Human Resources
Using an Employee Handbook to Define Company Policies
An effective employee handbook that lays out all of your company policies can be a great benefit to your small business. Although there’s no kind of legal requirement forcing you to develop a handbook for your small business, experts have found that companies with a handbook that spells out the company’s rules, policies, and procedures…
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Embrace Your Happiness to Achieve Success
Many people think that if they work hard, then that will make them successful and happy. But what if it’s the other way around? What if being happy increases your productivity and improves your chances of success? That’s what new research is finding, and it reverses the way many of us mentally connect these things.…
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How to Handle Administrative Tasks Without an HR Department
Many businesses with employees nevertheless do not have a dedicated HR professional on the team, let alone an entire Human Resources department. So how do you handle the important administrative tasks that include benefits, compliance, tax filings, and more? One solution is to use a professional employer organization, a PEO. PEOs are “co-employment” partners that…
Read This ArticleBeef ‘O’ Brady’s: Hiring and Training Great Employees
In any business, the people you hire are essential to your success—they are the impression that customers will get of your business. Reed Parker, the owner of a Beef ‘O’ Brady’s franchise in Dallas, Georgia, believes that behavioral questions are the key when you look at hiring someone. You need to know if the person…
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How to Handle Disappointed Employees
When you hand out a promotion to one of your employees, you will likely have one very happy team member. But you could also have some other people on your team who are disappointed, or even bitter, about being passed over. How do you handle negative reactions from your team, and keep morale high? As…
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Seasonal Workers and the ACA
The Affordable Care Act requires ALEs (Applicable Large Employers) to offer health insurance to full-time employees. Companies with 50 or more full-time and full-time equivalent workers fit into this category. But what if you are a small business that is highly seasonal, and has more than 50 employees for a part of the year, but…
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W-2 vs. 1099-MISC
Tax season is coming up again, and that means it’s time to get all the right forms and paperwork for your business to ensure you avoid errors and fines. The two forms, W-2 and 1099-MISC, are both wage statements for workers, but they represent very different types of workers, and getting it wrong can be…
Read This ArticleTailfin Marketing: Small Business Hiring Strategy
Greg Abel from Tailfin Marketing says his company is built on letting the workplace develop organically. They don’t have a rigid organizational chart with positions to fill when hiring; instead, they hire based on personality and individual skill. They emphasize having a diverse group of people, searching for a wide range of skills that will…
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Consultant’s Corner: Dealing with a Chronically Late Employee
Q: I have an employee who constantly arrives late to work, even after being asked to come in on time multiple times. How do I handle this? Disciplinary Procedures Employers generally handle excessive tardiness in accordance with their employee attendance/absence policies and disciplinary policies and procedures when appropriate. If you lack written employee attendance/absence and…
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Policies for Seasonal Employees
Seasonal workers can be found in many industries, as businesses add employees during predictably busy parts of the year. But even though a seasonal worker will not be with the company permanently, a company still has significant responsibilities toward them, and will need to establish key organizational policies to deal with hiring, training, and day-to-day…
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