Posts tagged HR
5 Strategies to Help your Employees Have a Healthy Work-Life Balance

Finding a job that offers a quality work-life balance is becoming one of the highest priorities for job seekers in 2018. Studies show that applicants are more invested in finding jobs that work well with their home lives than they are with higher paying jobs or those that offer more PTO. Creating a workspace that provides a healthy work-life balance can not only assist you in your recruitment and retention needs but also has been proven to increase employee productivity. Does your company take strides to promote a healthy environment for employees to balance their home and work lives? Read on to get a few strategies your organization can implement to create happier and healthier employees and improve your overall company culture.

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7 Ways HR Reporting Can Benefit Your Business

As companies grow, the amount of internal data they generate grows along with them. Typically, employee data is stored electronically, which provides easy access as well as a convenient way to update and change information. However, in today’s business landscape you need to be able to visualize key human resource data in order to see which processes are running smoothly and where operations can be improved. Having a Reporting feature allows you to streamline this process. Let’s dive into 7 reasons why your business can’t afford to not have a reporting feature.

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4 Important Elements to Include in Your Employee Handbook

Any successful business has an employee handbook, as it is an essential asset to offer your employees. Outlining policies and procedures in a written form provides employees with answers to common questions and lets them know what is expected of them while at work. As an HR professional, I am sure you get bombarded with random questions from your employees on a daily basis. This is why having an employee handbook and making it mandatory for all employees to read and sign during their onboarding process is imperative. It is important for an organization to have an employee handbook in order to prevent and avoid problems from occurring, as well as being provided with legal protection in case something does happen. So what does an employee handbook look like? Read on to find out what 4 elements you should include in yours.


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4 Reasons Your Company Should Hold Off-Site Gatherings

Within the marketing department here at Dominion Systems, we make a point to get off-site from time to time. Whether it’s to drive across state to attend a Hubspot User Group or just down the road to our favorite coffee shop, we understand the importance of getting a change of scenery every once in a while. As a company, however, this can be pretty difficult to manage. After all, many of the departments within our organization have to be on site in order to run on all cylinders. That being said, we manage to get everyone from the company off-site whenever possible. For example, every year we throw a huge holiday party to celebrate the hard work we do during year-end. We also get each department to go out on a “department outing” over the summer months. Whether it’s a day spent on the lake or on the golf course, this is a great way to get some fresh air and not feel cooped up over the summer months. Whenever one department is out for the day, everyone else is happy to step in to make sure nothing falls through the cracks.

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Tips and Tools Every HR Professional Should Know About

Tips and Tools Every HR Professional Should Know About:

  1. Recruiting | Applicant Tracking System

  2. Retention | Onboarding Software

  3. Payroll | Online Payroll Software

  4. Time & Attendance | Time &  Attendance Software

Did you just open a new business? Perhaps you just started a new role at a company in the HR department. Whatever the case may be, it is a known fact that any HR role comes with a lot of stress and time-consuming tasks such as recruiting, onboarding, compensating employees, approving time off requests, maintaining policies and records, ensuring compliance, handling employee concerns and so on. All these tasks are important and there is no way around them, but luckily, there are ways to make those tasks easier and streamline your processes.

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3 Compliance Issues Every HR Professional Should Be Aware Of

 Staying compliant is an important part of any business, no matter the size. Because your HR department deals with a variety of issues on a daily basis, staying compliant becomes a bigger responsibility for them in particular. Being aware of the most common compliance issues allows your HR department to prevent any problems if your company were to get audited. There are specific guidelines and regulations that your HR staff should follow in order to stay compliant such as the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, Federal Civil Rights, and so on.

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The Importance of Diversity in the Business World

Think about all the people you work with. Do they all look the same? Do they have the exact same beliefs? Probably not. Over the years, the demographics of the American workforce have changed dramatically. Before, the workforce was comprised of mostly white males, whereas today, we are able to see a mix of genders, race, religion, age, and so on. Diversity is probably one of the most common buzzwords that make employers nervous. Why? Because nowadays, it seems that diversity is wrapped up in legalities and controversial issues, making it a hard topic of discussion.

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