Tag Archives: challenges

How to Deal with Employee Debt, Financial Education

Debt. It’s a four-letter word no one likes. American households carried $13.3 trillion in debt at the end of June 2018, according to Federal Reserve records. That’s a lot of money owed in mortgages, student loans and credit cards, just to name a few sources of debt. Chances are your employees owe some it and […]

Enrollment Time: Tips for the Other Most Wonderful Time of the Year

The holidays and New Year are fast approaching, but there’s another big event we have to tackle first: Open enrollment season. While pretty much everyone would agree that it’s decidedly less fun, it is none-the-less necessary and can present a significant burden to the small business owner. Luckily, Abel HR’s network of human resource professionals […]

HR Worry: Workplace Bullying in the Workplace

When we think of bullying, we typically think of school children and teens with endless articles written about the impact on the nation’s youth, not about human resources and professional business people. Yet, 19 percent of Americans endured “abusive conduct” in the workplace, with nearly one in 10 reporting that they have been bullied in […]

Be in the Know: Extra Benefits of a PEO Make You an HR Star

If you talk to a small business owner about why they might retain the services of a Professional Employer Organization (PEO), they’ll probably trot out some line about being able to assuage themselves of all things human resources related so that they can focus on other aspects of their business. Now ask an HR professional how […]

How to Decide If a PEO Is Right for Your Business

Once you’ve made the decision to outsource some of your human resources responsibility to an outside vendor, the next big decision is selecting the best vendor to meet your needs. The reality is that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for every business. Instead, you must evaluate each Professional Employer Organization for not only its quality as […]

Importance of Proper Worker Classification on the Bottom Line

Take a quick headcount in your office. How many people are currently in the office? How many are part time or full time? Do you know how they are classified? How you classify your employees means a lot to how you account for them when determining your workers’ compensation insurance costs. Workers’ compensation costs are […]

Why Should HR Worry About Mobile and Internet of Things?

Although the internet technically began in the 1970s, it didn’t reach the mainstream – as the world wide web – until the 1990s. It is amazing that, in just under 30 years, we’ve gone from sitting at our computers waiting for the dial-up beeps to go through to walking around with the world quite literally […]

Addiction in Employees: How to Recognize the Signs

Drug use in the US is reaching prolific levels. Estimates from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health suggest that a staggering 21.5 million Americans battled a substance use disorder at an estimated cost of $740 billion annually in crime, lost work productivity and health care in 2014. Drug abusers are no longer the […]

Stuck On The Benefits Alphabet Soup?

If there’s one thing that can overwhelm a business owner it’s the alphabet soup acronyms that comes along with human resources administration. Indeed, there is an abbreviation for just about every law, process, form and proceeding you’ll come in contact with – it’s near impossible to keep up. Until now. Below is a list of […]

Strategic Growth: How to Leverage Benefits

When you’re picking your benefits package for the upcoming year, it’s likely that your main consideration is bang for your buck. You want to get your workers the best possible array of attractive options at a price that you – and they – can afford. While this line of thinking is certainly smart, you may […]

Do You Need to Upskill Your Employees?

When you onboard a new employee, you invest a significant amount of money getting them up to speed not only with the industry in which they will work but also in your company. After they’ve been on the job for a while, training tends to take a back seat, even if their job evolves or […]