Is Your PEO Keeping its Promise?

The promise of joining a PEO (Professional Employer Organization) was to help your business in two main areas: lower costs, primarily the cost of health benefits and workers’ compensation, and lower risk, primarily in the area of HR regulatory compliance. Sure, they promised various other benefits, but let’s be honest,…
Are you In Compliance with the California Fair Pay Act?
California’s Fair Pay Act continues to be under-recognized as an important law by employers, creating the risk of EECO complaints or lawsuits. The fundamental target of the law is unfair or discriminatory pay practices, with an expansion this year that bars asking candidates for salary history. Employers need to perform…
What you don’t know about Wage and Hour Compliance
According to the Department of Labor (the DOL), more than 70% of all employers violate the Fair Labor Standards Act (The FLSA). Wage and hour lawsuits can end with significant payments for penalties and back wages. Some employers are blissfully unaware of the regulations they could be in violation of.…
Understanding the change in your workforce demographic
“Demographic Iceberg Right Ahead!” Understanding your workforce demographics will help you build a successful culture and improve retention. A business can gain benefits from each of the generational “groups” in the workforce by understanding and managing to their values and strengths. Creating a culture where you recognize the contributions…
Small Business Culture Counts!
How Small Business Culture benefits you. Business culture is defined by attitudes, beliefs, behaviors and traditions of your workforce. They are ingrained in the business and team; and hey will be accepted as the norm. Culture can also determine the type of customers you attract, the growth of the company…
Build your teams engagement mindset!

We believe it’s possible to build an “engagement mindset” starting with some small steps. First pick a project, process or issue. Second, talk to the team and get their buy in. Lastly remember to TRUST, yourself as well as your team. An “engagement mindset” empowers teams, builds collaboration and frees…
An employee who is emotionally engaged is better than just engaged
Employee: to be engaged or not to be, that is the question…

According to Gallup ONLY 30% of U.S. workers are truly engaged. Where actively disengaged workers cost businesses over $450 billion per year! Individually that costs employers about $18,000 per year. Our experience working with clients for many years, we believe the costs are even more than this. What is the…