Remote Hiring Guide
Hiring your first remote employee? Explore our guide to remote hiring and get advice from our team of experts. EmPower HR is your trusted counsel when it comes to keeping you compliant with regulations and ensuring you have the correct items on your radar.
Cybersecurity Checklist
You can be the first line of defense when it comes to protecting your company from security breaches. Help ensure that your data, both personal and professional, stays safe by following these cybersecurity best practices.
Recruitment And Retention: A Symbiotic Relationship Amidst A Crisis
The way we work has changed significantly since the unwelcome arrival of COVID-19, and so have the concepts of recruitment and retention. Here are a few tips to redirect your talent strategy amidst this crisis.
Why Employee Engagement And Culture Are Important
Over the past decade, employee engagement has become a buzzword that not many business owners have been able to get away from. This is because employee engagement has become a key performance indicator of the effectiveness of workplace culture. Through employee engagement, leaders can gauge employee happiness, job satisfaction and productivity, which has let them […]
Traditional vs. Contemporary HR
In business, they say, “the only constant is change” and as the business world has evolved and changed around us in various ways, the exciting world of human resources has as well. As businesses have grown, pivoted, and adapted to market conditions, they needed an HR department to adjust with it to meet its all-encompassing […]
Identifying The Right Diversity & Inclusion Training
If you feel overwhelmed with diversity and inclusion training, trust us, you are not alone. It’s common for businesses to be confused about where to start and how to align their efforts. Further to this, this area of HR also can be known by different names. It may also be known as: Diversity, Equity and […]
How To Set Up Your HR Foundation For Growth
Growth is an exciting phase of any business. Even when a company encounters tough times that can be riddled with uncertainty, meaningful experiences and opportunities are born, making that turbulent ride worth it. Businesses tend to get carried away easily during a growth phase, to the point where they may fail to make plans and […]
4 Ways To Build An Inclusive Work Culture
Diversity and inclusion (D+I) best practices have become a mainstay in the HR space over the last few years. These principles have become a significant priority as many organizations are currently creating roles specifically around the importance and activation of diverse and inclusive practices within the organizational culture. With more data and statistics being shared […]
Why HR Shouldn’t Be A ‘Backstage’ Operation
There has been an age-long stereotype of the HR department being the “red tape” department and this couldn’t be farther from the truth in this day and age! HR is an ever-evolving area of business management that’s essential to companies, regardless of their size. If we studied today’s most successful companies and those that top […]
Sample Policy For A Drug-Free Workplace
If your company is considering implementing a drug-free workplace, the following sample policy can be used as a blueprint for best practices in building out that program.