Take Time to Take Care of You! By Dena Kowalski/Entrust Payroll Solutions In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Entrust Payroll Solutions would like to share a story with you to inspire and encourage you to take the time to take care of yourself and those around...
What qualifies an employee to be exempt? What makes an employee non-exempt? What difference does it make? Do I really need to classify my employees as one or the other? So many questions that can cause quite a headache if not answered correctly and completely...
In today’s day and age, keeping quality employees can be a challenge for business owners. Thankfully, there are solutions to assist employers with the issue of employee retention. Through developing the employee’s feeling of belonging and conducting stay interviews to...
Payroll and HR have never needed each other more. Employees today prioritize their financial health, and that’s rapidly changing their pay and benefits expectations. Medical, dental, and vision care options no longer add up to a full benefits package. Employees want...
A payroll advance is a short-term loan that employees repay with future wages earned. Giving your workers a payroll advance simply means offering them early access to their paychecks (generally due to an unforeseen event), with agreed-upon conditions. It’s important...
Employee turnover is simply how many workers leave a company over a specific period of time. High employee turnover is an inconvenience for your HR team, but more than that, it can cause loss of company/industry knowledge and expertise, reduce employee morale, and...
If you deal with people, you deal with their attitudes. Great attitudes are infectious, contribute to positive performance for a team and are just more pleasant to have around. Bad attitudes are also infectious and make an impact to the business that is overall… bad....
Question: What do we do if an employee is diagnosed with COVID-19? Answer from Kara, JD, SPHR: First, notify other employees of potential exposure, if any, in the workplace. You should tell them that someone was diagnosed with the illness, but you should not identify...
Question: Can we deny an employee’s use of accrued vacation time? Answer from Emily, PHR: Yes, the decision to approve or deny the use of accrued vacation time is up to you, assuming you do so in a consistent and non-discriminatory manner. It would be acceptable, for...
Question: What should I do if my employee discloses that their family member or roommate has COVID-19? Answer from Megan, SPHR, JD: Employees who have come within six feet of someone who is infected should self-quarantine for 14 days after their last exposure per the...
