Wouldn’t that be nice? Today is the last stage of the federal minimum wage increase, spanning over the last three years, that now takes us to a whopping $7.25 an hour. At full time that translates to just over $15,000.00 before taxes which is, frankly, still at poverty level and not many can live on [...]
I work with a lot of business owners who tell me that the aspect of having employees is one of the most difficult situations they face as business owners. However, having employees is a necessity if you want your business to grow. Business owners typically have the natural tendency to try and do it all [...]
So, now you are thinking you can handle this HR stuff. It’s not so hard. Just to test yourself read through the three questions below and determine if all your HR ducks are in a row.
1. Do you have written policies that govern your employees?
2. Do your employees consistently meet your expectations?
3. Do you feel [...]
So you’re a business owner or manager and you’re super excited to be responsible for the human resource (HR) functions in your business. As you jump in to this area of managing your human capital there are a few basic things you need to know about HR.
Some of the most important aspects of HR are [...]
Do you know what the Ledbetter Act is and how it could affect your business?
Basically the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act states that a compensation discrimination charge has to be filed within 180 days of the discriminatory pay-setting decision, or 300 days in areas that have a state or local law prohibiting the same. Seems easy [...]
49 Ways to Run Your Business YOUR Way!
There are very few feelings worse, as a business owner, than knowing you cannot make a decision about one of your employees for fear of the “What If”.
· What if he files for unemployment?
· What if she says I discriminated against her?
· What if she claims I let [...]
Customers Rock!
We often talk a lot about the expectations you should set for your employees so they have a clear understanding of what they need to do. But what about the expectations you set for your customers? Are those clear in your business? Do you have set working hours that you adhere to? If your [...]
What is Multiple Sclerosis (MS)? It is a chronic disease of the central nervous system, characterized by inflammation of nerves in the brain and spinal cord. It also causes loss or destruction of the nerve’s myelin sheath, which functions to insulate the nerve and speed conduction of nerve signals.
Multiple sclerosis affects an estimated 2.5 million [...]
Mad scientists Mandy and Laina invite you to be a test subject for their new HR/business library and support. We need feedback for our new product and to get that feedback we need test subjects. What makes this product better over the rest of the tools out there? Because we also offer our support in [...]
Scenario-
You own a business where you entrust your employees with confidential documents or property of others. One of your clients comes to you one day and says they have found unauthorized charges on a company credit card that had been in a desk drawer to which your employees had access. They are understandably upset and [...]