Verified First, Our Background Screening Partner, Wins HRO Today Competition

Here at Dominion Systems, we partner with the top companies that can provide value to our clients. Here’s exciting news about how Verified First, our background screening partner, is providing new features to improve the hiring process:

We’re proud to announce that our background screening partner, Verified First, was named the winner at HRO Today’s 2018 iTalent competition. This prestigious competition showcases innovative HR technologies and took place on Tuesday, May 2, at the 2018 HRO Today Forum in Harbor, Maryland.

Verified FirstGuest UserJuly 18, 2018Verified First, Background Screening, Human ResourcesComment

3 Tips to Help You Schedule Hourly Employees Better

When you are managing a business that has hourly employees, things can get a little tricky when trying to put a schedule together. Even if you are using a scheduling software, there will always be schedule changes for different reasons. Let’s focus on the restaurant industry, for example. For some reason, there are still a lot of restaurant owners that rely on the pen-and-paper method for creating their schedules. Often, even their method for distributing the schedule is old school and low-tech; for instance, taping the schedule on the wall. Surprisingly, even those who have introduced computers to their scheduling process still struggle. This is mostly because they are using methods like Excel spreadsheets and email to create and distribute their schedules. What they fail to realize is that there is a solution to their problems, and implementing the following 3 tips can help them out.

Time & AttendanceGuest UserJuly 16, 2018Group Scheduling, Timekeeping, Hourly Employees, SchedulingComment

4 Reasons Personalizing Benefits Communication Assists Employers

With the rise of extensive heath, savings, and wellness programs available to employees, it’s more important than ever to educate new-hires and existing staff on benefit plans. Because of technical terminology and overwhelming options, the process of choosing the right enrollment plan can create frustration and confusion, which means it’s more important than ever before to provide a personalized communication strategy for benefit plans.

10 Surefire Ways To Motivate Your Employees

The following is a guest post by Rachel Summers. Rachel is a social media manager of seven years who has worked for a wide array of companies of all sizes, including the leading custom writing service Revieweal.

Motivation is a strong tool in the business world. If you manage to find good ways to motivate your employees to work better and harder, you can easily achieve the best results. However, it's sometimes hard to find a single way to motivate everyone. Not all employees care for the same things. Luckily, there are always some things that you can do to improve your business environment and encourage your employees to do their best.

Guest ContributorJuly 11, 2018Human Resources, Employee Motivation, Guest PostComment

Why Employers Should Improve Employee Financial Education

Workplace productivity is a top concern for employers across all industries. It’s a constant challenge to find new ways to improve monthly or quarterly goals and equally upsetting when managers notice a downtick in motivation and commitment. One serious factor contributing to office distraction is financial stress. According to a report by Personal Finance Employee Education Foundation, nearly 1 in 4 employees are suffering from persistent financial woes. These millions of stressed individuals find it difficult to leave their problems at the door as it’s estimated that 30 to 80 percent of employees with serious financial problems focus on their personal situation rather than workplace objectives.

BusinessGuest UserJuly 9, 2018employee financial education, business, financial stressComment

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.

Business, Human ResourcesGuest UserJune 26, 2018Employee Handbook, Human Resources, HR, HR Software, Online HR Software, HRISComment

How to Navigate an Injury at Work

No matter how vigilant you are about maintaining safety in the workplace, you can’t always avoid accidents. It’s important to know how to respond when one of your employees suffers an injury on the job.

Properly training staff on workplace safety is important. As one Philadelphia workers compensation lawyer points out, these injuries can be costly, “as most injuries or illnesses that…have been caused by an accident or condition at the workplace” will be covered by your worker's compensation plan.

Human Resources, BusinessMarketing TeamJune 21, 2018workers compensation, Workers CompComment

4 Software Tools Every Successful Business Should Have

There are a number of factors that contribute to a truly successful business, which is why it’s important to re-evaluate your processes from time to time. You know all too well how important it is to keep paperwork organized, track your employee’s time and attendance, maintain constant communication, and measure the success of your organization, all the while ensuring your clients are happy and satisfied with the product or services they receive. However, you don’t have to do this all on your own.

Human ResourcesGuest UserJune 19, 2018Payroll, HRMS, Human Resources, Time and Attendance, AnalyticsComment