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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 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...
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Navigating Growth Plateaus as a Small Business: Crossing the Black Hole
Many businesses focus solely on revenue growth, but this approach carries many downsides. Growing revenue only matters if it helps you add to your company’s profits. Sometimes, companies increase revenue without considering the added labor costs incurred. Once...
Austin HR Gives Back — Announcing Spring Session of Career Transitions
Austin HR's Cofounder, David Hughen, is hosting a seventh year of Career Transitions - a free to the public five week session, designed to help Austin area professionals who are considering their 'next'. This program is made available as a gift to the community....
Tech trends to watch: Resource Scheduling
Is your calendering spreadsheet at your office nearly indecipherable? There is an easier way to manage business activities and projects. Resource scheduling, a tech trend on the rise, is an organizational tool that can funnel all of your company’s resource allocation...
On-demand hiring: Tools to help manage your contingent workforce
There are shocking numbers of contingent workers in the U.S. Last year the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported that 40.2% of American workers were contingent workers. This means that a significant portion of the U.S. workforce is comprised of part-time,...
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) for Qualified Organizations Extended
The IRS released Notice 2016-22 (click here for PDF of notice) which provides guidance and transition relief on the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) as part of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH Act). The PATH Act extends the WOTC through...
Q & A: How to deal with nepotism?
Is it legal for employees who are spouses to be reporting to one another? Should you have a policy against nepotism? Or should you allow it with some qualifications? There is no law against employing relatives. In fact, nepotism is quite common in the United...
How Will the Internet of Things Affect Your Business in 2016?
The Internet of Things is a relatively new term that people are becoming familiar with as technology improves on almost a daily basis. It refers to everyday items that are enhanced with smart technology, such as Bluetooth or RFID sensors.Businesses are encountering...
Simple Strategies to Retain the Best Employees by Using Technology
Every business owner and human resources department deals with employee turnover each year. These turnover rates can vary widely, especially in today's competitive hiring world.It's ultimately the company's responsibility to design a workplace that encourages high...
Be on the Lookout for These Top 10 Workforce Trends in 2016
What trends are facing business owners and managers? What’s on the horizon for the year ahead? From technology improvements to personal time, workforce trends are constantly evolving.Human resource professionals must make a concerted effort to address every trend, so...
Using Big Business Tools Help Small Businesses Become More Efficient
When you run a small business, you have to be smart with every dollar you spend. Therefore, using some of the same tools and systems bigger companies use can help save money and increase profits. For instance, instead of writing a schedule by hand, it may be easier to...
OSHA 300 Requirement February Posting Requirements
The Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (Form 300) is required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to classify work-related injuries and illnesses and to record the extent and severity of each case. Employers are required to complete...
Austin Passes “Ban the Box” Ordinance
Yesterday, Austin’s city council passed what is considered a very controversial ordinance requiring private employers to remove “the box” on their employment applications requesting applicants to disclose whether they have a criminal history or not when applying for...
Q & A: How to Calculate the Actual Cost of an Employee?
Does your business want to calculate the actual cost of an employee to help with cost analysis, bidding jobs, and pro forma financial statements? Determining the "true cost" of an employee is more complex than most people realize. First, you need to determine...
Humble Leaders are the Most Effective
We, at Austin HR, are always looking for humble HR professionals. This trait isn't always easily found. While it's important to be able to lead a team and provide strategic guidance, the willingness and humility to roll one's sleeves up is truly where the rubber...
Workshifting
Sometimes the best work gets done outside of the traditional 9-5 work day. Business in the modern era is often transacted across several time zones. Employees are increasingly working whenever and however they can to meet the demands of both local clients and those...
ACA ruling: You can now get sued for reducing employees’ hours
This U.S. district court ruling is a real game-changer for employers — and not in a good way. Turns out, you CAN now be sued for simply reducing an employee’s hours. Here’s the deal: If an employee can show that your intent in reducing his or her hours was to deny the...
“Helping your employees understand what to do with their 1095-C”
Employees will be receiving one or more 1095 forms from their employer providing information about their 2015 health coverage as mandated by the Affordable Care Act.If employees have questions, the below link can help to answer many of these, such as: “Will I get a...
3 Benefits of Outsourcing Payroll Taxes
Companies have a variety of responsibilities on their plate. From recruitment to retention and everything in between. Business leaders can’t let any obligations fall by the wayside without serious consequences for their organization and its employees. One of the...
Q & A: What are the laws regarding cell phones at work?
What are the laws regarding cell phones at work? Personal use by our employees has gotten out of hand. Can we change our policy to say that cell phones are not permitted on the premises? It can certainly be frustrating having employees on their phones frequently...
Decreasing Square Footage Could Increase Your Profits
The same is true for both families and businesses: no matter how much money you pull in every month, overhead whittles it away to virtually nothing.In the Internet Age, the overhead associated with high employee costs, like space and equipment, should have disappeared...
ACA – No Answers Until The New Administration Begins to Legislate
ACA – No Answers Until The New Administration Begins to LegislateWe know that since 2010, the Affordable Care Act has insured more than 12 million Americans. Some of those covered are very happy and others are not. Regardless of this scenario, 2017 brings in a new...
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