The Standard Workplace Policy on Paid Time Off

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PTO (Paid time off) programs and policies have the capacity differ drastically from one company to another, taking on a personality as individualized as the organization instilling them. The most common uses of paid time off are personal time, sick time, vacation time, and paid holidays. PTO is very different from unpaid time off where […]

Your End of Year HR Checklist

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It’s easy to simply throw up your hands, declare that the year is finished, and turn the calendar to 2015 with only a few weeks left in the year. Due to holiday schedules (whether that means your employees are out of the office or only focused on customers — or both—or both), it IS challenging […]

The Top Five Signs you Need an HR Person

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Hiring a full-time HR person for the first time is a big step for a small business. Is it worth the expense? Will there be enough work to keep the HR person busy? Often HR responsibilities are included as part of the owner or office manager’s job. This may work well when a company is […]

The #HRBasics Guide to OSHA Workplace & Safety Reporting

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Blogging4Jobs is bringing you a special two-week series on basics in the workplace. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or new practitioner, learn about the basics of your job. It’s information we all need to know.  In my first HR practitioner job in 2001, I had the lovely experience of auditing our OSHA log forms. You […]

Three More Myths and Insights About Severance Pay for Employees

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Myths and Insights About Severance Pay for Employees I get occasional calls from clients asking me about severance pay. What is required? What is customary? Should there be a release or not? Of course the simple answers are nothing, nothing and maybe. Straight forward enough for you? Ok, I will provide a little more detail […]

How to WARN Act Impacts Company Layoffs

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What is the WARN Act? The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (WARN Act) is a United States labor law which protects employees, their families, and communities by requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to provide sixty- (60) calendar-day advance notification of plant closings and mass layoffs of employees. It became […]