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WEBINAR: The HR Side of Scaling Your Business

September 6, 2022Edgar

WEBINAR: The HR Side of Scaling Your Business

Is your business ready to grow? As companies scale, people operations become more complex. A lack of properly planned human resources initiatives can have detrimental effects on reaching revenue and profitability goals.

Join Employco USA’s Rob Wilson and Jason Eisenhut for a quick-hitting webinar that will touch on the following growth strategy topics:

- Recruiting and onboarding
- Retention and engagement
- Total compensation philosophy
- HR tools and technology
- Company culture

FREE REGISTRATION
You’ll be able to join us at 10:00am CT on Tuesday, September 27th from your computer, tablet, or smartphone (you can also dial-in):

REGISTER HERE

You can also use our registration form to submit questions you’d like to see answered/covered during the webinar.

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Podcast: Trade Shows – Where We’re at Now and a Look into the Future

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022Edgar

On this month’s HR podcast Rob, Scott, and Jason are joined by special guest Rob West (Vice President of Operations for Sho-Link) to discuss trade shows – where we’re at now and a look into the future. They touch on the big recovery, more attendees returning, shows filling up faster, the demand for good labor, going full throttle, and the challenges faced. They also look into their crystal ball and talk recession, inflation, budgets, how the industry continues to move forward, and more!

Benefits Can Save You Money

August 31, 2022September 9, 2022Edgar

Employee Benefits

Your benefits package is a powerful tool to help your organization and employees achieve their goals, whether they are focusing on fostering wellness, building financial security, or improving work-life balance. Going into 2023, most employers look at benefits packages as a recruiting tool to help them attract and retain top talent in a challenging economy, but did you realize the right offerings can save you money? More than 66% of organizations say they would like to decrease the costs of their benefits packages without sacrificing the benefits. By working with a company like Employco, that can happen. Maximizing your offerings to provide desired benefits while maintaining a budget will be vital to creating the right benefits package for 2023. As organizations start to plan for their 2023 enrollment periods, it’s important to understand how you can decrease costs without sacrificing the benefits you offer.

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The Cubicle Revolution: Apple Employees Lead National Pushback Against the Return to Office

August 26, 2022September 2, 2022Edgar

Employment expert weighs in on why today’s workers are digging their heels in and refusing to get back to work

Return to Office Pushback

When Apple CEO Tim Cook asked employees to spend at least 3 days in the office starting next month, it seemed like a reasonable request. But Apple employees banded swiftly together and created a petition protesting the mandate, saying the push to get back to the office doesn’t consider “the unique demands of each job role nor the diversity of individuals.”

Rob Wilson, employment trends expert and President of Employco USA, a national employment solutions firm with locations across the country, says that his clients have given him the same feedback.

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Benefits Planning for 2023 – Best Practices

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022Edgar

Most organizations don’t think too much about their overall benefits strategy. They may just recycle the package they offered the previous year and use the same system and benefits to make decisions for the upcoming year, or they may try to craft a plan that fits into the same budget, despite increasing costs. Regardless, balancing the desire for improved benefits with the need to minimize costs can make finding the right benefits package challenging. You need a plan. Here are some best practices when planning your benefits for 2023:

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Podcast: The HR Side of Inflation

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022Edgar

On this month’s HR podcast Rob, Scott, and Jason cover the HR side of inflation. They discuss current stats, today’s cost of doing business, high turnover, midyear pay increases, having to increase the cost of products being sold, moonlighting, updating your handbook for second jobs, how Employco can help with policy updates and training, and more!

Here Are the 25 Questions You Can’t Ask in Job Interviews Anymore

August 18, 2022August 19, 2022Edgar

HR expert offers revealing take on what questions should be off-limit in interviews

Interview Questions

In September 2021, All of Us or None vs. Hamrick was denied a review by the California Supreme Court. Now, the bill is up for a vote once again. If a review is once again denied, then California will continue to prevent employers from asking for job applicants’ date of birth and/or driver’s license numbers.

“By preventing employers from asking for DOB or DL numbers, it makes it much more difficult and time-consuming to do any kind of background check on job applicants,” says Rob Wilson, HR expert and President of Employco USA, an employment solutions firm based in Chicagoland with locations across the country.

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Reasons to Outsource Your HR

August 16, 2022August 17, 2022Edgar

Human Resources (HR)

HR plays an essential role in the success of your company. HR is a strategic part of the success of your business. Your company must recruit, hire, develop and retain top talent to remain competitive. To do that, you need HR professionals with expertise in managing processes and maintaining compliance with regulations that have consequences if not performed correctly. To do this in-house comes at a cost. Partnering with an HR outsourcer can offer insight and guidance to ensure your HR needs are supported and that you achieve your HR objectives while helping you save money.

Here are some of the benefits of outsourcing your HR:

Reduce Costs
Looking for ways to reduce costs or maximize spending is essential to remain competitive. Outsourcing HR roles and activities can help reduce overall costs compared to keeping them in-house and on your payroll. From streamlining processes and managing HR tasks to lowering your benefits package, outsourcing HR functions helps you increase profitability. Partnering with an HR outsourcer like Employco enables you to control employee costs and gain a competitive advantage in stabilizing your company’s future expenses.

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HR Chat w/Employco USA: Employee Communication Tips for Employers

August 16, 2022Edgar

In this video, Rob and Jason discuss employee communication tips. They cover turnover and retention concerns, the importance of engagement, improving both internal and external feedback, listening, employee engagement surveys, and more.

Questions? We’re here to help: hr@employco.com