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5 Common HR Mistakes Small Businesses Make
Running a small business is hard enough without HR surprises. Discover the 5 most common HR mistakes small businesses make—and simple ways to avoid them before they become costly.


What’s So Necessary About an Employee Handbook Anyway?
Let’s be honest. When most people hear the words “employee handbook” they imagine a dusty, three-ring binder shoved to the back of a filing cabinet—read only once (maybe) during orientation, then forgotten forever. It’s not exactly the stuff of Netflix documentaries or riveting beach reads.


Freedom of Speech at Work – How to Navigate Respect, Politics, and Off-Duty Conduct
How can employers manage freedom of speech at work without compromising trust or fairness? Learn how to set respectful boundaries inside—and outside—the workplace.


Small Business Hiring & Retention: The HR Solutions You Need
2025 might be throwing some curveballs, but small businesses can knock them out of the park with the right HR strategies. Read more here


Top 10 HR Mistakes to Not Make in 2025
For small businesses, a little preparation now can keep you from facing bigger headaches later.


Are Your Documentation Ducks in a Row?
For some, the art of documentation can be a tiresome, tedious, and boring task. And while that may be a sometimes-accurate description,...


Employer's Tax Liability with Remote and Work-From-Home Employees
In the podcast episode titled "Employer's Tax Liability with Remote and Work-From-Home Employees," Deanna Baumgardner, the owner of...


Form I9 Update & Verification Process
The new Form I-9 update and option for remote document examination is here, finally! Before we get into what all of this means, every...


End of the COVID Pandemic Declarations Impact on Small Businesses
March 2020 is when the world as we knew it, changed. The Federal Government declared a national pandemic that altered not only the way...


Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Mothers in the Workplace
The Biden administration recently enacted new protections for pregnant and nursing mothers in the workplace. Although there are already...


Floating holiday definition and meaning
Our very own, Ellen Slane was featured again but this time on the HR resource website On Pay. A floating holiday is flexible paid time...


FEATURE: As more states require pay transparency, here’s how to stay ahead of the game.
Pay Transparency Laws: These laws will continue to gain ground across more and more states through 2023 and beyond.


Legos & HR
You may have read the title and thought, “Legos and HR? What is this about, what is the correlation?” Just stick with us and we’ll show...


HR This Not That! Podcast
HR This, not that means we will take a look at some workplace issues, policies or practices that may be antiquated or are done because...


Work and Roam
Do you really know where employees are when they are working? A week or two in Colorado, staying with family in Texas for a couple of...


COVID Leave Pay Has Expired…. Among Other Federal and State Funded Benefits
You might remember the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) that was enacted in April of 2020 that required companies with...


Vaccine Mandates for 100 or More Employee Companies
**Note: The information in this post is as of September 10, 2021 and will continue to develop over the next couple of weeks and there...


To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate?
“To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? That is the question…” There is so much conflicting information circulating these days about whether...


Heading Back to the Office 2.0
Remember back in June/July 2020 when we had high hopes of the pandemic being an in and out kind of a thing, and companies would start...


What the American Rescue Plan Act Means for your Small Business
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was enacted on March 11, 2021 as part of a plan by the Biden Administration to combat the economic...
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