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December TogetHR Times

Holiday Party?! Remember the good old days of the office holiday party? We thanked employees, recognized accomplishments, looked to a bright future, ate, drank and were merry. Similar to a hybrid workplace, holiday parties should become hybrid. So prepare now to celebrate in different ways – remotely, in-person safely or somewhere in between. Here are

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November: Gratitude Month

Having just enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday, it’s a timely reminder that November has been National Gratitude Month, an opportunity to showcase the success of your employees, your clients and your business through the contributions of your employees. Acknowledging employees’ advances – new trainings achieved, implementation of their recommendations, enhanced internal processes, sales goals exceeded, etc.

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October: Time for budgets, PTO & year-end

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

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November TogetHR Times

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

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October TogetHR Times

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

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September 16th ~ National Working Parents Day

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

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Women’s Equality Day ~ how are you compliant with pay equity?

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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CEO self-care to improve decision making and results

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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Values contribute to a Healthy Business

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,

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National Bike to Work Month

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 […]

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April: Take Your Kids to Work

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

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Getting rid of your HR headaches.

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 […]

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February focus on employees

Let’s talk about employees. Too often I’ve heard small business owners say that “you don’t know what real business headaches are until you have employees”. However, from my point of view, that’s usually because employers don’t know just how complex and vast are the laws and regulations that rule human resources. And, after all, you

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January 2021 changes are coming, are you ready?

January is a month filled with so much change, both real and anticipated. And, more than any other, this year is a giant question mark: with COVID rising and bringing variations with increased levels of contagion, with a new administration, with so many industries – I think of hospitality, theater, restaurants, healthcare – reeling, with

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Running Your Business Safely in the Era of Covid-19

While news of at least two highly effective covid-19 vaccines, approved for emergency use by the FDA and already in distribution throughout the. U.S, is exciting, the likely impact on employee vulnerability and business rebounds is, by all accounts, a long way off. In fact, there is concern that ‘covid frustration’, an ‘enough is enough’

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February 2022 TogetHR Times

COVID Corner Vaccination mandate lifted, best mask to wear and COVID tests – all the most relevant and up to date information you need. Vaccination Mandate – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is withdrawing the vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard issued on Nov. 5, 2021, to protect unvaccinated employees

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