As a business owner, one of the most critical decisions you’ll face is how to grow your company. Do you focus on organic growth, relying solely on your internal resources and capabilities? Do you pursue an acquisition strategy, leveraging external…
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HIRING & THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL FIT
Talent searches correctly focus on finding candidates with the right job experience, the needed compentencies, knowledge (including education) & the individual’s personal attributes. All of these criteria are obviously important & needed to be thoroughly assessed, but there is one…
EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR? AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION!
All employers who retain workers to perform jobs for their business need to establish if those workers are employees or independent contractors. Such classification continues to be one for which employers are commonly found to be out of compliance. …
Posted in HR Legal & Compliance
HR YEAR-END CHECKLIST
DISCLAIMER This document has been prepared by Trinity HR Consulting, Inc. (“Trinity”) solely for use as a general source of information. As such, it is not intended to take the place of advice from legal and/or tax counsel. Trinity strongly…
Posted in HR Management
A BENEFIT DIFFERENTIATOR
BACKGROUND For many companies this time of year often means reviewing their benefits package – for both a cost and a coverage standpoint. Cost because benefits for 2025 are rising on average above 5% for the 3rd consecutive year, and…
NATION-WIDE INVALIDATING & BANNING OF NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS TO TAKE EFFECT SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
The September 4, 2024 effective date of the Federal Trade Commission’s rule that would essentially INVALIDATE ALL PRE-EXISTING U.S. NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS & BAN FUTURE ONES is rapidly approaching. It will take effect UNLESS one of the following occurs: A nationwide…
Posted in HR Legal & Compliance
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, PART #1
BACKGROUND Culture is one of those business terms that organizations talked about often – regardless of such factors as their: For-profit or not-for-profit status Size Industry Geographical location Degree of success Or any other factor Yet exactly what is meant…
Posted in Organizational & People Development
BIDEN’S PROPOSED FY 2025 BUDGET SPELLS BAD NEWS FOR EMPLOYERS
President Joe Biden recently issued his proposed FY2025 budget. It includes large budget increases for government compliance agencies related to employment/employees. Some examples of compliance agencies are: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (up by $488M) Department of Labor, which includes Wage…
Posted in HR Legal & Compliance
TALENT ACQUISITION OPTIONS & COMPARISON, PART 3 OF 3
DESCRIPTION DOING IT IN HOUSE STAFFING/RECRUITING AGENCY TRINITY MANAGEMENT SEARCH Candidate Screening & Evaluation This is a critically important step & requires a degree of skill that is typically lacking, including how to: • Ask probing, in depth & follow-up…
TALENT ACQUISITION OPTIONS & COMPARISON, PART 2
DESCRIPTION DOING IT IN HOUSE STAFFING/RECRUITING AGENCY TRINITY EXECUTIVE SEARCH Understanding the compensation in the market place Except for large ones, organizations generally do not have market data related to the position. Yes, they may have (or at least should…