How Total Compensation Statements Can Benefit Your Business and Employees
Salary inquiries from employees or job candidates can be a minefield for employers. As a business owner, you know the value your employees are getting is much more than their baseline salary. Responding to salary inquiries with: “This role pays X amount of dollars” does not properly showcase the true value of a role, and…
Fractional HR vs Outsourced HR: Everything You Need to Know
If you’re a business owner, you can likely attest to the fact that there is no shortage of business priorities that need your attention each and every day. Every business owner has goals they want their organization to achieve, daily operations they need to attend to, and initiatives they want to implement. It’s true that…
Why Effective Human Resource Management is Essential for Business Success
In today’s competitive business landscape, Human Resource Management (HRM) has emerged as an ever-critical function for organizational success. It is no wonder that many consider this department the heart and soul of their business. Recent global events have unequivocally demonstrated the paramount importance of HRM in effectively managing company risk, cultivating a productive workforce, and…
New Form I-9 2023
On August 1, 2023, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released the new version of the Form I-9, an integral document for employers that is used to verify the identity and authorization of individuals hired for employment in the U.S. The new Form I-9 and accompanying instructions have been redesigned to be easier for…
DHS Ends Form I-9 Requirement Flexibility
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers had to make significant changes to the way employees were hired and onboarded due to the physical precautions set in place across the nation. One of those changes included how employers verified an employee’s authorization to work in the United States via Form I-9. Initially announced…
New Employer Responsibilities for New Jersey Unemployment Notice
You know what they say: Change is the only constant in life. Effective July 31, 2023, New Jersey employers will need to embrace a change to their off-boarding processes in the form of new reporting mandates for all employees who separate from their organization. Form BC-10 Reporting Mandates: Immediate and Simultaneous Submission NJ employers have…
Risks of Non-Compliance and How it Affects Your Business
Rules, rules, rules… they’re everywhere! Sometimes, rules can feel stifling, trivial, and sometimes even downright unnecessary. Rules help provide people with guidelines within which to conduct ourselves, and when those rules are broken, there can be serious consequences. Businesses are not immune to rules, and similarly, there are laws and regulations in place that establish…
When To Update Your Employee Handbook and How
Employee handbooks are not just a long list of ingrained rules employees have to follow. Instead, they are a beneficial and necessary part of operating a business that helps outline your expectations of employee behavior, instructs your employees on what they need to know in order to be successful, and, quite frankly, allows you to…
Why Communications Training is a “Must” for 2023
Good communication is an invaluable core competency for every organization. Oftentimes, focusing on building communication skills can be easily overlooked, but believe it or not, almost every success in an organization is grounded in effective communication. There are many different types of skills that are embedded in communication, and if executed the right way, developing…