If your employees regularly receive tips on Tip Tuesday, it is important to comply with the withholding requirements and pay your company’s fair share of employment taxes. Expensive penalties can be assessed on both employers and employees if the tip reporting rules are not followed. Tell Employees Why They Should Report Tips on Tip Tuesday The IRS provides the […]
Terminations based on employees’ Facebook posts (or posts on other social media sites) are nothing new. The pace of such firings reached such a crescendo that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a legal memorandum summarizing how it had ruled in a variety of cases brought to the Board. It soon was all over […]
Which Statement Best Describes The Process of Onboarding? Let’s start with this one: the process in which new employees are hired and trained in what is expected of them when they start a new job. Often, the importance of this step as a crucial part of onboarding is overlooked, and an employee is hired, quickly trained, […]
Does negative Nelly or Nancy Work In Your Office? I don’t know about you, but its amazing to me how one bad attitude can affect an entire organization. Over the years, I have found that nothing affects employee morale more insidiously than persistent negativity in the workplace. It seems to just sap the energy out […]
At some point or another everyone in life will encounter a toxic coworker. The ratio of crazy people is just too high. So how to protect yourself from toxic coworkers. Avoiding them is a good strategy to start, but it’s really not enough. You have to get tactical when you are confined to the same office, […]
Ah yes, Payroll. The seemingly most annoying portion of HR, or so at least some say… But it doesn’t have to be. Payroll can be streamlined, quick, and efficient with all the proper securities and protocols set in place. Usually, however, the best way to do this is to payroll outsource Northern Hemisphere or even the […]