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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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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HR Innovation, HR Management

So, what does HR really do? Part 2

We’ve discussed the tactical side (Part 1 of 2) of HR, however, there’s also what we call the strategic function (where HR really makes a difference). HR Solves Problems HR sees it all. What other department can recruit your most difficult position, face down the EEOC, negotiate contracts, settle arguments among employees, and run a blood …

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HR Management

So, what does HR really do? Part 1

You’d be surprised by how many people we come across who don’t really have a full understanding of everything we do, or can do, as HR professionals. HR is often considered as a one-dimensional caricature, either Toby Flenderson from The Office, a party planner with not much else to do, or some corporate spy whose …

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Compliance for HR

EXECUTIVE ORDER ON PROTECTING WORKER HEALTH AND SAFETY – OSHA AND COVID-19 – HR Affiliates Blog

On January 21, 2021, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety,” which requires the Department of Labor (“DOL”), acting through its Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), to issue new COVID-19 workplace safety guidance for employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act within two weeks of the date of …

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