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8 Challenges Small Business HR Professionals Face in 2020

Zenefits

Some areas to get ready for — for HR and owners — are likely challenges everyone is facing in 2020. For HR professionals, sick time — once a payroll check-the-box issue — has come to the forefront. For most businesses, past regulations and requirements evolved slowly and with time to adjust. Focusing on wellbeing .

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Is Hiring Teens a Good Alternative to a Tight Labor Market?

Stratus

Most adults prefer an 8-5 workday where they can check out early in the evening to attend to personal and family needs. If your business doesn’t shut down at 5pm, teens may be the perfect solution to add a few extra hours of productivity without overworking your full-time staff. Tech-savvy. Less experienced.

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Employee bleisure travel: Set guidelines for a win-win

Business Management Daily

While baby boomers built a life commuting to work and punching out at 5 o’clock ‘til their pension kicked in, millennials learned in 2020 that work is a two-way agreement. So, it’s time to mix business with pleasure. Just because you’re sending an employee out to a fancy location doesn’t mean they owe you extra time on the clock.

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Back to Business: Guide for Small & Medium-Sized Businesses Returning to Work Amidst COVID-19

Netchex HR Blog

May 6, 2020. Following the CDC’s guidelines, Netchex has developed a comprehensive checklist for small businesses as they plan to return to work amidst COVID-19. . Consider implementing PTO/vacation rollovers, grace periods, and revise guidelines for usage if vacation is forfeited if not used by year-end. .

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Returning In-Person, Staying Remote, or Going Hybrid? Succee With These Tips

Pingboard

Many companies have decided to pick up where things left off in early March 2020, deciding that nothing beats in-person collaboration. However, this is a tricky transition, given that many workers don’t want to return to the office full-time. Establish Work-from-Home Guidelines . Returning In-Person .

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Back to Business: What is Contact Tracing and How Can Your Company Participate?

Netchex HR Blog

July 2, 2020. According to the CDC, a close contact is someone “who was within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes starting from 48 hours before illness onset until the time the patient is isolated.”. Netchex remains fully operational through this unprecedented time. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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3 Big Takeaways from Virtual Empower 2020

Quickbase

If you weren’t able to attend Virtual Empower 2020, here are three big takeaways from our Empower Keynote address: Back to the Future of Work. This is the time for software to be flexible and agile. This is the time for low-code. Time Matters, Details Matter, Connections Matter. Businesses are starting to reopen.