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A Seven Point Checklist for HR compliance

Is Your Organization Playing by the Rules? Avoid fines and optimize your team’s productivity by following the legally established norms of employer/employee relations. Here is a step-by-step guide to doing just that: 1. Get Registered with both the IRS and your state/local revenue agencies to enable payments of your payroll taxes. Which brings us to our next point… 2. Withhold taxes accurately. After all, under-withholding could leave you in...

Worker Classification: Consider All Aspects of Your Work Relationship

How to avoid the headaches associated with misclassifying your workers. The Department of Labor makes a big deal out of businesses who misclassify their workers, whether purposefully or accidentally. The IRS stands ready to penalize and fine those who do so. The act of misclassification can also result in a violation of workers’ compensation laws and a liability for unemployment taxes, along with many other issues. To help you...

Strategic Partnerships for Small Business



One of the biggest strengths that small and medium-sized businesses have over their larger corporate competitors is the ability to engage with the local community in truly authentic and personalized ways. This is commonly exemplified quite clearly through the relationships you build with customers and clients. However, an alternative opportunity for community engagement — both incredibly powerful and frequently overlooked — exists in the form of other local organizations....

3 Workplace Safety Rules Business Owners Should Understand

As an employer, you are subject to dozens of federal, state, and local laws regulating your professional relationship with your employees. Some such laws deal with firing and hiring, for example — while others govern wages, overtime, discrimination/harassment, etc. One of the most extensive and important sets of regulations surrounding your business, of course, are safety laws. Though there is no substitute for carefully studying and meticulously complying with...

Techniques for Better Productivity

For most small business owners, the old phrase “so much to do, so little time” rings frustratingly true. With a virtually endless amount of tasks to deal with, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Of course, giving in to such feelings is oftentimes the worst thing one can do. Dwelling on feelings of discouragement or frustrating generally leads one to being even less productive, thus furthering a negative cycle. Instead,...

Five Things to Stress When Training New Employees

Effective employee training strategies are important for many reasons. They help you get a maximum return on the investment you make through your payroll, for starters. Just as importantly, training helps you remain compliant with safety regulations and industry standards. Last but not least, proper training procedures help guarantee a quality customer experience. In this article, we will cover a few of the most important aspects of effective employee...

How To Write an End of Year Performance Review

Although it’s becoming something of a lost art, the end of year performance review still offers numerous benefits, even for today’s modern workforce. First of all, these reviews are a great chance to acknowledge the work that your employees do and make them feel appreciated. Not only is this a nice thing to do, it also offers real concrete benefits for you, the business owner. After all, a happy...

Considering Loaning Money to an Employee?

There are many logical reasons why an employee might ask their employer when needing cash. First of all, quick options such as payday loans oftentimes come with steep interest rates and strict terms–which make people hesitant to seek out such services. Secondly, there is already a personal and a financial relationship established between employers and employees: you know your employee, and you know exactly what their income is. Finally,...