Top 4 Ways To Manage a Counter Offer From an Employee
The frustration behind finding out one of your best employees has received an offer from another organization is a frustration many managers are facing today. There’s hardly any manager that wants to hear that someone on their team has another job offer in the works with a better package. The question is how should you […]
5 Simple Ways to Help Your Employees and Their Mental Health
Given the pandemic and recent world events on top of regular life stressors, mental health is on the top of everyone’s priority list. Employees are taking their mental health more seriously, and companies have taken notice and leaned in to support and help where possible. However, how do you know if the resources and tools […]
The Cost Of Hiring Your First Employee In The United States
Beginning business operations in the United States can be an exciting growth stage in your business. As you begin to identify locations, key projects, and other details as part of this expansion, the questions will always come back to “who are we going to hire?” or “how do we hire or relocate someone to manage […]
7 PEO Mythbusters: Uncovering the Truth about PEO Benefits
The thought of using a Professional Employer Organization, also known as a PEO, scares many small and mid-sized businesses. There could be reasons varying from not recognizing the true value of PEOs to not even understanding the concept of the services they provide. Misconceptions such as these can prevent a business from gaining the benefits […]
How to Keep Employees Happy and Increase Productivity: 4 Steps You Can Take Today
Working to improve your employees’ happiness pays dividends…literally. Happier employees work harder, work better together in teams and are more productive. Actually, companies with happy employees outperform the competition by 20%. (Talk about crushing the competition!) Employees in a happy workplace become shining role models for their co-workers and potential employees. So, what keeps employees […]
The Ultimate Work-Life Balance Initiatives Checklist For Employers
What’s holding you back? When it comes to creating a work-life balance, it’s time to go all in! Learning to let go will pay dividends in building a dedicated, motivated and inspired staff. Encouraging a work-life balance can prevent your employees from working exhaustive late nights and becoming part of the 68% of employees who […]
Is Mandatory Overtime Legal? What Employers Need to Know
Highlights Demanding work comes in waves. Maybe it’s peak business season. You could be overloaded and working to wrap up sales for the quarter, or maybe you’re short-staffed. Whatever the reason, you need your employees to work extra hours. This might lead you to consider mandatory overtime. As an employer, you know that your employees […]
6 Ways to Improve Work-Life Balance for Your Employees
Your employees are committed to getting the job done. (Way to go employees!) They’re bringing dedication and talent to the table, going above and beyond to achieve client goals. The problem is that your employees are also going above and beyond their work hours — which can lead to burnout and high turnover. As many […]
5 Creative Retention Strategies You Can Implement to Keep Your Top Talent
You know that crippling feeling when a top performer resigns out of nowhere, and you don’t see it coming? It can make your head spin. As you begin to reassemble to pieces and fill the void they have left, you lean on your remaining team members to take on more responsibility while you start the […]
Can You Terminate an Employee for Looking for Another Job?
Let’s face it, it’s been a great year for job seekers. The fallout from the pandemic has changed the job market. Rising minimum wage and employee demand for better work life balance = a tight labor supply. (The talent pool has become more like a talent puddle!) Your employees are more aware than ever that […]