Do your business operations grind to a halt this time of year? It starts with May graduations. Everyone in the office seems to have child or sibling that’s getting a diploma. Then June is a flurry of weddings. By this time, the vacation season is in full swing as employees take advantage of their kids’…
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Background of the Family Leave Law On April 4, 2016, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a new Family Leave Law that is the highest and longest paid family leave in the country. Washington D.C. and New Jersey would soon follow suit. However, The new family leave law started in 2018. It will phase…
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Payroll processing involves far more than merely tracking employee hours and cutting checks. Payroll affects your standing with the IRS. It puts you at risk for Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations. Errors can increase labor costs and lower employee morale and retention. Clearly, many U.S. employers fail to appreciate the importance of accurate payroll.…
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Many small businesses don’t provide paid sick leave for hourly workers. Sick leave can protect your employees’ health and prevent productivity losses due to a company-wide illness. Workforce management software can help businesses with salaried or hourly employees manage sick leave. When employees come into work sick, it can be a public health threat. Hourly…
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Manufacturers need a full staff of qualified employees to be profitable. Yet the industry has long had a high rate of attrition. Employers in the manufacturing industry don’t have to accept high turnover as unavoidable. Proactive owners can improve their employee retention with workforce management software. Some employers believe that workforce management software is purely…
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Unless you haven’t been paying attention, you probably realize that the labor pool is shrinking. Last month, the unemployment rate sunk to 3.9 percent, the lowest it has been since 2000. The labor crunch is being felt all over—healthcare, retail, construction, manufacturing, and hospitality. How are employers competing for an ever-shrinking pool of talent? Business…
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Have you evaluated your employee scheduling processes lately? Poor scheduling hampers profitability and growth and dampens customer and employee satisfaction. Effective employee scheduling provides multiple benefits for everyone in your company. Business owners can use affordable employee scheduling software to optimize employee scheduling. Is Your Employee Scheduling Broken? Here are 13 red flags that may…
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Manufacturing companies often run at breakneck speed and paper thin margins. Competition and market changes keep manufacturers on the lookout for incremental advantages. Workforce management (WFM) has become the industry’s secret sauce for success. Manufacturing success boils down to how well you can manage your workforce. Commodity pricing and job-sweeping automation put financial success in…
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Whether you are trying to “sell” an applicant tracking system to your management team or CEO, or you are looking to find a better way of managing your candidates and resumes, here are the top 10 benefits of an Applicant Tracking System . 1. Publish your jobs across multiple third party job boards as well as…
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There is little consensus about how to fix our broken healthcare system. But one problem acknowledged universally is nurse burnout and fatigue. This issue has been building for decades and has become particularly acute in the past ten years. Healthcare facilities have slashed staffing budgets which have increased nurse-patient loads. It has also led to…
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