Businesses of all sizes face challenges in planning for capital expenditures. Unfortunately, safety training and health management planning is not always a top priority. The cost of poor planning and lack of safety training can hit businesses hard. Spend on occupational injuries and illnesses currently tops $170 billion per year, expenses that come directly outContinue Reading
It’s no longer enough for businesses to simply put together an amazing team. The key to success and longevity in today’s competitive business environment begins and ends with employee retention. The financial implications of a high turnover rate, where the cost of training and recruitment is lost, are high. A recent CAP study found thatContinue Reading
Employee training and development programs contribute to a company’s success and those of its workers. They allow companies to remain capable and relevant when skills are needed, offering them an effective way of filling roles without looking to job markets. In addition, training can boost employee morale and productivity by allowing opportunities for growth andContinue Reading
For growing small businesses, the job of payroll administration and bookkeeping grows ever more weighty as they add more customers, expand their departments, hire additional employees and create new vendor relationships. Adding to the complexity is the fact that the larger a company gets, the more rules and red tape they will subject to justContinue Reading
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
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