PEO: WHY SHOULD BUSINESS OWNERS PARTNER WITH ONE?
Why should a small company owner hire a PEO (Professional Employer Organization)? Owners of small business many times were many hats inside their own company, even in one single day. And never mind how highly qualified this owner may be, he cannot perform as an expert in all these areas of the business, or not at the level the business demands for its ultimate success. And one of the trickiest [...]
THE EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION: AN IMPORTANT CORING TOOL FOR SMALL COMPANIES
The employment application form is a very important tool for small businesses. Small business owners should never decide a new hire based exclusively on the resume, as more than half of resumes are inaccurate. So before making any hire, they should make the candidates fill in a employment application. Employment applications or job applications give us additional important information about the candidates such as the reasons why they left a [...]
EMPLOYEE RETENTION FOR THE NEW GENERATION
Employee retention and engagement is one of the main concerns of companies nowadays, and taking into account that the future of our workforce are millennials, Dale Carnegie decided to learn more from this generation of young professionals in order to understand their motivations and how to engage them. This study has shown the differences between millennials and baby boomers in terms of motivation at work. According to the study, millennials, [...]
TERMINATION ERRORS WE SHOULD AVOID AS A COMPANY
Terminations are the most common reason for employment lawsuits. And the reason for this is that it is in terminations where supervisors or HR professionals make most of their mistakes. But companies should take good care of these termination errors, as otherwise these mistakes can cost them thousands! Companies have to be very careful, because it is common that juries feel the need to be on the employee’s side, as [...]
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: UNDERSTANDING ITS IMPORTANCE
Companies wouldn’t exist without their employees. It is thanks to their hard work that organizations earn profits. But companies cannot have employees if they don’t have workers’ compensation insurance. Workers’ compensation is a form of insurance in which employees are provided medical benefits and wage replacement in case they suffer any damage while working. Workers' compensation laws make sure that any employee that is hurt or disabled on the [...]
