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HR Mistakes from Startups

The key to success for any company, whether they have been in business for a while or are a brand new startup is having the right people in place. There are several HR mistakes that new startup companies are more likely to make that can end up being a real headache for your company. Here […]

HR Consulting Firm in Deep Trouble for Screwing up Overtime

The Department of Labor has cited a California-based Human Resources consulting firm and ordered them to pay $1 million in back overtime wages and damages to hundreds of employees following an investigation by the federal agency. According to the documents, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found widespread violations of the Fair Labor […]

Federal Overtime Law Changing for Managers

New rules about federal overtime law have many businesses scrambling in order to learn what to do in the face of the new regulations. The changes in the law will now mean that tens of thousands of managers will become eligible to receive overtime pay for the first time in their professional lives. When the […]

Head of HR for LinkedIn Gives Millennials Job Advice

In a recent interview with Business Insider, the head of HR for LinkedIn, Pat Wadors, offered some advice to job-seekers, especially 20-somethings, and what they can do to succeed in the workplace. Wadors herself has three millennial children of her own so the advice she gives is the same she tells her own kids. The […]

Employer Review Sites Can Make or Break Your Hiring

Many companies are feeling the sting from online reviews made by those who have gone through the interview process at companies, as well as by former employees who will inform the World Wide Web just what it’s like to work there. Web sites such as Glassdoor, which has approximately 30 million monthly users each month, […]

Gender Wage Gap Still Exists

Even though the federal law has been in place for more than five decades, today the inequality in pay between genders still exists. According to a recent article, women hold fewer key leadership positions as well. However, boards with women on them do better. According to Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, who conduct leadership training […]

Talent Recruiting when Hiring HR Professionals

An HR manager or director who is effective at recruiting people to the company as well as managing the day to day administration of HR is likely to be far more successful in keeping managers happy and keeping their jobs in an age of ever-increasing outsourcing. According to a recent article by Kris Dunn, the chief […]

How Space Companies Treat their Workers

March 4th saw the launch of Elon Musk’s Space X Falcon 9 rocket which sent the SES-9 telecommunications satellite into space. The primary objective was to place the satellite into orbit while the secondary objective was to see if the reusable rocket could make the first landing on a drone ship in the ocean. Ultimately […]

New Book Talks about Google’s HR Strategies

How do the companies considered to be the best in the world do their hiring and HR? An insider at Google has written about what has and hasn’t worked for them in a new book, Work Rules! by Laszlo Bock, senior vice president of people operations for Google. People operations is Google’s internal term for […]

Facebook’s Method of Performance Reviews

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For social media giant, Facebook, their approach to performance reviews is a little different. The tech company conducts reviews of employees every six months from not only the manager that a worker directly reports to, but also from their coworkers and colleagues. According to VP of People at Facebook, Lori Goler, because the business moves […]

Crazy Job Postings

We’ve all seen them – or maybe even have written them. Those job descriptions that have a list of ideal traits that an employer desires but may be difficult to find – and all at a price that most would-be applicants would be hesitant to consider. One such advertisement written by career coach, Nancy Collamer […]

Data Security and HR Among Top Concerns of CEOs

The concerns of CEO’s are many. However, in a recent interview conducted by Sienna College Research Institute for the Business Council of New York State, the top concerns included data security and human resource concerns. The survey polled over 500 CEOs in upstate New York between the months of October and December 2015. Of those […]

Accomodations for SAD

When the weather turns cold and the snow flies, many people are excited by the crisp cold in the winter air. For some people, however, winter can mean a great deal of agitation, listlessness and even depression if they suffer from seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. While some may assign such behavior as a person […]

Social Media Plays Large Role in Rejections

In a recent study by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it was found that 36 percent of employers surveyed indicated that a candidate was rejected because of information found on public or social media sites that indicated illegal activity or discrepancies in an applicant’s information. Approximately 43 percent of HR professionals in 2015 […]

Survey of Interviewers Reveals Fascinating Data

Interviewers have to deal with people from all walks of life, all of whom are trying to get the job. This leads to a lot of crazy stories. A nationwide poll conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder interviewed more than 2,500 hiring and human resource managers about their interviewing experiences. The answers were […]

Examining Security Procedures in the Workplace

After the terror attack in San Bernardino at a social services facility last month, many companies are taking a good, hard look at their own security procedures when dealing with workplace violence. Several companies concerned about the possibility of such an attack have asked the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department if they can use the […]

Basic Tax Tables Remain the Same for 2016

It’s the end of the year, and you know what that means. Soon HR and accounting departments across the nation will be gearing up to send off W2 forms and studying the tea leaves to find out how state and federal tax code changes will alter their withholding calculations. For Georgia, thankfully, the basic tax […]

Portland Passes Tough “Ban the Box” Ordinance

Some cities in the country have considered what’s called a “ban the box” ordinance. The purpose of these bans is to remove the box on employment applications that ask about a person’s prior criminal record. By doing this, proponents say, it levels the playing field for people who are trying to become functional members of […]

Businesses Should Loop in their HR Departments

HR departments juggle many different goals from talent recruiting and retention to compensation programs. But in the shuffle to fulfill HR-specific goals, sometimes departments lose sight of the larger picture. An article from SHRM talks about how HR departments and talent acquisition professionals should align their goals with the mission of the business. Smart companies […]

Key Findings of Professional Employer Organizations: Small Business Growth

Benefits of PEO’s At Einstein HR, we are a proud member of the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO).  In a recent study by Lauri Bassi and Dan McMurrer of McBassi and Company, we can learn how PEO’s are able to fuel small business growth.  Here are a few of the main points of […]

Why Should I Outsource HR and Payroll?

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This question is very easy to answer.  That’s because Professional Employment Organizations lend value in a number of high-impact ways.  Outsourcing often has a negative connotation, but in this case, outsourcing your human resources and payroll functions is a really good thing. But employee leasing with a PEO isn’t necessarily a one-size-fits-all value proposition.  That’s […]

Payroll Self Service? Offer To Your Team Members? Part 2

When considering a self service solution here is a list of items to consider for both the employee, management, and strategic applications that will give you a competitive advantage long term in keeping and recruiting quality employees: Employee Self Service Applications Personal data maintenance Employee communications Benefits inquiry Open enrollment Family status changes 401k/pension inquiry […]

Payroll Self Service? Offer To Your Team Members? Part 1

Introduction HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGERS are constantly faced with  the challenges to increase efficiency and to look at providing better employee services. One dramatic way HR managers have responded to this challenge is by deploying Web-based solutions that offer employee self service giving the entire workforce immediate access to critical information, helping to attract and retain […]

Is Your Pre-Employment Screening Policy Really Doing You Any Favors?

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Here’s how you can optimize your pre-employment screening policy. How much does your pre-employment screening policy really help you? We all know it’s meant to weed out undesirable candidates, but how well is it executed? Do you know how to use it for all it’s worth? Consider the essential elements of an effective pre-employment screening […]