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FLSA Overtime Regulations Every Employer Should Know
How to Comply with FLSA Overtime Regulations As an employer, you’ve certainly heard of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This regulation sets working standards that affect eligible employees, including: Overtime Minimum wage Recordkeeping Child labor Nursing mothers It’s vital to understand FLSA overtime regulations and other requirements and whether you are compliant. Let’s explore…
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4 Advantages Employers Gain While Offering a 401k Plan
A 401k plan is an employer-sponsored retirement plan into which an employee may contribute a portion of their salary before paying taxes. Retirement plans are now among the most desired benefits for employees. In fact, 62% of candidates surveyed by Accenture said that they are more likely to accept a job offer if a company…
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Handling Employee Complaints Against a Manager or Leader
Handling employee complaints is part and parcel of an HR professional’s role. It can be especially tricky when the complaint is severe and the perpetrator is the employee’s manager or leader. As an employer, you need to provide employees with a process and safe space for them to report incidents of harassment or abuse. You…
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Ideas to Make Your Job More Fulfilling Before Quitting
There’s no such thing as the perfect job. No matter how much you love what you do, every job has its ups and downs. You may wish to call it quits if you’ve been experiencing too many downs lately. Perhaps you’re bored or disappointed. Maybe you’ve had too many long hours, a lot of pressure…
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5 Popular PTO Trends
PTO, or paid time off, is any time during regularly scheduled work hours that an employee is permitted not to work yet still receives pay. Essentially, it is time you pay your employees not to work. While it may seem odd phrased that way, PTO is a valuable benefit for both employees and companies alike.…
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Why employers should be invested in employee mental health and wellbeing
The statistics on mental health are staggering. A study by The Lancet predicts that mental disorders will cost the global economy $16 trillion in lost productivity by 2030. The study also forecasts 12 billion working days lost due to mental illness every year. Depression alone costs U.S. employers $44 billion per year in lost productivity.…
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Upskilling and reskilling programs benefit organizations and their employees
According to a report by McKinsey & Co., 87% of executives said they were experiencing skills gaps or expect to experience them in the near future. Therefore, upskilling and reskilling your workforce has never been so important. It is essential for building a more agile organization that can quickly adapt to market changes. The terms…
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7 Advantages of Using an Electronic Onboarding System
Onboarding is the process of familiarizing new employees with your company’s culture, policies, and procedures that will set them up for success in their new role. A robust onboarding process is vital for employees to obtain the necessary skills and knowledge to become effective members of your organization. There are many components to onboarding, and…
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Steering Effective Change
Hello and thank you for joining us for our webinar, Steering Effective Change. My name is Lisa Brock, and I am the Human Resources Business Partner for Tandem HR. After learning of a change in the workplace, a few employees had these reactions, “This doesn’t make sense. Why are we doing this?” “That’s not what…
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5 reasons why you should use an online benefits enrollment system
If you are still collecting paper benefits enrollment forms – now is the time to switch it up. We get it – change is daunting – but you’ll thank us for this one! Using an online benefits enrollment system will simplify and streamline the process. This translates to greater efficiency and even compliance. While there…
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