by Afilliated HR & Payroll | Sep 7, 2021 | Career Planning, HR Administration, Regulatory Compliance
Seasonal employment is commonplace in service-oriented industries such as retail and hospitality, where business tends to spike during certain times of the year. Other employers can utilize seasonal employment as needed. Either way, employers that hire seasonal...
by Afilliated HR & Payroll | Jul 9, 2021 | HR Administration, Career Planning
If you’ve ever visited a career counselor, you may already be familiar with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI. It was created by a mother-daughter team in the 1940s. Myers and Briggs were not psychologists, but they had read “Psychological Types” by...
by Afilliated HR & Payroll | May 26, 2021 | Recruiting and Developing Talent, Career Planning
If you’re finding it difficult to hire employees, you’re not alone. Bloomberg reports that many small businesses are struggling to find people who currently want to work—in fact, 42% say they have jobs they can’t fill. The number of people quitting jobs right now is...
by Afilliated HR & Payroll | May 12, 2021 | Alert, Career Planning, Industrial Relations, Learning & Development
The pandemic taught business owners many unexpected things. Chief among them was the ability to adapt and change quickly. Businesses that preferred old-school, in-person commerce before 2020 were forced into a sudden shift during the first lockdown, adopting dozens of...
by Afilliated HR & Payroll | Apr 21, 2021 | Alert, Career Planning, Health & Safety, HR Administration, Learning & Development
OSHA’s new guidance is advisory in nature and creates no new legal obligations. However, one of President Biden’s first acts after being sworn in was to sign an Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety that directs OSHA to increase enforcement of...
by Afilliated HR & Payroll | Apr 8, 2021 | Career Planning, HR Administration, Reminder
Employee handbooks are a nifty communication and reference tool for the workplace, but only if they’re used and not collecting dust on some physical (or digital) shelf. A handbook is only as good as what it does. At the minimum, it should do the following: Introduce...
