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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Diabetes: The Costly Health Care Crisis at Your Door

A staggering 29 million Americans have diabetes, and a further 86 million have pre-diabetes, which is defined as a blood sugar level that is higher than normal but not yet high enough to qualify as type 2 diabetes, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While these numbers are staggering […]

How to Manage an Employee with a Mental Health Issue

Nearly 45 million adults in the United States suffered from a mental health issue in 2016. This represents about one in five adults, according to the latest data from the National Institute of Mental Health. However, less than half (19.1 million) received mental health treatment in the same year, suggesting that some of those who […]

What Are the Biggest Changes in HR?

Recent updates to equal pay and salary history legislation are presenting new challenges for business owners looking to establish competitive compensation packages or even interview potential employees. The new laws, which are very specific and carry steep penalties for mistakes, are still emerging in many markets and are somewhat nebulous even in those where they […]