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Beware Non-poaching Agreements
When you have employees that are instrumental and valuable to the success of your company, it only makes sense that you would want to...
May 18, 20182 min read


Signs, Signs...Everywhere Signs
Even in this digital age, where most, if not all information can be found online, there is one aspect of labor compliance that has not...
May 4, 20183 min read


This Will Go Down on Your Permanent Record: Employee Access to Their Personnel File
From their initial job application, to federally required tax and payroll information, performance reviews, medical information, and...
Apr 27, 20182 min read


Polymaths: Modern Day Renaissance People
Aristotle. Galileo. Leonardo DaVinci. Ben Franklin. What do they all have in common? You've probably heard the term Renaissance man...
Apr 20, 20182 min read


Record Keeping and Reporting
Employers are required by law to file reports on payroll and taxes, health and retirement benefits, equal opportunity reporting, and...
Apr 13, 20181 min read


Salary Histories: Why They Shouldn't Matter
You’ve heard the old adage: there are three things to avoid in polite conversation; politics, religion, and money. When hiring, it’s been...
Mar 30, 20183 min read


Managing, Coaching, or Mentoring?
Employee management is often used as a catch-all term for anything that has to do with training, skill building, or career development....
Mar 16, 20182 min read


Job Descriptions: Not Just for Recruiting
Have you given much thought to job descriptions lately? Do you only use them when there is a job vacancy and the rest of the time they...
Mar 9, 20183 min read


Should You Be Outsourcing Payroll?
You’re running your business. Happy that you have a few, or maybe even more than a few employees. But, there are certain duties that...
Mar 2, 20183 min read


Watch Where You Sit
Do you remember sitting in a classroom? More than likely, your teacher assigned seats and you probably weren’t next to anyone you really...
Feb 23, 20183 min read


Age Discrimination in the Workplace
A Gallup poll from May 2016 found 31% of non-retired workers plan to be employed until they are 68 or older. Those who consider...
Feb 16, 20183 min read


Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Signed into law in 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will bring changes to both corporate and individual taxes in the hopes of stimulating...
Feb 9, 20182 min read


Read This Before You Click Send
There is a quote from Martin Lomasney, a Boston politician from early 1900’s who said, “Never write if you can speak; never speak if you...
Feb 2, 20182 min read


Medical and Recreational Marijuana Use and the Workplace
Across the nation, the attitude towards marijuana use, both medical and recreational, has changed greatly over the last decade. In 2016,...
Jan 26, 20183 min read


Working 9-5...and Then Some
Overtime rules can get complicated. The FLSA (Federal Labor Standards Act) requires employers to pay nonexempt employees one and a half...
Jan 19, 20182 min read


Fostering a Positive Workplace Culture
Would you be surprised to learn that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that over three billion dollars a year is lost due to...
Jan 12, 20182 min read


New Year, New You?
New Year’s Resolutions. Love them or hate them, as the ball drops on New Year’s Eve, most of us think about them. These resolutions...
Jan 5, 20182 min read


NOW HEAR THIS!?!? Thoughts on Written and Verbal Business Communication
Hi!!! And welcome 2 another blog from De Novo HRC!! Was that opening a little unexpected coming from a professional? Today there are more...
Dec 23, 20173 min read


Should You Disappear During the "Missing Week"?
Romjul. Have you heard of it? It’s not the latest new frustrating piece of furniture to assemble from Ikea. It is the Norwegian custom of...
Dec 15, 20173 min read


Office Cliques and Politics
Were you under the impression that you left cliques behind after you graduated high school? That when you reached adulthood and began...
Dec 8, 20172 min read
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