Dec 08

How to Avoid Holiday Stress at Work

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Holiday Stress is Real It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? Juggling extra holiday to-dos, trying to get your shopping done, and hitting your end-of-year goals all while managing clients and employees, it's enough to make anyone lose their cool. Studies have shown that around 70 percent of... read more →
  • December 8, 2020
Nov 24

How Does Your Benefits Package Rate?

Competitive Benefits Package? Benefits are regularly named by job seekers as the number one factor considered when accepting a position, and so to attract the best employees, it’s vital that businesses offer a robust benefits package. As a recruiting and retention strategy, benefits planning is key – certainly – but... read more →
  • November 24, 2020
Nov 10
Oct 12

Employee Rights On Election Day

Election Day Is Right Around The Corner With the election taking place, you may be wondering what legal rights your employees have when it comes to voting.  States have taken a wide variety of approaches to handling the election. In some states, the law dictates a specific amount of time that... read more →
  • October 12, 2020
Sep 22

Get Benefit Smart For Open Enrollment This Year

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Employee Benefits Are Important Employee benefits help you compete with other organizations who are vying for the same talent as you. Along with salary, benefits are one of the top considerations for potential employees when choosing between job offers. You want to remain competitive to ensure you attract and keep... read more →
  • September 22, 2020
Sep 08

How Do You Handle the “I Want a Raise” Discussion?

"I Want a Raise" Now What? As a small business owner, you’ll often receive requests for a raise from your staff. Maybe you have employees go directly to their managers for the salary discussion, or perhaps you handle it yourself as part of an annual review. However, you address the... read more →
  • September 8, 2020
Aug 25

Making the Most out of Your Core Values

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Core Values: Who Are You? The term "core values" sounds like one of those buzzwords that go in and out of popularity, doesn't it? But core values are actually really important for any founder to develop as they create their brand. Core values are the principles that bind the organization... read more →
  • August 25, 2020
Aug 11

The Top 5 Tasks You Can Delegate to Your PEO

Wondering what you can delegate to a PEO? As a small business owner or key executive, you find yourself busy focusing on the core of your business. This leaves you with a long “to do” list and does not leave time for many human resource tasks. This is why many business... read more →
  • August 11, 2020
Jul 28

“But I Have an Employee That Does HR.” Why You STILL Need a PEO.

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PEO vs. In-House HR Yes, we know, we've heard it a few times before. You think human resources outsourcing isn't an option for your company because you have an employee that handles HR. But before you dismiss it altogether, we'd like to share a few ways that a professional employer organization (PEO) like Optimum... read more →
  • July 28, 2020
Jul 14

Why Performance Reviews Are Important

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What's the deal with performance reviews? As a business owner, you already know the importance of recruiting the best staff. As a leader, you want your team to perform at their best level. Many of you may also use performance reviews to conduct quarterly or annual evaluations of staff work,... read more →
  • July 14, 2020