When employees miss work, companies pay: in the mining and construction industries alone, the annual cost of lost productivity because of absenteeism is $1.3 billion. If you’re doing the math about what portion of that came from your company, it’s time...
What is Workers’ Comp? Workers’ Compensation is a form of insurance that provides a replacement wage as well as health benefits to help workers who become ill or injured on the job. In return for receiving a workers’ comp settlement,...
Outsourcing HR to a trusted PEO is one of the wisest business decisions you can make when looking for ways to get some of your time back. Read on to learn more. If you look at any successful business, you’ll...
A company is only as good as its employees, and employees are good when they’re happy. Low morale not only leads to grumbling, dissatisfaction, and a high turnover rate, it can also put people at risk on the job site...
No matter how well-screened and well-trained your construction employees are, there’s a good chance that, at some point, you’ll have to fire some of them. As of 2015, more than twice as many people were laid off than quit in the construction industry,...
One of the best age brackets for construction and other types of blue-collar work is young people. But unfortunately, too many Generation Zs and millennials aren’t showing enough interest in working in blue-collar fields. Gen Z (people born from 1996...
Safety on job sites is no laughing matter. Preventing workplace injuries by ensuring employees are up to date on protocols in their work zone is of the utmost importance. Worksite accidents are not only scary and dangerous for the affected...
A high salary is nice, of course, but retaining top talent means putting together an appealing employee benefits package. In some cases, those benefits can even make up for a slightly lower salary. Failing to do this could result in...
Conflict is in our everyday lives. There is conflict at work, at home, and in the business world. The fact that conflict occurs is not the issue. How conflicts are prevented, avoided, or resolved is what matters most. Managers and leaders should...
Small and medium-sized businesses are increasingly turning to professional employee organizations (PEOs) to handle their payroll administration. It’s not difficult to see why. Payroll administration is a time-consuming, complex and often tedious task that can pull your talented team away from your core...
When a company loses too many employees, it can suffer significantly from financial loss as well as lose a sense of unity. Often, business leaders have a high rate of employee turnover because the demands involved in running their businesses...
If you’re like most business owners, you’re probably overwhelmed with employee paperwork, HR matters and other tasks that keep you from achieving your primary business goals. Fortunately, you don’t have to be burdened with these concerns when you outsource them...
