Successfully leading a team can be challenging. There’s a delicate balance between keeping employees engaged and balancing company expectations while meeting targets. Add remote or hybrid employees to the mix and suddenly managing a high-performing team can feel...
The final stretch of 2024 marks the holiday season for employees around the world. From national holidays to those with religious significance, festivities like Thanksgiving, Yule, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year’s Day fill calendars. In addition to other...
On July 31, 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court established the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA). It will replace the current Paid Medical Leave Act (PMLA) and is scheduled to go into effect February 21, 2025. This new ruling applies to all employers who have one or more...
Life is unpredictable, and sometimes injury, family emergency or illness can result in unplanned absences from work. This can look like a last-minute phone call or a no-show. However, employee absences are expensive, especially when these absences start to pile up....
In April, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a final ruling that is projected to significantly increase the threshold for overtime pay for lower-paid employees. Starting July 1, 2024, salaried workers making less than $844 per week will be eligible under the law...
Skirting toward the end of Q4 is generally a busy time for any company, especially those whose fiscal year-end aligns with the end of the calendar year. Whether it’s planning for the coming year, trying to use up a designated budget, or trying to complete projects...
There’s a common saying in the leadership world: “Employees don’t quit jobs, they quit managers.” What that really means is that the relationship between team members and their managers is the single most important factor in employee engagement. Beyond that, everyday...
Though the United States government first enacted limitations on child labor over a century ago, the landscape of child labor laws continues to evolve and change in modern day. States around the US continue making efforts to strengthen, weaken or generally modify the...
Employee absenteeism is incredibly costly for businesses. Unexpected, frequent and habitual employee absences not covered by company policy reduces productivity and profitability. Beyond the financial implications, it’s often frustrating for managers and co-workers to...
Even businesses that use time and attendance software may feel wary of automating related processes. This is especially true when they feel like their operations are too complicated for a software program to complete automatically. Considering how similar many of...