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Rewarding Performance: Best Practices for Employee Recognition & Pay Increases
Giving workers raises and providing employee recognition are effective ways to encourage better performance. However, many workplaces aren’t pointing out the connection between better performance and higher pay. If your business isn’t clearly demonstrating the...
Rewarding Performance: Best Practices for Employee Recognition & Pay Increases
Giving workers raises and providing employee recognition are effective ways to encourage better performance. However, many workplaces aren’t pointing out the connection between better performance and higher pay. If your business isn’t clearly demonstrating the...
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Mission Alignment: Setting Clear Expectations for Employee Performance
When an orchestra plays music, you never hear flutes playing a Beethoven piece and clarinets playing something from Mozart. Each section has its own part to play in the ensemble. While these parts may be different, they are all necessary for the orchestra to perform...
Culture Fit or Not – Can we Terminate if Not?
We want to terminate an employee who doesn’t fit with our culture. Can we do this? First, check your policies and any correspondence (like an offer letter) that have been given to the employee to ensure that you have established an at-will employment relationship....
Three Effective Ways to Use Social Media for Talent Acquisition
Three Effective Ways to Use Social Media for Talent Acquisition Social Media Is Essential To Successful Recruiting Today’s most successful businesses are including social media in their recruitment strategy. In a report published by SHRM, 84% of companies surveyed...
What is the technical or otherwise common definition of an employee’s termination date? Is it the date the on which the termination occurs or the last date the employee performed work?
Typically, the termination date is the day that the actual termination occurred. It may or may not coincide with the final day of work, depending on the circumstances. For example, many companies have a no-call, no-show provision in their attendance policy (e.g.,...
How to Deliver Value From Your Experience at SHRM | Asure
Looking to Deliver Value From Your Experience at SHRM? The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference and Exposition offers a number of attractions for attendees: free stuff, a glimpse at the latest workplace amenities, time away from the office,...
How HCM Software Translates Data into Action
HCM Software Translates Data into Actionable Information Catching Up to Modern Business Intelligence Business intelligence is increasingly able to help organizations uncover the hidden stories behind their data. Retailers capture rich customer data and analyze it to...
American Health Care Act Draft Unveiled
American Health Care Act Draft UnveiledOn June 22, 2017, Senate Republicans unveiled a draft version of their healthcare reform bill "H.R. 1628" designed to:- Cuts Medicaid- Ends penalties for people not buying insurance- Reshapes subsidies to low-income usersThe...
House GOP Health Plan – Comparison to the ACA
House GOP Health Plan – Comparison to the ACAEstimates: Cost & Coverage of Proposed ACA LegislationThe Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act would save the government billions over the next 10 years, but leave 14M people without insurance in 2018...
How to Optimize Your Salary Budget to Retain Talent in 2018
How to Optimize Your Salary Budget to Retain Talent in 2018 According to the latest Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement Survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 61% of employees say compensation is “very important” to them. However, only 26%...
Obamacare Exchange Stats Not Encouraging
Obamacare Exchange Stats Not EncouragingNearly two million individuals enrolled in Obamacare plans through state exchanges dropped their coverage through mid-March, according to a Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services report released Monday evening.Some 12.2...
Snippets American Health Care Act (AHCA)
Snippets American Health Care Act (AHCA)The AHCA is like having a baby …It’s not here yet, but it’s coming. ANTI-AHCA PUSH – Eight major groups announced national events hoping to bring together patients, providers and advocates to warn the Senate against repealing...
Employee Performance Evaluations of the Future
Performance Evaluation in the Organization of the Future Changing Attitudes Toward Performance Reviews Ask a Fortune 500 executive about performance reviews and you’re likely to hear that they are “so last century”. Criticisms regarding traditional performance...
Obamacare Drives Out Insurers
Obamacare Drives Out InsurersInsurers Fleeing Marketplaces Cite Fear of Subsidy Payments and the Individual MandateObamacare markets are undergoing a slow-motion meltdown as a climate of uncertainty.Most insurers have announced plans to exit the marketplaces, which...
ACA Repeal/Replace Timeline
ACA Repeal/Replace TimelineThe Senate Republican health care bill would guarantee immediate assistance for insurance markets that are struggling in many states. Yet overall it would do the same thing as its House counterpart: less federal money for health insurance...
How to Make the Most of the SHRM Conference
SHRM17: How to Make the Most of Your Experience SHRM’s Annual Conference & Exposition means something different to every attendee. For many, it’s all about earning recertification credits, while for others the main attraction is the opportunity to travel to...
HR Software for Benefits Administration & Workforce Management
How Do Your Most Important Benefit Plans Align With Employees' Expectations? The Role of Benefits in Retaining Top Talent It is undisputed that to be an employer of choice in today’s competitive talent market, having a strong benefits plan is essential. In a recent...
Why Secure Workforce Management Software is Vital
Ransomware Attacks Are a Wake-up Call for Cybersecurity in HR The recent wave of global “WannaCry” ransomware attacks were a shock to anyone who depends on their computer in daily life—which is now virtually everyone. For HR professionals charged with safeguarding...
TelePayroll’s Affordable Background Screening Solutions
Asure Software Affordable Background Screening SolutionsAsure Software Screening Services Turn A Negative Into a PositiveAdvanced Technology and Proven Customer Service Provides Peace of Mind. TelePayroll has partnered with National Crime Search, Inc. (NCS), a...
Tracking Time & Attendance in Mobile Work Environments
The Growth of the Mobile Workforce Studies project that by 2020 mobile workers will make up nearly 75% of the US workforce. While technology has made a mobile workforce possible, a significant driver of accelerated growth is the need for employers to be competitive in...
TelePayroll Timekeeping Benefits
TelePayroll Timekeeping BenefitsTelePayroll’s Time-Collecting Options Simplify Your Time & Attendance TrackingTracking employee hours and attendance is a complicated task no matter how many employees are on your team. With new rules and government regulations, the...
We want to hire an administrative assistant. Can we classify this person as an independent contractor during a 90-day try-out period and then, if they work out, hire them as a full-time employee at the end of the 90 days?
The short answer is no.It's highly unlikely that an administrative assistant would meet the criteria for classification as an independent contractor. The IRS and the U.S. Department of Labor, along with state agencies, have specific criteria for determining who is an...
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