The pandemic has forever changed the world of human resources, and this is even more evident when hiring remote employees. Remote work is here to stay. It has drastically changed everything from the types of interview questions for remot...
President Joe Biden recently ordered sweeping new federal employer vaccine mandates for as many as 100 million Americans — private-sector employees as well as health care workers and federal contractors — in an all-out effort to curb...
As part of the CARES Act (passed March 27, 2020), employers could opt for a Social Security Tax Deferral for the employer portion of their federal Social Security taxes for the rest of 2020. For tax payments deferred in 2020, half are du...
As businesses start to reopen, you may be considering mandating COVID-19 vaccinations before workers return on-site. It’s a tricky decision. While the short answer is yes, you technically can require your team to get vaccinated, there ...
It’s no surprise that a flexible work schedule, including working from home, is now a key part of an employee retention strategy for many organizations. It’s still early to say how the post-pandemic work environment will look. Employ...
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced companies to make changes in the way they approach working from home, flexible hours and other key work processes. During this time, many workers came to embrace the flexibility of remote work, and leade...
A good employee retention strategy plan involves strategic actions to keep employees motivated and focused so they choose to remain employed and productive for the company. A comprehensive employee retention program can play a vital rol...
Turnover is a natural part of any organization’s life cycle, and employee offboarding should be handled with the same degree of importance as new employee onboarding. Ideally, you want to part ways on good terms with the employees who ...
As of the past 5 years, employee engagement has become somewhat of a buzzword in the professional world, but what is it? It’s easy to think of employee engagement as engaged employees, but it actually goes much deeper than that. What ...
While many companies had a remote workforce before the pandemic, the majority didn’t have formal remote work policies in place. Millions of people across the globe have been working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. And it is app...
It can be frustrating managing unproductive workers, and our first instinct is often to fire them. While sometimes termination is necessary, it’s important to face the issue head on and get to the bottom of the lack of productivity. T...
Now, more than ever, remote employees have gone from being the exception to becoming a major part of the workforce. Onboarding plays a critical role in a new hire’s success and happiness. And onboarding remote employees is especially imp...
