4 Ways to Improve Retention with a Better Employee Relocation Policy When employees sell their home, pack up their belongings, and move their family across the state, across the country, or even across the world in the case of an international relocation, you think that shows a level of commitment. You may think those employees are in it for the long haul. But that's just not true. Employee retention percentages often drop after a...more
Why Should You Attend:Determining if an individual is a contractor or an employee is having enormous financial implications. Large and small companies have been found liable for back-pay, back-benefits, and pensions that had to be paid to individuals who had been considered to be contractors. The problems arose when on further review they were found by the federal Department of Labour to be employees. These mis-classification issues can also...more
Employee or Independent Contractor? – How to Classify Correctly When hiring a new employee, an employer has two choices; he can either hire him as an independent contractor or as an employee. There are pros and cons to either choice and there are strict rules governing the decision. While using an independent contractor, a company doesn't have to worry about renting a large office, buying office supplies, paying payroll taxes, offering benefit packages, etc. However, the employer's gain can be the employee's loss, and so to be fair, there are legal standards of classification.Life as an independent contractorThe independent contractor, or IC, might perform work on an occasional basis or his daily work hours may be irregular. He may do his job outside of the office. He probably requires little to no direction from the boss and may do much of his work alone. The work that the IC does is specialized, i.e. he is not a catch basin for odd jobs, and others around the office probably don't know how to do his job. Examples of independent contractors include writers for the occasional article a company needs, an electrician for a construction company, a website designer for a small...more
Johnson The "Toxic" incident with the relevant departments of the test results have not ended with: Beijing, Chengdu, Xiamen and other places, parents will commence litigation Johnson; March 27, an article entitled "Johnson's toxic?? Conscience staff from violence Johnson insider "post attracted a concern ... ... Johnson," toxic "incident much...more
Employee evaluations are a crucial part of doing business because it not only measures how well the employee is doing, but it also lets your organization know the skill and expertise level of the employees in your organization. Being the best in your industry is a goal of your organization, but you can only do that by knowing your employees...more
Employee Benefits Administration and Consulting Company A PEO (Professional Employer Organization) serves as an employee benefits administration and consulting company that helps your company attract prospective staff with a comprehensive benefits package. A PEO helps the client company offer great benefits in an affordable manner and in a way that complies with Federal and State regulations. Cost-efficient administration of benefits is one of the major advantages of collaborating with a PEO. List of Benefits The comprehensive benefits package offered by a PEO generally includes employee health benefits and insurance plans (PPOs, HSAs), individual retirement accounts solutions, retirement planning, dental and vision care, long term and short term disability insurance, cancer, accident, hospital and other supplemental plans, education saving plans, adoption assistance, cafeteria plan, flexible spending accounts, individual coverage, employee voluntary benefits programs, and prescription drug plans. Advantages of a PEO PEOs also review the benefit plans already offered by the client company and improve on them. PEOs are also well-equipped to solve benefit plan issues. The...more
Are You Getting Through to Your Employees? While communication is critical, in many companies it is also troublesome. It seems that no matter how hard you try, your employees may still say that you don't "communicate" or "connect" with...more
Purpose of Employee Handbook Employee handbook is an important tool to bind employees according to company;s policies, and to increase the efficiency of company.Employee Handbooks are also often called Employee Manual. The...more
Avoiding Employee Abuse and Discrimination Litigation -- Employee Surveys Identify and Discourage Employee Abuse and Discrimination Is Your Organizations Corporate Culture an Enabler of Employee Abuse and Discrimination? Employee abuse has...more
Protect Your Rights as an Employee The economy is poor, jobs are scarce, and because of that you may feel that you have to put up with things for fear of losing your job. Things you would not stand for at any other time but you do now because...more
Managing Employee Payroll With Peachtree Quantum Peachtree Quantum also makes it very easy to manage employee payroll, whether you have five or thirty employees.Paying employees is not a simple task. Some employees might receive hourly pay...more
Dealing with Difficult Employees Every orchid has its rotten apples, and so each team has its difficult employees. As a manager, dealing with difficult employees effectively requires a special set of smooth but firm communication skills.There...more