Monthly Archives: November 2016

Businesses today are faced with a complex challenge: how to hire the right people while having the confidence that they will be able to adapt and succeed in an ever-evolving workplace. Business requires visionary leaders who can make tough decisions, empower employees and pivot quickly. To secure and develop these leaders, businesses currently invest millionsContinue Reading

Too few employees today are taking advantage of one of the best options they have to save money while, at the same time, looking out for the health and well-being of themselves and their families. Section 125 Cafeteria Plans offer employees the opportunity to defer non-taxed income and use it instead on a wide rangeContinue Reading

About 2.7 million Americans quit their jobs in May of 2015 — nearly two percent of the workforce — up by about a quarter since 2003. “Quits,” as termed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, held steady at near 2 million month-on-month. Higher turnover isn’t necessarily a sign of a weakening economy. Employees who leaveContinue Reading

One measure of a great company that is often overlooked in the business world is the ability to create and preserve an environment of work-life balance. Sharply contrasting this ideal, many employees are being paid for 40 hours’ worth of work on a weekly basis, yet a 2014 Gallup Study found that Americans work an averageContinue Reading

For the American workforce, witnessing the United States unemployment rate spike sharply during the recent economic recession was anything but encouraging. The good news? After hitting a peak of ten percent in October of 2009, the national unemployment rate has decreased to 5.3 percent as June 2015. The bad news? That still leaves approximately 8.3 millionContinue Reading

Most people don’t realize how many HR functions are going on behind the scenes of an organization; that is, until they go to work for a company without a dedicated HR department. In a nutshell, a good HR team is devoted to providing effective policies, procedures, and people-friendly guidelines to the organization. HR objectives runContinue Reading

When most people head off to work in the morning, the last thing they’re probably thinking about is whether the job they’re walking into is going to cause them injury or even death. However, the United States Department of Labor reports the following in its Job Safety and Health fact sheet: “Each year, approximately 6,000Continue Reading

Falls account for almost a quarter of all workplace injuries and more than $14 billion in workers’ compensation claims, according to Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety’s 2014 Workplace Safety Index. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) took a closer look at workplace falls back in 2011 and discovered that 20% ofContinue Reading

Recently featured in the PEO industry’s leading publication NAPEO Insider, this article showcases how UniqueHR has evolved its PEO model over the years to best meet the needs of the market’s growing appetite for business solutions from a single-source provider. To read the full article click here.  With ACA looming over us and its impact onContinue Reading

According to a report by Harvard Business Review (HBR) Analytic Services on The Impact of Employee Engagement on Performance, employee engagement has become a priority for senior managers. These managers report that staff who are highly engaged are usually highly innovative and productive, which increases the the bottom line and reduces the costs associated withContinue Reading

Companies today are in a continual state of change to maintain competitiveness. As a result, new processes and variables find their way into the company and can change the dynamics of a company. Planning and anticipation are key activities for just about every phase of business, including dealing with the potential for employee injuries. AccidentContinue Reading

UniqueHR is excited to announce that our Chief Executive Officer, Garry Bradford, was elected President of the Texas Certified Self-Insurer Guaranty Association effective July 2015. Garry’s leadership and devotion to UniqueHR for the past 24 years has been instrumental in ensureing the long-term viability of the PEO industry as a whole. “It is an honor toContinue Reading