If you spent last Summer struggling to justify your budget for this year and now find you’ve not spent it all, watch out – you may find your budget next year will be slashed, regardless of what may have already been approved for ’22. No one wants to allocate funds, taking them off the table […]
November is known as the Gratitude month! How do you show your employees your gratitude?! A variety of other special days to be aware of. November 7th brings an end to Daylight Saving Time- The suggestion of using daylight more efficiently can be traced to Benjamin Franklin. While visiting in Paris in 1784, he wrote a letter to the
We have found that the best way to communicate timely and relevant HR and Payroll needs is through a monthly newsletter for our clients. Please let us know if you’d like to learn about a topic in an upcoming TogetHR Times. Montana Releases FAQs on Vaccine Discrimination Law Asking Employees About Vaccination Status: The FAQs
Recently, on September 16th, National Working Parents Day was celebrated, honoring the working parents who work outside the home to provide for their families. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, around 61 percent of families with children have both parents working outside the home. And, as an employer, no doubt you know working
2020 represented the 100th year since ratification of women’s right to vote. As the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, its passage date of August 26 was designated by Congress as Women’s Equality Day in 1973. While disparities of gender, race, sexual identity and ethnicity are prevalent throughout our social and working structure, the practical impact
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As I write this, the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, rescheduled to begin July 23, 2021, is in a precarious position; a number of athletes and coaches have tested positive for coronavirus, the Japanese public largely does not want to see the games take place, a major sponsor and world renown corporation, Toyota, has cancelled all
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How the use of personal values contributes to a healthy business culture and how to incorporate them Values – those intangible priorities that tell us ‘do this’ and ‘don’t do that’ – are a combination of ethical and emotional guideposts for behavior. Following through on them make your parents proud or make you good parents,
May 21st is National Bike to Work Day. Originating in 1955 as a means to promote safety on the road for all commuters, it grew into an environmentally positive choice as well. But now, when so many of us are ‘commuting’ into the spare bedroom or home office to work, how does that affect the
April 1st – watch out for those jokers and pranksters April 7th – World Health Day ~ how are you utilizing your benefits? April 21st – Administrative Professionals Day April 22nd – Earth Day & Take your son & daughters to workday April is a month filled with notable events; we had the always entertaining
In February I focused largely on issues around employees – the good, the bad and the occasionally ugly. It generated a lot of response and a sold-out training session on how to avoid the many issues surrounding the recruitment, training and delegating of employees. Why is this obviously necessary aspect of business development filled with
