Nothing is worse than receiving a poorly written business email with a missing subject line, spelling errors, run-on sentences, and unclear information.
Since the...
Smart businesses use a document retention policy to clarify what to save, where, and for how long. This eliminates guesswork, increases efficiency, and makes finding...
Employees file their W-4s and then forget about them. Whether they know it or not, when you withhold employees’ income taxes based on those W-4s, you’re introducing...
Happy employees are productive employees. Respect your employees' individuality and provide them with the resources they need to succeed. Prioritizing employee...
Sometimes solving an issue with an employee simply involves a manager drawing the problem to the worker’s attention. An individual who routinely tries to slip in late...
Properly classifying employees is often a complicated task. It has been made even more complex in recent years due to the constantly shifting laws and guidelines...
If you want to attract top talent to your organization, mastering the interview process is a must. The proof?
The #1 reason candidates turn down a position is due to a...
Do you hate tax cheats enough to turn them in? In your own company? Would it matter if you received a portion of the IRS’ recovery as a reward?
Recently, we discussed...
Ethics, our handy Webster’s Dictionary tells us, is the study of standards and moral judgment. Lawyers have a code of ethics running to booklet form and so do doctors...
Even if your position doesn’t include the word ‘writer,’ good business writing skills are a must for any professional, regardless of industry. In fact,...
An employee who receives a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) often concludes that the organization wishes to get rid of him. While termination could be an option if the...
Failure to properly compensate employees for working overtime is a common cause of lawsuits and department of labor (DOL) investigations. Businesses that do not pay or...
The EEOC has been issuing key guidance to employers ever since the pandemic hit in 2020. But the pandemic is still here, morphing into variants, and the EEOC’s...
If your organization has 15 employees or more, you’re legally required to follow equal employment opportunity laws that exist to fight workplace discrimination.
As...
Sometimes it is necessary for employees to pay for business-related expenses with their own money, particularly if your business does not offer company credit cards....
Close your eyes and imagine a comfortable pair of shoes. What do you see? Running shoes? Flip flops? Dress shoes? If you had to buy comfy shoes right now, your shopping...
Think your memory is good enough or your team small enough to not bother documenting employee performance? Reconsider immediately. Time has a way of making details...
When open enrollment season is upon us, many human resource departments across the country scurry to prepare. Teams that want to reduce the stress this time of year...
Just as an expired U.S. passport won’t get you on a plane, such a document does not fly when an employee presents one for I-9 compliance. To successfully complete Form...
Organizational change can’t happen without buy-in from employees at all levels, which is always challenging. It’s just human nature for some to resist the...
