Make Meetings Matter
Meetings do matter. Whether virtual or face to face, they are vital to the smooth running of any business. For me, their main importance is as a forum for making timely decisions that will benefit the business.
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5 Great Ways to Promote Your Employee Referral Program
Today we are joined by iCIMS writer Kelly Martin to discuss five great ways to promote your employee referral program.
The Message in the Medium: Lessons Learned from Google
For years, Google has been playing with fire by encouraging employees to post almost anything on its internal message boards. The company, known as the portal for any inquiry imaginable, brought its open search philosophy in-house, encouraging robust employee discussion on almost any topic, without fear of retaliation.
How Does Gen Z Feel About Remote Work?
One silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the widespread adoption of remote work. For decades, even as telecommunications technologies made widespread remote work more technically feasible, employers had been reluctant to grant such freedom for fear of diminished productivity, team cohesion, and oversight. As the pandemic forced them to reconsider that position, many […]
Overcoming Hiring Hurdles with Automated Employee Screening Platforms
Finding great employees is a fundamental challenge for you and your HR team. A new employee must combine traits like honesty, reliability, and integrity with the right skills and experience. And during COVID-19, many employees are hired and work remotely, so you do not have the chance for in-person interactions. Companies struggle to find the […]
Creating Documentation as an Employee Training Tool
Documentation is something every company struggles with. It takes significant time and effort to put together comprehensive documentation on company-specific information such as how homegrown software or other tools work; which positions are responsible for which tasks or are the best resources for particular issues; industry-specific knowledge; etc.
What is FICA?
FICA stands for the Federal Insurance Contribution Act, which outlines the required income tax withholdings related to social security and Medicare. Employers are required to withhold this tax from employee paychecks on behalf of the employee and submit them to the IRS. Unlike most payroll taxes, employers also have a separate employer FICA tax responsibility […]
Paid Family Leave Policies: Employers Have Their Eye on the Wrong Ball
While U.S. companies seem to be engaged in a paid family leave arms race, the amount of time offered may not be the most important factor to employees, a new study has found. Instead, flexibility may be of greater value to workers than a more rigid policy that provides a longer duration of leave, the […]
Designation of FMLA–First Place Employers Fail?
The list of employers’ FMLA obligations is long and the pitfalls are many. One of the earliest places to make a mistake is in the supposedly simple act of designating the leave as FMLA-qualifying. For help, we turned to the “FMLA Bible.” When the employer has enough information to determine whether the leave is being […]
Quiet Hiring: How Impacted Employees Can Best Transition to a New Role or Manager
The workplace has been abuzz with trending phrases and this article tackles one of the latest – quiet hiring. If you’ve been living under a rock – or working remotely – don’t worry. Your favorite HR friend has you covered! Quiet hiring is when employers move people to new teams or focus areas due to […]