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Ask An HR Expert: What is the emergency FMLA expansion?
Hello! Thank you for joining me for another episode of Ask an HR Expert. My name is Katie Stewart, and I am with Tandem HR. Today’s questions is: What is the emergency FMLA expansion and how to do I know if my employees are eligible? Any employer that has less than 500 employees…
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Ask An HR Expert: What if I don’t have 40 hours’ worth of work for my employees?
Hello! Thank you for joining me for another episode of Ask an HR Expert. My name is Katie Stewart, and I am with Tandem HR. Today’s questions is: What are my options if I’m not able to provide 40 hours’ worth of work to my employees right now? Your options for reducing employee…
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How Important Is an Updated Employee Handbook?
Your Updated Employee Handbook Questions Answered – Why, How, and How Often The company handbook plays a vital role in business practices. A handbook also serves as a guide for office protocol and needs to be routinely updated. Operating without an updated employee handbook leaves both the business and its employees vulnerable. Stay tuned for…
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A Business Owner’s Guide to Hiring Seasonal Workers
How to Create a Plan for Hiring Seasonal Workers. It’s the most wonderful time of the year… for breaking sales records. As consumers prepare for the holiday shopping season, so are retail giants. Target is projected to hire 130,000 seasonal workers for the 2019 holiday season, while UPS is looking to hire about 100,000.…
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Strategies for Addressing Employee Mental Health
How to Legally and Professionally Respond to Employee Mental Health Illnesses Mental health illnesses, including addiction, bipolar disorder, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder, will affect 1 in 5 adults this year. Also, if you’re an employer, this translates to 20% of your staff personally experiencing a mental health crisis…
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Your Guide to a Healthier Workforce in 2019
Make 2019 the Year of the Healthier Workforce The Center for Disease Control estimates that a typical flu season costs businesses over $10 billion in hospitalization and outpatient visits. This staggering amount doesn’t include the cost of lost sales and productivity that the flu season can bring. Even when flu season ends, sick days can…
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Fun Team Building Activities that Build Up Your Business
10 Affordable & Fun Team Building Activities There are benefits to be enjoyed when your business takes the time to develop its employees. One way to nurture your environment and boost engagement is through team building activities. Such activities can improve company morale, build trust among co-workers, and improve communication throughout all levels of the…
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Allowing Employees to Make Mistakes
3 Myths Managers Should Know. Managers may think their job is to prevent any employee mistakes. While this may be true in some instances, a more vital task is to guide employees to learn from their mistakes to be the best they can be. Sometimes, this means allowing employees to make mistakes on their own.…
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Vlog | Giving thanks to your employees and your clients
Giving thanks and showing appreciation during the holiday season. Today I want to talk to you about giving thanks and showing appreciation to both your employees and your clients during the holiday season. I want to give you some examples of simple ways you can do this. There is still time before the Thanksgiving holiday, and…
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Great Organizations Gather Employee Feedback
Exceptional Organizations Know What To Do With Employee Feedback. Employee feedback is a great way to establish a healthy and constructive dialog between management and staff, and determine whether your employees are engaged and happy working with your organization. Gather feedback on engagement, satisfaction, management, benefit offerings and much more. Before asking for feedback, an…
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