Tag Archives: Small Business

Employers of all sizes continue to face attraction and retention challenges. Successful efforts to win over workers can require significant time and carry high costs, but failing to attract talent or losing existing employees is particularly costly for small businesses. Unfortunately, small businesses often lack the resources to invest in attraction and retention efforts inContinueContinue reading “How to Address and Overcome Small Business Talent Challenges”

Generally, yes, you do have to pay summer interns, though it depends on who benefits most from their work. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has adopted the “primary beneficiary test” to determine whether a worker is an employee (who must be paid per federal wage and hour law) or can be classified as anContinueContinue reading “Do You Have to Pay Summer Interns? What Employers Need to Know”

Travel insurance offers a range of benefits and services, such as worldwide emergency hotline services, medical evacuation, reimbursement for unexpected cancellations or delays, and more. Companies with employees who travel for business may want to consider supplemental coverage from a travel insurance policy. Why Buy Travel Insurance? Travel insurance is designed for problems that ariseContinueContinue reading “Should Your Business Have Travel Insurance?”

According to a Glassdoor report, in the year after the launch of ChatGPT, usage of that tool or those like it by professionals in the workplace more than doubled. Are you using an AI tool to help you with your HR tasks? Have you considered doing so? If so, read on. There are advantages to beContinueContinue reading “Navigating AI: A Guide for HR Professionals”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) new guidance that individuals no longer need to isolate from work for five days following a positive COVID-19 test may raise questions with employers about what leave they are required to provide to employees with the virus. The revised guidance, issued March 1, 2024, advises that peopleContinueContinue reading “How Does the New CDC Isolation Guidance Affect Employee Leave?”