New business owner? Congratulations! There are many responsibilities and exciting endeavors that come with starting your own venture.   One of those responsibilities is hiring. However, before you start posting job ads, you’ll first need to ensure you’re properly set up to pay the people that join your team.  Here’s what you need to tackle before you pay your first employee:  ..read more

From Baby Boomers (1946-1964) to Gen Zs (1995-2012), for the first time ever there are five generations of workers in the workplace. Workers from across generations can contribute a wide range of skills and knowledge to the office. The older generations have spent much of their work lives in a completely different work environment than today’s technologically-firstworld. They can still recall the jumps in technical expectations as standard office norms transitioned from internet proficiency to mobile competence, and now to a whole new set of remote tools and chal ..read more

Quiet quitting became a buzzphrase recently after several videos regarding the topic went viral on social media. The term refers to the situation in which employees silently rebel against employers by doing the bare minimum at work.  Several factors sparked the quiet quitting trend, not the least of which are work-related stressors such as low pay, burnout, lack of opportunities for advancement, and poor working conditions. Rather than speaking their opinions, the trend shows employees silently rebel by no longer going the extra mile and only doing what their job description required ..read more

My unconventional definition of the role of the chief executive officer (CEO) in the 21st Century is not based on any scientific theories. It is not derived from an economic principle. It is rather an empirical statement based on my forty years of observation ..read more

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of their race, color, religion, sex, and more. The EEOC receives thousands of complaints every year from employees who believe their workplace has discriminated against them. Complaints can range from being denied a job or promotion or unjustly fired to being paid less than comparable employees. In 2020, over 55% of these claims fell into a category the agency refers to as retaliation claims. What's a retaliation claim ..read more

It happens more often than we'd like. You've created the schedule, divided team projects/tasks, and then without notice, you suddenly find yourself with one or more employees less than planned. This is referred to as a no-call/no-show, an employee who's failed to appear for work as scheduled and didn't notify their employer.  ..read more

It is a manager's responsibility to have conversations with their employees regarding compensation in order to set pay expectations, communicate pay changes, and respond to employees' questions about pay.  ..read more

Prices in the US are soaring. In fact, in 2022, prices increased faster than they ever did in the last 40 years. Fortunately, the federal government has announced some individual payroll tax adjustments for the year 2023, which may help alleviate the effects of high inflation to some extent. The federal government announces these payroll tax changes — mainly concerning wage caps, income tax brackets, and non-taxable contributions — every year to adjust to economic conditions ..read more

1. Your headcount is growing but the software isn't scalable ..read more

Starting a new job can be stressful, especially when new hires don’t know what to expect. A comprehensive new hire packet will help ease the first-day jitters by clarifying those expectations and providing employees with all the information they need on day one.  Your new hire packet should provide new employees with all the forms they need to complete for hiring and payroll purposes. It streamlines the onboarding process so employees get started as quickly and painlessly as possible. You can give employees their new hire packets physically or electronically, depending on how your compan ..read more