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Employees Are Frustrated, and It’s Impacting Productivity and Retention

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Employee engagement is vital to maintaining a productive and happy workforce. If your employees aren’t engaged, you’ll see lower levels of job satisfaction, more absences, and poorer retention levels. Lack of engagement can dampen your company’s reputation and lead to smaller profits. According to a 2023 Gallup study, over half of employees are unhappy with […]

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Staying Compliant: Top 10 HR Laws and Regulations Small Businesses in Arizona Struggle to Keep Up With

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Running a small business can feel like a juggling routine. Not only do you have to keep up with operations, but you also have to ensure compliance with an ever-evolving set of HR laws and regulations.  If you’re an Arizona business owner, here are the top 10 laws and regulations you need to keep up

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Leveling the Playing Field: How HRO Can Help Small Businesses Thrive in a Big Business World

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Small businesses often find themselves facing a challenging David-and-Goliath scenario, particularly when it comes to attracting and retaining talent. According to a 2022 survey from Goldman Sachs, 42% of small business owners have lost workers to a larger company that offers better pay. This statistic underscores the critical role that human resource outsourcing (HRO) can

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The Relationship Between HR and Accounting

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On this week’s episode of Entrepreneurship Uncovered, Gabby Luoma, CEO of Mod Ventures, interviews Clint Parry, Business Development Manager at Focus HR, to discuss the important relationship between HR and Accounting in Blue Collar businesses. The conversation covers topics such as the challenges that arise when HR and Accounting don’t work together effectively, the benefits

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Risk Mitigation — The Overriding Key Advantage to HR Outsourcing

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As your business grows, so does your risk. That’s partly because businesses generally increase in complexity. You’re now operating with more processes, more vendors, and more chances for things to go wrong. But you’ve also got more on the line. A growing business has more physical assets, employees, customers, and cash than ever before. With

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The Ultimate Small Business Guide to 401(k) Retirement Plans  

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In order for small business owners to more effectively compete for great talent in this challenging labor market, offering an attractive benefits package is essential! One such benefit is a 401(k) plan. Retirement plans, like a 401(k), in addition to other employee benefits, not only attract better talent, but create more “stickiness” to keep existing

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The Hidden Costs of Combining Accounting & HR Functions

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A very common practice among small business owners is to combine several responsibilities or functions into a single role. We see this most frequently in administrative roles. For example, an Office Manager may be assigned duties that combine that of a Receptionist, Bookkeeper, HR Generalist and Customer Service Specialist. It’s understandable why employers might create

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Don’t be the next headline… understand FLSA compliance

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All too frequently employers make news headlines for violating wage and labor laws. A recent example was Rocket Mortgage which made headlines for allegedly failing to pay their employees overtime wages.   Since 1938, American workers have been protected by what is commonly known as the “mother of all employment laws,” the Federal Labor Standards Act

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