If you are reading this, you almost assuredly know this statement to be true – “Right now, finding good employees is as hard (or even harder) than ever.” Let me pose some important questions: 1) Is your posting an ad…
If you are reading this, you almost assuredly know this statement to be true – “Right now, finding good employees is as hard (or even harder) than ever.” Let me pose some important questions: 1) Is your posting an ad…
In Part 1, we looked at several aspects of this perfect storm, including: The unfavorable to employers imbalance between talent supply and demand The pent up desire by employees to move to a new position The cost of replacement of…
In Part 1, we looked at several aspects of this perfect storm, including: The unfavorable to employers imbalance between talent supply and demand The pent up desire by employees to move to a new position The cost of replacement of…
This is a series that continues Trinity’s May 17th article related to the labor market. In this 1st part of this series of articles, I’m focusing on turnover & its cost to employees. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that…
We are in an extremely challenging time in terms of the labor market. The economic recovery has many employers hiring, but they cannot find nearly enough qualified applicants. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Report by the U.S. Bureau of…
Sadly, one of your employees has decided to move on for a new opportunity. Now that they have left, you have no further responsibilities for benefit plan notices, right? Nope, there are still several required notices for which you are…
Your employee has been onboarded, you provided all of the disclosures for health and welfare plans as required, and now you can sit back and contemplate a job well done. Don’t contemplate too long because your disclosure tasks have just…
BACKDROP Small employers typically do not have the same level of in-house HR Management expertise as do their large corporate counterparts. Also, they do not usually have the financial resources to engage law firms specializing in employment law. As a…
On March 9th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 842, the Protecting the Right to Organize (referred to as “PRO”) Act. The PRO Act is by far the most pro-labor union legislation in many decades. It reflects the pledge…
This is never truer than for employers that offer health and welfare and/or retirement benefits to employees. Your reward for spending a lot of money, aside from providing employees with valued benefits, is an endless series of regulations and requirements.…