Human Resources

Hiring independent contractors? Make sure you’re doing it right

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May 19, 2025
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Many businesses turn to independent contractors to help manage costs, especially during times of staffing shortages and inflation. If you’re among them, ensuring these workers are properly classified for federal tax purposes is crucial. Misclassifying employees as independent contractors can result in expensive consequences if the IRS steps in and reclassifies them. It could lead […]
#IRSGuidelines, #TaxCompliance, #WorkerClassification
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4 ways business owners can make “the leadership connection”

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May 7, 2025
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To get the most from any team, its leader must establish a productive rapport with each member. Of course, that’s easier said than done if you own a company with scores or hundreds of workers. Still, it’s critical for business owners to make “the leadership connection” with their employees. Simply put, the leadership connection is […]
#EmployeeTrust, #LeadershipConnection, #TeamEngagement
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EBHRAs: A flexible health benefits choice for businesses

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April 25, 2025
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Today’s companies have several kinds of tax-advantaged accounts or arrangements they can sponsor to help employees pay eligible medical expenses. One of them is a Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA). Under an HRA, your business sets up and wholly funds a plan that reimburses participants for qualified medical expenses of your choosing. (To be clear, employees can’t […]
#EmployeeBenefits, #HealthBenefits, #HRAExplained
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5 steps to creating a pay transparency strategy

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February 28, 2025
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Today’s job seekers and employees have grown accustomed to having an incredible amount of information at their fingertips. As a result, many businesses find that failing to adequately disclose certain things negatively impacts their relationships with these parties. Take pay transparency, for example. This is the practice, or lack thereof, of a company openly sharing […]
#CompensationStrategy, #FairPay, #PayTransparency, #WorkplaceEquity
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Are “workationers” a danger to your business?

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January 31, 2025
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Every company presumably wants a workforce full of engaged employees. However, is it possible for workers to be too engaged? Apparently so. A 2024 survey of 3,000 workers by employee engagement consultants Perceptyx found that 72% of respondents work to some degree throughout their vacations. As a business owner, your initial response to this might be, “Wow, […]
#EmployeeEngagement, #EmployeeWellBeing, #HumanResources, #WorkLifeBalance
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