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  • The Best Defense for Workplace Crime and Violence is?

    Americans across the country are concerned about the levels of crime and safety in their towns and cities. In fact, a recent Gallup survey showed that 40% of Americans have fears about walking alone at night within a mile of their home–the highest since 1993, a year that was plagued by one of...

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  • The Summer Slump Myth

    Well, Summer is almost here and there’s no denying its a time of year that is full of distractions. But it does not have to be a summer slump. Since the weather is nice out pretty much nationwide, employers over the years have noticed a trend that tends to always surface during this season. A...

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  • ADP vs QuickBooks Payroll

    For many companies, payroll adds up to be one of the largest expenses. According to Deloitte, Fortune 500 companies’ payroll accounts for between 50% and 60% of annual company spending. Thus, ensuring payroll is accurate, compliant, and efficient is a priority for many companies with between...

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  • Managing Complex Change Matrix

    As businesses continue to deal with challenges that emerged throughout the pandemic, they are having to adapt to the changing landscape of the workforce. From labor shortages to hybrid workdays and remote workers, managing complex change requires organizations to be proactive and plan ahead...

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  • 7 Reasons Why An ADP User Should Outsource Payroll

    ADP is one of the most recognizable software providers when it comes to managing payroll. In fact, more than one million companies rely on the software provider for payroll services. This is because ADP offers a full suite of payroll features like mobile apps for employees, integration with...

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  • The Future of HR Analytics

    The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions within the American workforce that continue to be felt today. In 2022, companies were troubled by “The Great Resignation,” during which 50 million employees quit their jobs, often in search of new employment opportunities that would afford them...

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  • Ceridian vs ADP Payroll Comparison

    When deciding on a workforce management solution, many factors must be considered. Two of the most popular options on the market are ADP and Ceridian Dayforce. This blog analyzes Ceridian vs ADP payroll software regarding ease of use, features, deployment options, pricing, and support,...

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  • A Guide to Outsourcing HR 2023-24

    In 2023-24, there are many reasons that companies choose to outsource key business functions. When it comes to HR outsourcing, some of the driving factors include controlling costs, increasing flexibility, and providing a superior level of service to employees. In fact, 66% of companies with...

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  • Hybrid Workforce Best Practices

    A hybrid workforce is a flexible approach to the way work gets done in organizations. It provides employees with the opportunity to work from different locations – both on-site and off-site – at their own discretion, allowing for greater autonomy and freedom when it comes to their personal...

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  • How to Manage a Gen Z Workforce

    The workforce is constantly evolving due to the influx of new generations and the retirement of the “Baby Boomer” generation. Currently, millennials make up about 37% of the workforce, but the presence of “Generation Z” is quickly making itself known throughout many industries. Employers who...

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  • Pre-Employment Background Check aka Background Check

    A Pre-employment background check aka background check is considered just as normal to the hiring process as filling out the initial application. In today’s workplace every potential candidate is put through a screening process, it’s just what we do. However, due to the number of growing...

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  • Proper Good Reviews

    Giving proper good reviews can be an intimidating process for both parties — especially if you’ve never been a part of the process before. Occasionally, the review process gets clouded with an air of negativity and judgment, but it should be an open forum for praise and constructive criticism....

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  • Holiday Pay: What’s Required?

    Lights, trees and decorations are going up. Ovens are fired up for seasonal holiday baking, and carols can be heard all around. All this means that it’s the most wonderful time of the year. It also means holiday pay for your company HR Department. If you’re reading this in August or September,...

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  • Workers Compensation Claim Checklist

    If you are an employer in the United States, it is crucial to understand the Workers Compensation Claim Checklist process, which can often be a complex and daunting process for employers. This comprehensive checklist will help you through the process and ensure that all necessary steps are...

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  • How To win an EEOC Complaint

    One of the multitude of things you as a business manager have to deal with is ensuring that all of your employees are receiving equal and fair opportunities in their jobs. However, sometimes, regardless of the best of intentions, you may find yourself faced with a complaint in which someone...

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  • Why Do Many Mergers and Acquisitions Fail?

    Why Do Many Acquisitions Fail? On paper, you would think that most mergers should succeed. In reality, they are likely doomed to fail. Some thought leaders estimate that as many as 70% of M&A (merger and acquisition) transactions fail. They don’t reach their financial results, the strategy...

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  • Traditions in The Workplace

    Who doesn’t love a good plate of baked goods or anything homemade? Every year around Thanksgiving, the Corban OneSource office is filled with warm, Thanksgiving aromas that will take you right back to your family’s Thanksgiving when you were a kid. Each employee brings in a dish, and we all sit...

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  • Payroll: Let’s Talk About It

    Payroll. \nSome may cringe at the sight of that word. To them, it means juggling a lot of work, keeping track of what seems like a thousand things at once, and an overall headache. Of course, it’s important to all of us. Employees are waiting on the paycheck, and nobody wants issues with the...

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  • Veterans: Their Skills and The Workplace

    Our thanks to veterans could never be thoroughly conveyed through words alone, but we continue to try each and every day to express our gratitude to them. Our support extends to those who have served and are currently serving, both abroad and at home. When soldiers come home, the transition from...

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  • 6 Reasons Payroll Annoys Us All

    Ah yes, Payroll. The seemingly most annoying portion of HR, or so at least some say… But it doesn’t have to be. Payroll can be streamlined, quick, and efficient with all the proper securities and protocols set in place. Usually, however, the best way to do this is to outsource this HR function....

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  • Advantages of Outsourced Payroll

    Advantages of Outsourced payroll: You immediately free up precious time from getting consumed by repetitive tasks and ultimately add to the productivity, which is one those critical areas of your business which may not directly affect the sales, but it involves rewarding the most important...

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  • Put down those cell phones!

    Everywhere you turn, there is usually someone sitting on their cell phone. They’re either passing time, trying to look busy, or maybe even actually get work done. However, the smarter our phones become, the more employee engagement/productivity seems to decrease. While there are plenty of other...

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  • Don’t Let that Vacation Time Go To Waste

    Taking vacations with my family has always been one of my greatest joys. When I was a kid, my parents would pile a ridiculous amount of luggage into the hatchback, somehow cram my siblings and I in the back, and off we went, singing songs and playing car games. Now, I’m the parent, and I’m...

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  • Why Outsource Benefits Administration?

    Benefits administration can be something that is somewhat of a bit of a conundrum. Yes it’s important to provide the right kinds of benefits to your employee’s, yet at the same time, you want the most cost-effective model set in place. You want to do what’s right for your employee’s, but at the...

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  • Employees and Productivity Levels

    While this cartoon might be a bit of an exaggeration, we could all most likely agree that this depicts exactly what catching an employee being very unproductive looks like. Whether it’s in human resources and administration or another industry, it’s likely that you have been in the same...

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  • Employee Venting On Social Media

    With the explosion of social media, we as business owners and managers seemed to have developed a love/hate relationship with its popularity and easy access. On the one hand, it gives us a platform to market our goods and services to zillions of people. However, those same zillions of people are...

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  • HR in Turbulent Times

    If you have not noticed, we are in turbulent times. Do you ever feel like sometimes chaos follows you everywhere you go? We’ve all been there, but in the world of human resources and administration, chaos can escalate quickly (and often). Like most HR leaders, this isn’t our first rodeo at...

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  • Does Your Leadership Inspire Greatness?

    If you were to play a game of charades and the clue was “leadership” how would you act that out? I’m imagining that you would stand tall, shake your finger as if you were barking out orders and point to each individual as if you were directing them. Obviously, you would be overacting in order to...

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  • 3 Ways to Stop Toxic Co-worker

    At some point or another everyone in life will encounter a toxic coworker. The ratio of crazy people is just too high. Avoiding them is a good strategy to start, but it’s really not enough. You have to get tactical when you are confined to the same office, and especially if your work coincides...

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  • Does Nancy Negative Work in Your Office?

    I don’t know about you, but it’s amazing to me how one bad attitude can affect an entire organization. Over the years, I have found that nothing affects employee morale more insidiously than persistent negativity in the workplace. It seems to just sap the energy out of your organization and...

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  • Why Outsource Your HR?

    When does it make sense to outsource HR? Your organization is growing, and along with it, your bottom line. You and your employees are proud of your business’s success, but you’ve observed that more time is being spent on paperwork administration and less time on strategy. You know your...

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  • Top Reasons to Use HR Outsourcing for Nonprofits

    Nonprofits face unique challenges, particularly with accessing useful resources. Your nonprofit can better leverage the skill sets and people within your organization. Often the individuals or small teams handling Human Resources for nonprofit organizations have unreasonable workloads....

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  • Being Proactive Not Reactive in Any Economy

    Could your team successfully navigate another economic downturn? In the 2007 to 2009 recession did you take confident action, or like many others, did you react and hope for the best? If it all happened again, could you protect the business as well as your staff? In the last twenty years...

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  • The Future of HR?

    Human Resources as we know it today is on the verge of a major tectonic shift, regardless of industry. Organizations today are starting to shift their focus more towards delivering experiences to new hires and having the best employees matched up to construct the best customer experiences....

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  • HR’s Guide to Offering Home Buying Assistance

    There are ​unlimited tools​ that an employer has at their disposal that can be used to aid in employee retention and help remain competitive in their industry. Perks like company health insurance benefits and a 401k plan are still great selling points, but for a lot of applicants, these things...

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  • Our Case Studies: Challenge #2

    A Data Acquisition company with 450 employees in 18 states had been in a large PEO for the last 10 years. Though they thought they were receiving the overall value they needed, the PEO was unwilling to give them an exact breakdown of what they were being charged. They rated this PEO’s customer...

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  • Our Case Studies: Challenge #1

    A Texas based Holding Company specializing in automotive dealerships was growing by acquisition throughout the state and initially had 18 locations with 400 employees. Their continued growth plans brought them to a decision point of either needing to hire a larger staff and train them or look at...

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