Clients often ask us about offering an employee extra pay if the employee doesn’t enroll in health coverage and candidates will sometimes ask about this as well when they negotiate compensation. Sounds like a potentially easy way to increase an employee’s compensation in a cost neutral way for the organization, but it is far from… Read more »
Start-up businesses face many challenges as they navigate growth. Setting up the proper HR processes and systems to attract employees and manage risk is vital in helping you steer through the many daily details needed to be completed to run a successful business. That’s where we can help. Saleha Walsh, our Director of the Human… Read more »
Maintaining employee morale can be a difficult task, especially with all the challenges facing small businesses. While there are many different ways that employees can be motivated and morale can be improved, one of the simplest is to offer food as a gift or thank you. This may represent an extra expense, but the benefits… Read more »
Hiring is on the rebound in Massachusetts. That means the pool of top-notch candidates is shrinking and competition to bring them on board is fierce for small businesses. It also means that having realistic hiring expectations is key to finding the candidates that are the best fit for your company. Defining Realistic The Rolling Stones… Read more »
A lot of job applicants can make themselves look good on paper, and a lot of employers have hired a person who had all the right experience, but didn’t perform up to their expectations. By incorporating behavioral interview questions into candidate interviews, hiring managers are better able to gauge how a candidate will respond in… Read more »
We all know how important it is to periodically review your employee handbook and other company documents outlining your employment obligations to employees. The offer letter, which can be different to an employment verification letter, is one of the first documents outlining the terms of your engagement with new hires. Making sure it addresses some… Read more »
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