New employee orientation is the first official experience new hires have with their employers after they join the team. It should provide a good introduction into the company’s culture, the employee’s job duties, and an opportunity to complete any required paperwork. We recommend using a checklist to ensure you provide the best experience possible. We’ve…
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Payroll Tax vs Income Tax: Are They Different?
The terms payroll tax vs income tax are sometimes erroneously used interchangeably. The payroll tax consists of the employee- and employer-paid Social Security and Medicare taxes; they’re used to fund your employees’ needs during retirement. Income tax is money employees may owe to a federal, state, or local agency based on their total earnings, dependents,…
10 Ways to Prepare Your Small Business During a Pandemic
It’s a brave new world out there, and businesses haven’t been to this pandemic rodeo before. COVID-19 has no doubt sent CEOs, HR managers, and employees scrambling to revisit their official business procedures in the case of any emergency. Things got even crazier when the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the coronavirus is now…
5 Steps to Building a Dynamic Team
Developing and sustaining a high-performing, collaborative, innovative and dynamic team is a challenge. It’s not simply finding the right people; it is sustaining those individuals, empowering them as a team and helping them define how they will execute their tasks. We will walk you through how to build a team that you can trust and…
10 SMART Goals Examples for Small Businesses in 2020
Business goals usually involve an entire organization and can include items like budgets, customer lists, vendors, and service or product management. Pulling it all together can be challenging, but it’s worth it if you can learn how to implement SMART goals (S=specific, M=measurable, A=achievable, R=relevant, and T=time-bound). We outlined some SMART goals examples you can…
15 Great Employee Wellness Program Ideas & Tips
Lifestyle plays an important role in our health, and one way employers can partner with employees in this endeavor is by creating an active employee wellness program. The fact is that there are many different approaches to wellness. We’ll help you narrow the list to what we view as best practices in this arena. Our…
The Top Ten Worst Valentine’s Day Gifts
Valentine’s Day is designed to be an occasion to show the one you love the most how much you really care. It’s also, unsurprisingly, big business. As the largest commercial holiday in the U.S. outside of Christmas, Valentine’s Day is set this year to possibly break records in terms of gift purchases. According to a…
How to Terminate an Employee
Employers are right to be concerned about how to fire an employee legally due to often confusing federal and state laws. However, most states allow businesses to terminate employees at will. Protect your business from costly wrongful termination and anti-discrimination lawsuits by following important steps like documenting the “why” and sending final paychecks on time….
How to Schedule Employees
Deciding how to schedule employees requires you to be in tune with how your company operates, like knowing its busiest days and months and product sales trends. Having insight into your employees’ needs is also important. The best schedules are flexible, don’t underwork or overwork employees, maximize profits, and are published well in advance. If…
Ultimate Guide to a PTO Policy (With a PTO Template Policy)
A paid time off (PTO) policy commonly combines vacation, sick time, and some or all personal time into a single bank of paid days off for employees. The advantage to employees is that they get to manage their approved time away from the workplace while employers offer an affordable benefit that is highly valued by…
Types of Insurance to Offer Employees
When someone says “benefits,” the first thought is often “insurance.” For companies of a certain size, you must provide at least health, unemployment, and worker’s compensation insurances. However, there are other types of employee insurance that workers value. We look at the best types of insurance to offer employees and tell you why it’s beneficial…
What Is Training and Development?
Training and development is commonly understood to be the portion of your people operations that focuses on your employees’ overall improvement of skill sets and abilities. As this article unpacks for you, its purpose is to advance your employees by engaging your top talent through the areas your organization needs or values the most, yielding…