Key Elements of Job Offer Letters
Although companies typically experience a recruiting slowdown in the summer, that does not mean that employers should slack...
How to Support LGBTQ Employees in the Workplace All Year Long
Pride Month is in June. Every June, events including festivals and parades are held around the country to celebrate the...
Paid Caregiver Leave: A Worthwhile Benefit
Did you know that an estimated 24 million family caregivers—about 60 percent of family caregivers of adults—are also...
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Workplace Risk Mitigation: What’s Your Strategy?
In hiring your first employee, you assumed potential risks and liabilities. These risks include lawsuits, employment-related disputes and compliance issues — just to name a few. Resolving these issues requires money and time, taking your focus away from growing your...
The Push For Phased Retirement
Traditionally, the Social Security’s full benefit retirement age has been 65 years old, but that number is slowly increasing. Currently, the full benefit age is 66 for people born between 1943-1954, and will gradually rise to 67 for those born in 1960 and later. That...
The Race for Talent: Employee Benefits
Is your company winning the race for talent? Unfortunately, many are not, according to a recent Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) survey. In it, more than two-thirds of employers reported “challenging recruiting conditions in the current talent market”—and...
Pay Equity Compliance 101
The topic of a wage gap between genders is hotter than ever, and wage laws are becoming an issue of concern for employers on both the state and national level. In September, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a final version of the Employer...
Infographic: Small Businesses Keep New England Running
New England small businesses are proving to have a critical impact on our economy, as shown in the infographic below. Connecticut alone has 720,404 employees employed by small businesses. 97.8% of Massachusetts’ employers are small businesses and Rhode Island has an...
5 HR Mistakes Small Businesses Make
As a small business owner, you wear a lot of hats. Sales, operations, accounting, and human resources all fall on your shoulders and, undoubtedly, your main focus day in and day out is executing well for your clients and running a profitable operation. This means that...
The Massachusetts State Treasurer’s Office is Giving Employees Paid Parental Leave
Deborah Goldberg, Massachusetts’ state Treasurer, has announced that 175 office employees will now be eligible to receive up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave. This new policy, which was adopted on June 3, 2015, and effective immediately, applies to both men and...
Will the Massachusetts Minimum Wage Increase Affect Your Small Business?
The recent sweep across the nation to increase minimum wage has been affecting both large and small businesses. The increase, which began in January of 2015 for the state Massachusetts, is now at an all-time high of $9.00 an hour for minimum wage workers. But the wage...
Why New Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door for Pregnant Women
In 2008, Samantha Elauf, a Muslim woman, sued the retailer Abercrombie & Fitch for discrimination after the store refused to hire her because her hijab clashed with the store’s dress code. On June 1, the Supreme Court sided in an 8-1 decision with Elauf. According...
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