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Closeout 2016 Successfully and Plan for 2017
Closeout 2016 Successfully. Business owners and executives – we’re all dreaming of what lies ahead in 2017, but have you completed all you need to closeout 2016 successfully and plan for 2017? Check out this quick video blog to find out what 4 Human Resource things you should not forget! Tandem HR A Professional…
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5 Tips for Managing Toxic Employees at Work
Managing Toxic Employees Toxic employees, while representing only a small percentage of the total workforce, do indeed exist. In fact, according to Cornerstone On Demand’s 2015 study, “Toxic Employees In the Workplace: Hidden Costs and How to Spot Them,” of 63,000 employees, approximately 3 to 5 percent of those employees met the criteria for being…
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Overtime Rule Surprise Decision
Emergency Injunction Granted A federal district court temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) November 22, just days before it was scheduled to take effect. At the request of 21 states, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted an emergency injunction request, halting the regulations that would have required employers to…
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Performance Improvement Plan for Success
6 Elements of Every Successful Performance Improvement Plan. Every manager will face an issue with an under-performing employee at some point in their career. Understanding why your employee is under-performing may be a challenge and might not be obvious. Does the employee possess the skills needed to perform the work? Does he or she lack…
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7 Ways to Keep Unemployment Claims Under Control
Unemployment Claims. The Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program provides financial aid to eligible workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own, as determined under state law. All businesses pay for mandatory unemployment insurance to cover the cost of this benefit and annual rates will vary depending on past unemployment claims against the business. Although laws…
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The IRS Releases 2017 Annual Benefit Limits
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released the 2017 annual contribution limits related to Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and all Qualified Retirement Plans. Please see below for the small changes to current limits in place. The announcements from the IRS are as follows: Rev. Proc. 2016-55 Rev. Proc. 2016-28 Notice 2016-62 As…
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Improving Your Employee Experience
Employee Experience. We highly encourage a read of this brief article titled Why The Future of Work is All About the Employee Experience published by Forbes in May 2015, which articulates several interesting points in this ever-increasingly popular topic. Similar to the more familiar term customer experience, how the employee interacts with your organization throughout…
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H is for Human: Putting People Back in Your HR Processes
Web-based HR Outsourcing Services. The New York Times released an interesting story last week about Zenefits and Gusto, two web-based HR outsourcing services specializing in software solutions for the small to mid-sized business (SMB) market. While the article focuses on the challenges Zenefits faces recreating its brand after a devastating blow to its core culture,…
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4 Hiring Blunders That Can Land You in Hot Water
Hiring Blunders. There are many laws that have been enacted to protect people from being discriminated against when it comes to employment and the hiring process. It is important for your company to ensure compliance when it comes to the interviewing process to avoid potential litigation. This means educating all hiring managers as well as…
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