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 [...]

2018-02-06T15:25:17+00:00February 6th, 2018|

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 [...]

2018-02-01T14:36:38+00:00February 1st, 2018|

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 [...]

2018-01-30T17:00:14+00:00January 30th, 2018|

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 [...]

2018-01-25T14:42:41+00:00January 25th, 2018|

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.   [...]

2018-01-23T15:08:37+00:00January 23rd, 2018|

YOUR EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK CAN IMPROVE YOUR WORKING ENVIRONMENT

We all know that the employee handbook is a very common communication tool that companies use to inform about some mandatory information to their employees, but we shouldn’t see it just as something we must have because of regulatory reasons, but also as a very useful tool that can help us communicate the company’s vision and [...]

2018-01-18T18:36:05+00:00January 18th, 2018|

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE EEO-1 REPORT

The EEO-1 Report is an annual compliance report that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requires and which must be filed by September 30th every year. As we all know, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is responsible of guaranteeing that all laws against employment discrimination are being obeyed. This survey collects company and employment information categorized [...]

2017-04-13T10:31:13+00:00July 19th, 2016|