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How the HR Department Can Use Online Forms to Save Time
- Thursday, 27 October 2016
- HR/Benefits
- Written by Miranda Nicholson
HR pros are expert time managers, juggling many roles at once. From winning and maintaining talent, to providing employee satisfaction, to reinforcing company values, the job of an HR professional revolves around timeliness, automation, efficiency and productivity. Effective time management can speed up business processes and allow HR staff to focus on more meaningful goals, such as ensuring employee happiness. Online forms can make the job easier by streamlining every part of the process.
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Clear job descriptions are an employer’s best friend
- Wednesday, 05 October 2016
- HR/Benefits
- Written by Tami Kamin Meyer
“While every organization is different, meaning there is never a ‘one size fits all’ job description, it is almost always a good practice for a business to have written job descriptions for all jobs,” says Bill Nolan, managing partner of the Columbus office of Barnes & Thornburg. Nolan, whose represents employers in employment law matters, adds that accurate job descriptions “define the target.”
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Are employee satisfaction surveys right for your small business?
- Thursday, 11 August 2016
- HR/Benefits
- Written by Tami Kamin Meyer
Employee satisfaction surveys can be a useful tool for evaluating the pulse of your small business from the very people charged with carrying out the company’s mission: its staff. If written correctly and with the right intention, they can empower employees to feel they are being given a voice in the company. Conversely, if any aspect of the surveys run afoul, they can actually wreak havoc within an organization.
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Contracts: A Brief Primer
- Wednesday, 04 May 2016
- HR/Benefits
- Written by Tami Kamin Meyer
“The thing that’s different about the business environment in America than in China or Russia is that here, contracts will be enforced,” says Mark Landes, a Columbus partner with the law firm of Isaac Wiles. That is, of course, assuming the terms contained in the contract are valid.
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Get on board with onboarding
- Thursday, 21 April 2016
- HR/Benefits
- Written by Tami Kamin Meyer
Onboarding, the process whereby new hires are assimilated into the protocols of their new employer, doesn’t start on Day One of the job, says Lonnie Sciambi, owner of The Small Business Force, a business consultancy in New Jersey. Instead, he says, onboarding “starts with the interview process. The interview process is the courtship,” he says.
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Overtime rules change
- Wednesday, 09 March 2016
- HR/Benefits
- Written by Tami Kamin Meyer
The suggested changes to how the Department of Labor classifies “exempt” and “non-exempt” employees will impact small businesses in a big way, if adopted as proposed. According to Julie Young, a Columbus employment law attorney with Worley Law, LLC, the proposed amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act were published in July 2015.
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What Every Start-Up Owners Needs to Know About Employment Law
- Wednesday, 24 February 2016
- HR/Benefits
- Written by Paige Zandri
From hiring initial employees to managing a growing staff, employment law runs the spectrum of employer-employee interactions. Labor laws and statutes in the United States are diverse and numerous, some are new, others well established.
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How to recruit top employees
- Wednesday, 27 January 2016
- HR/Benefits
- Written by Tami Kamin Meyer
Hanging a “Help Wanted” sign in your shop window isn’t the classiest way to advertise your small business’s desire for new employees. While the written notice might attract some attention, it isn’t likely to attract the best talent for your business. Sure, there’s the standard classified ad highlighting your company’s employment needs along with countless online job boards, such as Craigslist, that can help get the word out. But if your goal is to attract talented, highly qualified candidates whose professional goals mirror your company’s mission, it might behoove you to hire a professional recruiter.
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Who Owns Work Product?
- Wednesday, 06 January 2016
- HR/Benefits
- Written by Tami Kamin Meyer
Columbus, Ohio attorney Joe Dreitler, who has been practicing Copyright and Trademark law for 36 years, says he is often asked the same question by various clients, no matter the size of their business. The inquiry? Who owns the copyright of work product, the boss or the employee?
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Should Your Small Business Offer Employees A Retirement Plan?
- Thursday, 17 December 2015
- HR/Benefits
- Written by Tami Kamin Meyer
According to a recent article in Nerd Wallet, today’s college graduates won’t be able to retire until the age of 75. Variables such as rising rent costs and overwhelming student loan debt are two major factors contributing to that startling statistic. That’s all the more sobering since Geoba reports the average life expectancy in the United States is 78.8 years old. For the longest life expectancy, it might be wise to move to Monaco, where Geoba says the average person will live 89.52 years.
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