Adding a new team member is much more than just filling an open position. Aside from the training and onboarding that comes with a new hire, you also need to report their employment to the designated state agency for which you reside. Failure to do so is a direct violation of The New Hire Reporting Program which was mandated by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. New hire reporting information can be used for a number of different reasons, the most common being the collection of child support, reveal fraud in unemployment compensation, workers’ compensation and welfare programs.

Human Resources, PayrollMarketing TeamFebruary 1, 2017New Hire Forms, New Hire Reporting, OnboardingComment

An Overview of Workers' Compensation in Michigan

Workers’ compensation is a unique area of the law. It’s all governed by the Michigan Workers’ Disability Compensation Act. Prior to 1912, all injuries that occurred on the job were to be treated as a personal injury matter. If you were to get in a car accident, or you were to slip and fall while you’re visiting a store, it was all the same. Back in 1912, everyone had adopted a statute that made it almost automatically a liability on the employer’s perspective, but it really limited the amount in damages that an individual could recover if an injury were to happen on the job.

Human ResourcesMarketing TeamJanuary 23, 2017Human Resources, Workers Compensation, Workers CompComment

Why Your Interview Process Should Be A Two-Way Street

Way too often the interview process is looked at as a way for the candidate to impress their prospective new employer, with no regard to how the employer should also be in ‘wooing’ mode. If you’re in the traditional mindset that an interview is structured so the candidate can win over the employer, you may need to rethink your motives here. What employers are failing to realize is the interview process is best compared to your dating experience. Think of it this way, during the first date you can get a pretty good idea of how well the two of you will mesh. You learn more about your date, their interests, hobbies, family, and values, and of course, they learn the same from you.

Human ResourcesMarketing TeamJanuary 20, 2017HR, Interviewing, Hiring, Hiring Process, Candidate ExperienceComment

The Importance of Exit Interviews and The Best Questions Employers Should Ask

No matter how perfect you think your retention strategy is, the truth is your employees will leave your company at one point or another, and there is nothing you can do about it. When an employee turns in their resignation letter, an exit interview should follow in the near future. Exit interviews are conducted when employees are departing a company, usually right before their last day.

How to Improve Racial Diversity in the Workplace

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably come to realize that your business could stand to become a little more diverse. Perhaps you’ve become aware of the many benefits that come along with having a diverse company, or else maybe you simply looked around one day and noticed there aren’t a whole lot of minorities in your office. Either way, there’s no denying the importance of having a multitude of races, ethnicities, and backgrounds within a company.

Human ResourcesGuest UserJanuary 16, 2017Racial Diversity, Human ResourcesComment

Keeping Up With Compliance: What HR & Payroll Professionals Need to Know

First things first, compliance is everything in the back office. Whether you’re running the payroll, tracking employee hours, calculating who is eligible for ACA, or what have you, the key to success is making sure all your ducks are in a row. Issues with compliance can lead to hefty fines and working backward to correct what has been wronged. All-in-all, it should be avoided at all costs and with the help of a few tools, it can be for the most part. Even the most seasoned HR and payroll professionals can find themselves with a penalty due to error.

ACA, Human Resources, Payroll, TaxMarketing TeamJanuary 13, 2017Payroll Compliance, Tax Compliance, Taxes, Tax Filing, ACA Reporting, ACA, FLSAComment

Leveraging Your Company's Strengths to Attract New Candidates

The hiring process is just that, a process that we follow in order to find the right candidate to meet the needs of our organization. Sometimes this process, along with many others, fall so much into our ‘routine’ that we forget to challenge them. Why do we have three in-person interviews before putting an offer out to a candidate? Is the test we administer really necessary, or will we hire regardless of the results? Just because the path has been paved for you does not mean you should follow it. In fact, I challenge you to question your hiring process and use those around you to improve upon it.

Human ResourcesMarketing TeamJanuary 11, 2017Employee Onboarding, Onboarding, Hiring, Hiring Process, Talent RetentionComment

4 Steps You Should Take to Improve Your Hiring Process

It’s easy, as the years go by, to forget that nervous, excited, somewhat anxious feeling almost everyone has when they get a new job. When you stay in one place too long, you forget what it’s like to walk into the great unknown that is a first day on the job. That’s why it’s important to consider the perspective of your new hires when refining your hiring process. At the ripe age of 25, I have had a total of 10 different jobs, mostly two or even three at a time. This means I’ve gone through the arduous task of filling out new hire paperwork 10 times over the last decade. While the terminology within these documents has become familiar and I’ve learned how many dependants to claim, that hasn’t made it particularly enjoyable. However, by following these 4 steps we can evaluate our experiences as new hires in order to get a good insight into how we can ease this transition and make for a smoother onboarding process.

Human ResourcesGuest UserJanuary 9, 2017Human Resources, Hiring, OnboardingComment