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Your employee training plan is one of the most important parts of your onboarding process. Without an excellent training program, you can’t expect new hires to know how to meet their position’s goals. Consider the perspective of a new employee. ...
When you partner with a professional employer organization (PEO), you outsource your Human Resources functions to cut back on costs and save valuable time. Making the decision to partner with a PEO in order to take some administrative tasks off your plate is a ...
Small business owners — especially those focused on their company’s fast growth — may not give much consideration to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The law is quite complicated, can be hard to understand and may be difficult to ...
Whether your small business is growing and you’re ready to make your first hire, or you’re a seasoned executive making your 100th hire, the process can often seem overwhelming and even daunting. From résumé verification to scheduling interviews, conducting background checks, ...
In payroll, the matter of exempt vs. nonexempt is critical. For example, imagine a company with 20 employees. For simplicity’s sake, the owner makes everyone a salaried employee. It seems like a great idea, right? Everyone knows exactly how much ...
Hiring the right employee can be tricky. The application/resume and the interview process are your primary tools. Despite these methods, you have probably made more than a few bad hires. Maybe the employee who had a stellar resume couldn’t perform ...
When considering employee compensation, there’s a bit more to think about than base salaries. Base pay is just that: base. It’s an employee’s initial rate of pay prior to any benefits, bonuses, or other compensation.
After four years of building her business from scratch — literally — in her own kitchen, Bridget made a bold move. Her breakfast bakery and catering company was moving up in the world, and she had enough staff that just ...
Human resource departments cost companies a lot of money. In addition to paying HR employees their salaries and benefits, businesses have to spend money on things like regulatory compliance, onboarding, and lowering churn rates. The complexities of managing a workforce ...
Being a small business in any sector requires the ability to remain competitive on all fronts. This means you have to know when to pivot and make decisions that will benefit your company in both the short and long term. ...
As more employers turn to professional employer organizations (PEO) to take the burden of HR tasks, paperwork, and compliance off their plates, more PEO providers are emerging in the market. We are entering into a new era for the PEO industry ...
America’s Back Office (ABO), a human resource management company, remains the only IRS Certified Professional Employer Organization (CPEO) based in Michigan. Small- and mid-sized businesses in Michigan can take advantage of this unique opportunity to improve their human resource services ...
