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HR Compliance Update | November 11, 2024

HR Compliance Update | November 11, 2024

FEDERAL UPDATES Federal Contractors: Disclosure of 2021 Data. OFCCP published a notice in the Federal Register notifying federal contractors of two new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to disclose contractors’ EEO-1 Type 2 Reports for 2021. The requests also...

How Your Hiring Process Impacts Your Employment Brand

How Your Hiring Process Impacts Your Employment Brand

As an employer, your hiring process serves as the first impression applicants have about your business. It plays a key role in forming your brand image in the applicant’s mind. If you want to navigate a labor shortage and bring in top talent, you need to learn...

The 6 States That Mandate Anti-Harassment Training

The 6 States That Mandate Anti-Harassment Training

Under federal law, workplaces aren’t allowed to discriminate against applicants and employees during their hiring and employment practices. However, specific states take these laws further with mandated anti-harassment training. For example, California requires...

What Type of Anti-Harassment Training Should Managers Have?

What Type of Anti-Harassment Training Should Managers Have?

While managers and employees should both be given anti-harassment training, the type of training they receive should be different. Managers are responsible for creating a safe, supportive working environment. They must be trained on how to recognize harassment and...

What Is Employer Branding?

What Is Employer Branding?

Today, 86% of HR professionals report that recruiting employees is becoming more like marketing. The same number of workers say they research a business before they consider turning in their application. In today’s job market, companies can’t just post a generic job...

10 Best Practices for Building a Recruitment Brand

10 Best Practices for Building a Recruitment Brand

If you’re struggling to drive traffic from job sites, your recruitment brand may be to blame. As an employer, you aren’t just branding and marketing a product to your customers. You’re also marketing your business to potential applicants. By building the right...

Understanding How Employee Life Cycle Impacts Your Productivity

Understanding How Employee Life Cycle Impacts Your Productivity

As a small business owner, you need to understand how an employee’s productivity lifecycle works. From the start of an employee’s career to its end, the ratio of labor cost to profit significantly changes. By understanding how this lifecycle shifts and how to track...

The Dangers of Overstaffing

The Dangers of Overstaffing

Because of the war for talent, there is a shortage of skilled workers for many positions. In response to the labor shortage, some companies deliberately try to hire extra workers to ensure they have enough labor. However, there is also a danger of overstaffing. If you...

Why Labor Is Directly Correlated to Your Profitability

Why Labor Is Directly Correlated to Your Profitability

As a small business owner, your direct and indirect labor are directly related to how profitable your company is. If you aren’t efficiently using labor, you won’t be able to produce the goods and services your clients need. To learn more about the connection between...

Why Career Journey Support Can Help You Compete for Talented Workers

Why Career Journey Support Can Help You Compete for Talented Workers

Are you helping workers achieve their career goals? If not, you could be missing out on a powerful HR tool.  A career journey isn’t a path that contains a defined end. It includes rich learning experiences, detours, and opportunities for growth. Beyond enriching the...

HR Compliance Update | October 23, 2024

HR Compliance Update | October 23, 2024

FEDERAL UPDATES Federal Contractors – Minimum Wage (eff. 1/1/25).  The DOL announced that the minimum wage for federal contract workers subject to Executive Order 14026 will increase from $17.20 to $17.75 per hour starting January 1.  Contracts entered into, renewed,...

Why the Labor Shortage Will Only Continue

Why the Labor Shortage Will Only Continue

In the United States, there are currently 8 million available job openings. However, there are only 6.8 million unemployed individuals who can fill these openings.  The limited supply of labor is a problem for employers. Unfortunately, this labor shortage is only...

10 Tips for Managing a Labor Shortage

10 Tips for Managing a Labor Shortage

Since the baby boomers, there simply haven’t been enough births to keep up with every retirement. As a result, small businesses are struggling to find qualified employees for every open position. By adopting a few tips and strategies, you can improve your company’s...

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