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California Minimum Wage: What Small Businesses Need To Know

Homebase

In 2016, California approved a statute to increase the minimum wage yearly starting in 2017. This period has now passed and the California minimum wage rate is at $15.50. According to a Zillow study, a person making minimum wage would need 2.7 Simplify payroll What is the California Minimum Wage? Pasadena: $16.93

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4 Economic Trends Impacting Talent Today

ClearCompany HRM

What to do: If you want to solve the skills gap for your company specifically, start investing in training, goal-setting , performance metrics and learning. Many companies have proprietary systems and processes that require internal training anyway, so why not hire an entry-level person you can mold into the right employee?

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Time Tracking For Hourly and Temp Agency Workers

Mitrefinch

On a national level, the retail industry in the United States alone hired 525,000 extra workers for the end of year season in 2017. However, reliably tracking the time and attendance of those employees, including overtime hours, can be a challenge for HR departments. Time Tracking for Temp Agency Workers.

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Expert’s Top Tips for Training a Retail Workforce for the Holiday Season

SumTotal

The National Retail Federation (NRF) President and CEO Matthew Shay estimates that retailers will hire 650,000 seasonal workers for the 2018 holiday period, up 10% from 2017. For employers, this volume of new workers presents significant hiring, onboarding and training challenges. I’ve worked in retail for almost 30 years.

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How this HR’s Rising Star and ‘numbers person’ innovates in hard-hit hospitality

HRExecutive

When Evolution was acquired by Aimbridge in 2017, he took on a series of benefits leadership positions, including director of benefits, director of total rewards and vice president of total rewards—before making a lateral move to his newly created, current position in May 2020.

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Workforce Changes Now Will Affect ACA Reporting Later

ACA Times

If you’re unsure of the coding to use, click here to learn about the different scenarios. If you’re unsure of the coding to use, click here to learn about the different scenarios. 3 minute read: Several weeks into quarantine and social distancing, many are wondering when the country will reopen.

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The Ripple Effect of a Pay Strategy Change

Compensation Today

Gagnon shared Choicelunch’s story of a challenging time in the business: As a California organization with several hourly employees, the company was facing pressure from competition that hiked wages months ahead of market expectations related to the state’s new minimum wage of $15. Learn More About Our Compensation Software.