Newly formed businesses and startups may be tempted to bypass Human Resources in favor of other business units, like marketing, sales, finance, etc. After all, if they’re newly formed, they probably don’t have many employees yet anyways, so why worry about HR at that point? Well, here are three HR issues that every new business[…]
In its 2016 report on employee benefits, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) took a look back at 20 years of employee benefits offerings in the U.S. (1996 to 2016). Here are some of the more interesting findings. Only a few benefits have noticeably increased. Remote working: Telecommuting has grown dramatically, tripling in popularity. In 1996, just[…]
Terminating employees is the last thing any business owner or manager wants to do. It can be painful for everyone involved, regardless of the reason (layoffs, furloughs, termination with cause, and so on). Most people in this role, particularly in HR, are sensitive to the impact to the employee. Unfortunately, however, ending an employment relationship[…]
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