August is generally when we start seeing data on pay budget increases for the following year. A number of consulting organizations conduct surveys and report what organizations plan to do the following year as far and what their pay increase budgets will be, and also what changes they may make to their pay grade midpoints […]
Read MoreAs we have mentioned in other updates, one of the most valuable tools a supervisor can have is a good employee handbook. The employee handbook not only helps you communicate expectations to employees, it can be a great resource to help your supervisors work through employee issues quickly and effectively. We find, though, that many […]
Read MoreMany of our clients ask us to help train their front-line supervisors on how to be more effective leaders. This is truly one of our favorite kinds of projects because helping supervisors and other mid-level management be more effective is very gratifying. Not only does it help managers become more confident and better at doing […]
Read MoreThe question comes up often when we work with clients…do we pay this job an hourly rate or a salary? This one is tough to answer…and many times we have to take the client on a journey to understand an important compensation consideration. Often the question isn’t about paying hourly versus a salary per se…it’s […]
Read MoreWe realize you are being inundated with COVID-19 updates from your consultants and other service providers. Simply for the sake of having a consolidated place to store these resources, we will be saving links to resources so that you can locate them in one place. Keep in mind your state and/or municipality may have additional […]
Read MoreSpend a little time as an HR professional and sooner or later you are bound to be put in charge of developing or revising an employee handbook. Depending on where you work, it may be referred to as a policy and procedure manual. Is there a difference? If so, what? Have you ever seen an […]
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