Recognizing Equal Pay Day March 24, 2023 March 14th was Equal Pay Day. Women work to provide for themselves and their families, but upon learning that they make less money than their peers, women can feel less valued, have lower morale, and be prevented from reaching their goals at the same speed as their colleagues. Equal Pay Day is recognized to raise… Read More
Recreational Cannabis and Its Impact on the Workplace March 17, 2023 Liz Warren Featured in WIVB Interview on Cannabis and the Workplace The legalization of recreational cannabis in New York State has brought up a number of questions for area employers. Reasonable suspicion, potential policy updates, and state vs. federal requirements are just a few of the topics that employers are asking our HR experts here… Read More
Snow Day Policies January 19, 2023 Snow days can be a challenge for businesses. Some companies have a ‘business as usual’ policy and expect employees to come to work even if the roads are hazardous. Others may allow employees to work from home or take the day off with pay. It’s important for businesses to have a clear policy in place… Read More
Ask Your HR Professional: Bonuses December 23, 2022 It’s time for another edition of “Ask your HR Professional!” This time we are going to look at bonuses. ‘Tis the season! As 2022 is wrapping up, many organizations find themselves in a place where they will be giving bonuses to employees. At the end of 2021, XperHR conducted a Salary Budget Survey for 2022… Read More
Managing Disability Accommodation Requests July 26, 2022 Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). ADA prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment and requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for them to do their jobs. Here are five tips for how employers can engage more effectively with employees on disability accommodation… Read More
Fair Chance Hiring – An Untapped Talent Pool July 5, 2022 The Great Resignation marches on, adding to hiring headaches for employers looking for qualified candidates to fill jobs. There may be one talent pool being overlooked. More than 70 million Americans — about one-third of the total adult population — face unnecessary barriers to entering the workforce because of old criminal records. Fair Chance Hiring… Read More
Document, Document, Document! January 25, 2021 Why is My HR Business Partner Always Nagging Me about This? You may have a friend who has a photographic memory. If you ask them when something happened, they can tell you the exact day, time, and what they were wearing that very moment. If you are like most of us however, our memory doesn’t… Read More
COVID-19 Panel of Experts Webinar: Live Q&A with HR, Legal and Accounting January 7, 2021 An Interactive Panel Discussion An ESC/TSA/Rupp Baase Zoom webinar presented Thursday, January 14, 2021 | 10 – 11 a.m. EST Overview Please join us for a panel discussion webinar focused on answering any and all questions you may have regarding the new COVID relief programs, federal & state leave policies, workplace best practices, and more.… Read More
The Strategic Component of Human Resources: Part III of III November 11, 2020 Strategic HR and the PEOple Cycle: Part III of III Whitney Bower, Lauren Kersten, and Liz Warren Welcome to the final part of our series Strategic HR and the PEOple Cycle. Parts I and II focused on recruiting and onboarding, managing, coaching, and disciplining. Here, in our final part of this series, we will focus… Read More
Looking Forward: 2021 HR Compliance Updates October 1, 2020 As we are nearing the end of one of the most unpredictable years in recent memory, there are several new and updated HR-related regulations applicable to employers. Read More