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Learn How to Build an Employee Handbook for Your Business

Your company’s employee handbook needs to communicate essential information to your workers and managers. It acts as a single source of truth that contains your company’s policies and expectations, as well as employee compensation and benefits. Your employee handbook will ...

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What to Look for When Considering a PEO

More and more companies and organizations are turning to professional employer organizations (PEO) to outsource their HR or ‘back-office’ functions in order to free up more of their time to focus on growth and customer service. The PEO industry is still fairly ...

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New Employee Onboarding Guide

New employee onboarding plays a critical role in an employee’s success and keeping talented people within your organization. Before you question the benefits of following a new employee onboarding guide, consider that Gallup reports: Only 12% of employees believe their organizations ...

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How to Calculate Overtime Pay and When to Pay It

Here’s an HR word problem for you: Luis in the install department makes $15 an hour and normally works 40 hours a week Monday through Friday. This week, he worked 46 hours and 10 of those hours were on a ...

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Why Signing a Healthcare PEO Agreement With ABO Makes Sense

  As a CEO, CFO, COO or Director of Operations of a small to medium-sized company, you have a lot on your plate. Along with your many responsibilities, you must also ensure that your employees feel appreciated and that their needs ...

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Maintaining a Compliant Employee Handbook

  Employee handbooks are a necessary part of running a company. As an employer, the handbook that you present to your employees must be a valuable manual that provides coherent information. There are countless reasons why having a compliant employee ...

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Who Are the Best 401(k) Providers for Your Small Business?

Small businesses are a major job creation engine and provider of benefits and security for their employees. Benefits such as 401(k) plans allow employees to save money for the future while reducing their taxes — providing a path to a ...

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These Common Mistakes Can Result in ACA Penalties

ACA mistakes can result in some serious penalties for employers. But, as we all know, staying in compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is time-consuming and complicated — and can also be riddled with issues that pop up and make your ...

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Paid Time Off (PTO) Basics – What Employers Need to Know

  Running any type of business means you likely have employees. In addition to regular days off, people will often choose a specific employer if that company offers paid time off, or PTO. But what is PTO, exactly? And how ...

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Common Ownership: What are the Rules?

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has specific rules that controlled groups of corporations must follow. The rules can be found in Code Section 414 and are used for many purposes, with a principal focus on determining whether multiple entities have enough ...

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The Impact of Technology on Human Resources

The ability to evolve has been the defining quality that has shaped human existence. This evolution has brought forth many advancements key among them being technology. The main goal of technology is to aid humans. But the effects technological innovations ...

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Shopping for Employee Benefits? Think Beyond Pricing

Keeping costs down for your business is always important, but when shopping for employee benefits, sometimes spending a little more can bring big returns.

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