The internet has brought the world plenty of benefits never before experienced. Unfortunately, it isn’t all good. The internet’s bane— cyber crime —dampens all that we love about it. In 2019 alone, the world has suffered more than $2 billion in losses due to cybercrimes. The terms ransomware attacks, data breaches, identity theft, and many […]
With the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on the economy, entrepreneurs and employees try to keep businesses afloat. The stress, anxiety, and uncertainty of the days ahead are putting too much pressure on every working professional worldwide. Working in your cubicle every day has become an added challenge on top of your strenuous office chores. But […]
If ever there was a year to feel tapped out, 2020 is it! As a result of the Coronavirus, many employees have had to deal with changes in how they do their job, as well as shake-ups in their family, with kids staying home and elderly relatives relying on them even more. Add to that, […]
In a recent survey by Zen Business, two-thirds of the 1,000 executives surveyed reported that they had a mentor at some point during their career. What is more interesting is that a whopping 86.8 percent reported that having a mentor helped to accelerate their career. But is help from an outside (or inside!) source necessary […]
Maintaining day-to-day business operations means employee productivity should be topnotch. And to oversee the employees’ overall performance, employers must do a regular employee review. An employee review entails the evaluation and assessment of an employee’s performance, depending on their role. Most employee reviews are yearly, either at the end of the year or on an […]
The Family Leave Act, also known as the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), entitles eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year. During this time, their health benefits will continue. The Family Leave Act was established to help employees balance their profession and responsibilities to their families. The leave […]
There’s an old saying that “you get back what you put in,” but is this the case when it comes to sending your employees off to get further educated? Do they really stay at your company and share the new knowledge they gained, or do they take their new skills off to greener pastures? In […]
If you’ve been conducting job interviews for some time, chances are you have a list of go-to questions that you are used to asking candidates to help determine their suitability for a job. However, over time, many of these questions become obsolete in that they either are not going to get you truthful answers or […]
Managing a business involves hiring and handling personnel. This becomes more challenging when your company grows as you get faced with more HR responsibilities. It’s a welcome problem that has an easy solution, that of a PEO. But what exactly is a PEO? This article aims to give you a definition and show you how […]
When the world first shut down in the early Spring, few companies had the capacity to let their entire office work from home. Whether it was a shortage of hardware (such as computers), software (such as remote networking platforms), or simply a lack of knowledge on how to actually let employees work remotely, it presented a pretty […]
As the global Covid-19 pandemic stretches into what feels like its millionth month, business owners continue to struggle with how to administer benefits, a situation that is not helped by the constant rule changes orchestrated under the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). One question that seems to continue to come […]
An employee handbook is one of the most crucial materials to communicate your values, mission, and vision to your employees. It helps build a constructive workplace culture as well as boost employee loyalty. However, writing them isn’t as easy as you might think. This article shows you how to structure your employee handbook. It also […]
