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Does My Company Need an AED?

Create an awareness plan tonsure employees know where to find their AED in the case of an emergency as well as receive adequate training.

What Happens If an Employee’s Life Insurance Beneficiary Isn’t Updated? (ERISA Rules)

It is essential to keep beneficiary information on file and up to date for all accounts an employee may have with an employer.

How Can We Address Pay Compression?

Pay compression occurs when the pay of newer/less-skilled workers approach the pay of more experienced workers. Here are our recommendations to tackle it.
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What Should I Consider Before Doing a Reduction in Force?

Review these eight recommended steps when considering a reduction in force (RIF) within your organization.
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What is HR’s Role in the Mergers & Acquisitions Process?

Mergers & Acquisitions are a complicated process affecting every facet of an organization – most importantly, its people. Because employees are the key to ensuring the success of any organization, it is critical to develop a thoughtful and strategic human resources-focused approach in the process. This requires HR leaders to be involved from the beginning.

How Can I Use Salary Benchmarking As a Recruitment Strategy?

HR Question: Like many companies, we're struggling with recruiting right now. I've been tasked with doing salary benchmarking to see if compensation is part of the problem, but I'm not sure how to go about doing it. Can you advise me on how to tackle the benchmarking process?
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When to Offer a Part-Time Employee Company Benefits

Question: How quickly do we need to offer benefits once a part-time employee is working 40 or more hours per week? The employee is regularly scheduled to work 30 hours per week and is ineligible for coverage. However, the employee is currently working on a major project where the hours worked tend to often exceed […]