Compliance for HR, HR Management, HR Strategy

HR Compliance – It’s Time for a Check Up

If your fiscal year is calendar based, your organization is likely starting off this year planning your financial audit. Financial audits provide an independent verification of a company’s financial statements, ensuring they accurately reflect the company’s financial position. The audit process often highlights areas where internal controls can be strengthened, leading to better risk management …

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HR Management, HR Strategy, Organizational Culture

A Recipe for Great Company Culture

It’s the Christmas season, and that means that I’m baking even more than usual. Our marketing team asked for a blog to encourage great organizational culture this month, so while I worked on a batch of cookies this evening, it got me thinking how creating a positive company culture is a lot like making the …

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HR Innovation, HR Management, HR Outsourcing, HR Strategy

Ready to wrap up the year? It’s time to start planning for next year!

  It’s November! This year has gone by so quickly (don’t they all)? As fun as this season is leading us into the holidays, it’s also an extremely important and traditionally a strategic time for organizations. It’s time to reflect on the first three quarters of the year and start planning for next year. (Note, …

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Compliance for HR, Employee Relations, HR Management, HR Outsourcing, HR Strategy

Outsource HR or Hire a Full HR Team? How about Yes to both?

There are several reasons a company might choose to outsource its HR function. Most often, clients come to HR Affiliates either when they’ve reached an employee headcount that they believe warrants more diligence, or they have a pain or struggle that they need help with right away. Regardless of the reason for the initial call, …

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HR Management, HR Strategy, Training

Great HR Trains Great HR

We recently shared an article about why employees don’t like HR. Unfortunately, the article we shared is sadly just one of many articles. Articles about why employees don’t like HR, can’t trust HR, why HR is not your friend, and that HR just treats employees as assets. As an HR professional who loves her job, …

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Employee Relations, HR Strategy

What’s the Golden Rule of Employee Relations?

It’s really just the Golden Rule. Treat your employees the way that you want them to treat you (or the way you want them to treat your customers or clients). In last month’s blog we discussed how to recruit great talent. It makes sense that we should follow up this month with how to keep …

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HR Strategy

Would you like an HR Strategy plan with your Pumpkin Pie?

It’s November! That means turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie, and budget planning. It’s probably not a coincidence that partaking in all the comforts that the Thanksgiving feast offers comes out at the same time as budget planning – something has to get us through. As fun as this season is leading us into the holidays, it’s …

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HR Management, HR Strategy, Payroll Administration

Payroll: You need a Backup. And maybe a Backup to your Backup.

A lot of strategic planning in Human Resources is preparing for worst case scenario. What do we do if this happens? How do we keep business continuity if that happens? For example, what would you do if the person in your company responsible for payroll came to you today and resigned? Effective immediately? First, stay …

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HR Innovation, HR Strategy, Training, Uncategorized

The Secret to Achieving 30-50% Retention

Most companies love to tell their employees and candidates about the beautiful and long career to be had at their company. But all too often, what is really being offered is a job. Here’s what we mean: www.merriam-webster.com Job: 1 a regular remunerative position 2 a specific duty, role, or function  Career: 1 a profession …

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Benefits Administration, EZ HR, HR Management, HR Strategy, Payroll Administration

HOW DOES HR OUTSOURCING WORK? (ASO VS. PEO)

According to Forbes, an estimated 50 percent of large companies outsource all or some of their HR services. Small businesses are now following the lead of larger companies and have quickly recognized this is cost effective alternative. Businesses are turning to HR outsourcing (HRO) firms for help in managing payroll, legal compliance, benefits and HR …

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