It’s not just about health insurance and vacation time. Today’s best employees expect their employers to provide them with a slew of perks that make both their professional and personal lives better. If they don’t find it from their current role, they’ll look elsewhere—the average worker will switch jobs a whopping 12 times throughout their […]
Employees
What is a Record of Employment (ROE)?
When a Canadian employee receiving insurable earnings stops working for seven consecutive days, they experience what’s called an interruption of earnings. Employers are required at this point to issue a Record of Employment (ROE) electronically or by paper. In this article, we’ll talk about exactly what’s on that ROE and the situations that require them. […]
Where’s Your Team Playbook?
This one comes straight from football. From experience and from information about the competition, a coach creates a playbook that contains detailed plans for actions or plays that the entire team must know without question and execute without pause in order to win games and advance toward the playoffs. But you know that of course. […]
Fix Problems with Timesheet Errors with a Few Simple Apps
I remember starting my first business. I quickly discovered how much the average business owner has on their plates. It can be easy to lose track of the importance of things like employee time tracking. Unfortunately, the consequences of overlooking timesheet mistakes can be incredibly expensive. In 2015, Harvard Business Review published an article on […]
These 3 Appealing Employee Benefits Can Slow Business Turnover
With unemployment rates hovering at or near historic lows throughout most of the developed world, it’s getting harder than ever for businesses to recruit the talented employees they need to thrive. Even when they find the right people, however, there’s yet another struggle ahead: retaining them over the long term. It’s a problem that’s even […]
What You Need in Small Business Time Tracking Software
Not every business is the same, so each business’s workflow can vary greatly from the next. There’s one thing we know for sure, though: Anyone can benefit from having timekeeping software. In general, it allows you to spend less time on spreadsheets and more time on the more important tasks in your day. In fact, using […]
Jobs Are Overwhelming Employees’ Health
The idea of finding a job that is not only rewarding but values your life is more out of reach than some might think. There are countless jobs out there putting employees at risk in many ways. As we were all reminded by the Chernobyl miniseries on TV, you might think your job is perfectly […]
The Hidden Benefit of Transparency
Lately, we have been focusing on the “mea culpa” ads that we’re seeing all over the media. Wells Fargo, Facebook, and Uber are some of the big brands that have actively run apology campaigns. The absolute expectation of total transparency is one of the factors driving the need for these campaigns, but that expectation falls […]
Employees’ Fringe Benefits After Tax Reform
Tax reform made a lot of changes, some of which impacted employees’ fringe benefits. This article reviews the most frequently encountered fringe benefits, including those that were and were not impacted by tax changes. These changes can affect both a business’s bottom line and its employees’ deductions. Benefits Impacted by Tax Reform Qualified Transportation Fringe […]
5 Strategies to Effectively Increase Employee Productivity
The productivity of employees and the workplace is as essential to business success as breathing is to life. Productivity is vital to keeping your business alive and well. When everything is running fine, you probably don’t think about it too much. However, when large blockages or falloffs occur, operations can quickly become paralyzed. How does […]
