in Each State?

What Are the Overtime Laws in Each State?

No matter which state you are in, you must follow federal overtime laws. However, many states have overtime regulations that are stricter than the federal rules. Because there are costly penalties for violating these regulations, it’s important to become aware of the...

How Does Employment Eligibility Verification Work?

How Does Employment Eligibility Verification Work?

Through employment eligibility verification forms, you can ensure your company is legally compliant and make accurate hiring decisions. While every business is required to complete Form I-9 for each worker, how it is used and turned in can vary. Some states have...

How To Improve Retention Rates Among Remote Workers

How To Improve Retention Rates Among Remote Workers

While offering remote work is attractive to employees, it carries its own unique challenges as well. With in-person workers, you can easily demonstrate employee recognition, provide training, support career development, and increase engagement. To boost remote...

Seasonal Hiring: What Growing Businesses Need to Know

Seasonal Hiring: What Growing Businesses Need to Know

Why Seasonal Hiring Matters For many businesses, seasonal hiring is essential to keep up with increased demand during peak periods. Whether it’s retail gearing up for the holidays, tax firms preparing for tax season, or hospitality businesses ramping up for summer,...

The Hidden Costs of Payroll Tax Errors—and How To Prevent Them

The Hidden Costs of Payroll Tax Errors—and How To Prevent Them

In a typical year, the federal government brings in around $1.3 trillion in payroll taxes. These taxes make up 32.5% of federal revenue. As a corporation, you play a key role in making sure these funds reach the federal government throughout the year.  Unfortunately,...

Boost Retention and Cut Costs with Better Benefits Management

Boost Retention and Cut Costs with Better Benefits Management

With the employment rate hovering around 4.2%, finding skilled workers can be a challenge. By offering better benefits, you can entice new hires, reward current workers, and raise your retention rates. However, for your benefits to be successful, you need the right...

From Confused to Confident: A Beginner’s Guide to Employee Benefits

From Confused to Confident: A Beginner’s Guide to Employee Benefits

From achieving a positive work-life balance to getting high-quality healthcare, there are many potential benefits workers look for when they’re searching for a job. As an employer, offering these benefits helps you stand out to potential applicants. It can also boost...

How Smarter Benefits Administration Saves You Time and Money

How Smarter Benefits Administration Saves You Time and Money

When you run a business, you can’t afford to waste your labor and software spending on unproductive activities. Smarter benefits administration can reduce how much you spend setting up and administering benefits programs at your company. Through benefits software and...

Best Practices for Incorporating Mentoring Into Your Growing Business

Best Practices for Incorporating Mentoring Into Your Growing Business

Is your small business actively mentoring new hires and freshly promoted workers? If not, you could be missing out on an important employee development tool. By adopting mentorship programs in the workplace, you can welcome new mentees, provide useful feedback, and...

The Benefits and Drawbacks To Using CalSavers for Your Small Business

The Benefits and Drawbacks To Using CalSavers for Your Small Business

In California, any business with five or more employees must offer a retirement plan. On December 31, 2025, this will change to any business that has at least one worker. If your company doesn’t have an existing retirement plan, California has set up CalSavers as an...

How AI Can Support Job Postings

How AI Can Support Job Postings

While it is unlikely that AI will end up supplanting human workers on a broad scale in the near future, it has the capacity to reshape day-to-day activities in workplaces throughout the world. Your HR department can save time and become more effective at reaching out...

What Are the ACA Reporting Requirements for Employers?

What Are the ACA Reporting Requirements for Employers?

After the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted in 2010, it quickly transformed the insurance requirements companies had to meet. Because of ACA requirements for employers, medium and large organizations are now required to offer health insurance. In addition, many...

How To Perform Wage-and-Hour Audits

How To Perform Wage-and-Hour Audits

With a wage-and-hour audit, you can ensure your company is in legal compliance. During a full wage-and-hour audit, you’ll look at your company’s employee classifications, overtime pay, minimum wage, and compliance history. While the U.S. Department of Labor handles...

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