Outsourcing occurs when a business secures (purchases) products and/or services from a third party, as opposed to producing them in-house. There are several advantages and disadvantages to outsourcing.
Advantages of Outsourcing
One of the biggest advantages can be lower personnel costs. By outsourcing job duties to non-employees, a business does not have to pay consistent wages […]
Induction programs have traditionally been based upon providing new starters with the information and skills they need to successfully perform their new roles as well as covering off compliance and policy issues. This focus means organisations can miss the opportunity to positively engage their new starters. Consider the following:
* In the current jobs market it […]
Employers often hire workers and categorize them as independent contractors to avoid paying overtime, taxes, and complying with other federal and state labor and employment related laws. In overtime cases the courts and the administrative agencies do not automatically accept the idea that a worker is not entitled to overtime rights by simply categorizing […]
An employee recognition ceremony can be a big, elaborate gala or a small company picnic. An employee recognition ceremony can even be a surprise team meeting where the team leader is recognized by the team and his or her supervisor. It’s not really the employee recognition ceremony that counts, it’s the fact that […]
Protective safety equipment is essential for any working environment where equipment, machinery or the risk of injury exists. It is a commonly overlooked part of site maintenance and care. Providing personal protective equipment, usually referred to as PPE is necessary for any workplace. The range of PPE available is extensive and it’s important to […]
Emotional health is a state of wellness that comes from understanding and acknowledging our emotions and finding appropriate ways to express them. As employees, we often bring emotional problems from our childhood or current family life into the workplace because we haven’t dealt with them effectively outside of work. This can seriously damage workplace relationships […]
Work can be stressful at the best of times, so longer hours on the job often mean more stress and, as a result, more work-related injuries. These can include muscle and joint pain resulting from long hours sitting in the same position, repetitive strain injuries from performing (as the name suggests) repetitive tasks, work errors […]
In Chinese, the word for crisis has two characters. One character is for “problem,” the other for “opportunity.” As absenteeism, disability claims and employee turnover increase, we find ourselves in a workplace health-care crisis.
In a 2001 study entitled, Increasing Participation in Corporate Wellness Programs: A Segmentation Study of Employee Differences, Paula Haynes of the […]
When a workers personal appearance declines and he or she is calling in sick more than usual, especially on the Monday after payday, it will be a series of red flags that should prompt some action on the part of management.
However working with troubled employees without the benefit of an employee assistance program can be […]
We spend a large part of our lives at work. We make friends, network with colleagues and plan our retirement years based on our active lives in the workplace. But for all the time we spend at work, how healthy is the work climate?
The answer to this question has become the focus for a […]
A professional employer organization, or “PEO”, is an entity that provides a spectrum of administrative services to businesses that are too small or just don’t want to do it themselves. These services include payroll processing, workers’ compensation insurance, employee benefits administration and human resources services.
They are able to do what they do via a process […]
Work site wellness for their employees, employers are discovering, is good for the health of their businesses as well. Health and wellness programs help to cut the costs associated with poor employee health, which include absenteeism, loss of productivity and poor work quality.
A recent Hewitt Associates survey of over 500 US companies […]
Overtime, straight time and other compensation for entering a trainee programs is often an area of litigation. Training is often an area of litigation where overtime claims are filed to demand not only payment for overtime, but for straight time when wages are not paid, because the rules are often misinterpreted.
Overtime lawsuits […]
To forego concerns about labor overtime, overtime claims, wage claims and to insure employee performance businesses often implement creative commission structures designed to benefit the motivated employee and the employer. California overtime and compensation laws are generally very protective of workers and the legal system for the most part protects workers against creative commission schemes. […]
It makes sense to reduce the probability of employees leaving through dissatisfaction. It also makes sense to maximise the contribution and satisfaction from your most engaged employees.
However, in many ways, it makes even more sense to focus your efforts on the bulk of employees who are neither engaged nor disengaged.
Have you ever watched a River dance performance? 30 people on one stage all tapping out a beat to form a song. It is amazing to watch as each individual as to the music as a collective whole, they practice together, learn together and then perform together.
Individually they have had to memorize their specific […]
The 4 letters making up the string “itis” are used quite frequently in the context of ailments in our modern medicine terminology. Sinusitis, laryngitis, bronchitis are all familiar medical conditions with “itis” in the spelling. “Itis” comes from New Latin and indicates inflammation or of inflammatory disease. This article is about the […]
I prefer to discuss my contingency fee for delivering a great candidate when I’ve located the Decision Maker and am about two-thirds of the way through completing a job order form. My client has done 90% of the talking up until this point and provided the exact information I need before deciding what my fee […]
There are dozens if not hundreds of ways to source for candidates. Often sourcing comes down to your budget and your personality. There are many helpful, industry specific websites. Independent contractor websites, networking websites, and topic specific chat rooms, are starting points. I always consider ROI and that includes my investment of time.
I know companies […]
In any organization it is easy to get caught up in the small portion your tasks deal with on a daily basis. If we are in accounting or marketing or customer service then we tend to only see those departments and their needs and issues. Part of this problem is because those are the problems […]