With the new year coming straight at us, there is much to be done in the world of HR. Gone are the days where time passed, and we had nothing to do (were there ever days like that?). As we close out one year and look to the next, there are several areas we recommend to review. One thing to work through is the end of the year audits. Audits can become a rabbit hole of "fun", but are necessary tasks to perform to ensure your HR work is in compliance. Once completed, you can fe

AND the answer .... both are an oxymoron, things used to describe something that in its very definition doesn't exist. Definition: ox·y·mo·ron /ˌäksəˈmôrˌän/ noun a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ). A 1099 employee is not a real thing. Its something used to describe a real thing. And it is used commonly every day. What people are referencing when they say they have 1099 employees,

If you are in the labor market today and trying to recruit for some great employees, you know how difficult it is to engage with top talent. Small companies have an even greater challenge trying to keep up with large organization's benefit programs when putting together enticing and competitive compensation packages. But we have some good news! Working as a small employer has many advantages, and offering benefits CAN be something your company can do as well. Small compani

Make no mistake about it, wellness and well being is here for the long haul. It isn't something that is a fly-by-night attraction, but something that is long lasting, with lingering results, both good and bad and most often depending on our choices. The concept of wellness encompasses obvious things like our day to day health status and am I sick or not sick (which is what I think we most think of when we think wellness), but covers other factors far beyond that thinking. W

Being in the know about things that are happening in our world is a KEY activity for the HR Professional and those business owners doing the function of HR for their company. And we aren’t talking about the juiciest gossip from the Oscars, or some celebrity sharing a cup of coffee with another one, or he said/she said talk of the office.  We are talking about what is happening in our world which will influence the world of the workforce.  Being in the know includes understand

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Valentine's Day is coming up this week, and love is in the air! Chocolates and cards are being bought, dinner reservations are made, and love is buzzing through - the workplace? According to a Vault's 2017 Office Romance Survey, 57% of individuals responded to having had a romantic relationship at work. Is it that surprising? We spend most of our day, and week in the office and it is where we experience some of our more stressful and celebratory moments in our lives. The p

Thank you for your continued readership throughout this series! We sincerely hope that you have learned about protecting your business when it comes to employment law. For this final installment, we will discuss laws that affect business with 100 or more employees. Don't be fooled, even though this installment is a short read, all of the laws we have discussed in our previous installments still apply. If you are new to the blog, we suggest reading the last three posts in the

Welcome back to the third installment of our employment law blog series! This week, we are focusing on laws which apply to businesses with 50 or more employees. Please remember all of the laws we discussed during the first two installments still apply to your business of 50 or more employees. That said, these laws are a bit more complicated, so bear with me as we unpack these essentials. 50 or More Employees Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA aka ACA) – Governed b

The end of the year and start of the next one is a great time to reflect. It is a time to set goals, or as we call them New Year's resolutions. It is a time of starting fresh; to kick out the old bad habits and bring in the new good ones. And, how many times do we find ourselves 5 months/5 weeks/5 days into our new "good" habit commitment, only to find we have regressed right back to our old "bad" habits once again. This leaves a feeling of failure, of not being successful

As the end of the year draws near, we know all of our HR friends are out there trying to make it through year end and tackling all of the "to-do" items on their lists. Below is a little helpful guidance from us here at HRx that you can use to send to your employees as reminders for them for the year ahead. #goodbyeto2018 #successin2019 #hrx #hrrocks #friendsdoingbusinesstogether

Tis the season. The season for giving. The season for celebrating. The season for sharing. The season for thanks. The season for fellowship, family and friendship. For these and a million other reasons; I love this time of year. Warm fires, sparkling lights, and gratitude. You find acts of giving and kindness at the grocery store, at the food bank, at both big box store businesses and the little home town cafe. Tis the season for shopping and commerce; Black Friday, Sm

Is the HR profession relevant still? With emerging technology in every industry and the younger generations insisting on incorporating it into every aspect of their lives, now more than ever people are looking to the future to help guide decisions for today. But how do we prepare our future workforce for the changes in the workplace that we can't predict? As stated by Betty Thompson, CPO at Booz Allen Hamilton at the 2018 SHRM Volunteer Leader Summit, "We feel like things h

The dictionary definition of employee engagement: engaged employees work passionately and feel profound connections to their company which moves the entire company forward. They innovate, they create, and they are valuable contributors in the work environment. A disengaged employee would be the exact opposite: checked-out, putting in their 8 hours without any passion for how their work relates to company goals. But more than that, they undermine the work that valuable, engage

I was recently asked what attribute I possess which would contribute to the success working with a particular company ... in 250 characters or less. If you know me (Amanda), it is hard for me to state anything of merit in 250 characters, especially to describe a significant attribute. By the way - I just passed 250 characters in THIS post :). The greatest lesson I learned from this exercise (other than my need to improve brevity), is practicing empathy can make a good HR pr