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We've also built an infographic on how to best create a warm welcome for employees. You can check it out here. The onboarding experience is crucial for employee retention. This is the moment at which you can set someone up for success within your company. And hey, you probably just spent a good chunk of time and money to find this person in the first place and get them to take the job, so not onboarding them correctly would be a total waste.
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Managing payroll, benefits, compliance, and other HR responsibilities is a common headache for small business owners. That’s why partnering with professional employer organizations, or PEOs, has become such a popular strategy for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in recent years. PEOs specialize in helping business owners oversee the myriad of HR-related tasks that are part and parcel of owning a small business.
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Feeling a bit overwhelmed with the idea of leading an expanding remote team? Distributed teams are not a trend or a passing fad. The world of business has changed; those organizations that adopt new ways of doing business designed with the needs of a remote workforce in mind are the ones that will thrive. That’s exactly the advantage a professional employer organization (PEO) can provide to small business and startups.
It might be fair to say that most business owners would love to have more time in their day. With the extra hours, you might finally get through the stacks of paperwork on your desk, or review the latest employment laws you’ve been meaning to catch up on. Being an expert on all things related to running a business would be nice, too. Unfortunately, there are only 24 hours in a day, regardless of who you are or what business you’re running.
Don’t wait until open enrollment begins to start communicating with employees about open enrollment. Instead, the best time to start making sure your employees are prepared to choose benefits for the coming plan year is well in advance of open enrollment. While you shouldn’t advise individual team members about what benefits to choose, the company should provide advance information about what options are available so team members have the information they need to select the health insurance.
2020 has been a year of constant change. With election season right around the corner, it’s understandable that millions of people across the country are wondering what, exactly, the process is going to look like, and how it’s going to differ from a typical election year. How, for example, should someone plan on registering to vote this year if they’ve had to leave their state of residence for COVID-19-related reasons?
Whether you are an individual choosing a medical provider to visit for diagnosis or treatment or you’re an employer in the process of deciding which group health insurance plans best meet your needs or the needs of your employees, it’s important to have a clear understanding of the difference between in-network and out-of-network providers. This can help you make wise decisions that greatly impact out-of-pocket healthcare expenses.
On June 4, 2020, we published a set of Black Lives Matter commitments in response to the murder of George Floyd and subsequent activism within our workforce. This was a traumatic period for many of our employees and for many Americans, unfolding within the context of a global pandemic and economic crisis. As a white male CEO, I have always believed that diversity within our company (and more broadly) was important and have come to appreciate more recently the pain and struggle that Black.
Navigating the world of health insurance as an entrepreneur can seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. If you’re trying to make sense of health insurance for small businesses or startups, you’ve come to the right place. Get the facts every business owner needs to know about this important employee benefit. Are Small Businesses Required to Offer Health Insurance?
If you’re an accountant, you’ve probably witnessed a shift in your roles and responsibilities as the practice of accounting has moved toward financial advising and consultation. More and more, businesses are expecting their accountants to offer a wider toolkit of financial services beyond crunching numbers, balancing financial statements, and managing tax preparation.
In recent years, the “open plan” office became the organizational model of choice for hip and forward-thinking employers. In the early days of its growing popularity, the open office was believed by many to be a guaranteed way to improve employee communication and collaboration, and to nurture a general feeling of egalitarianism in the workplace. Plus, removing cubicles from the workplace allowed early adopters of the open office plan to save significant amounts of money on construction.
Getting to the point of needing to hire employees is a major milestone for a startup. When a new business grows to the point where staff members beyond the founders and/or initial core team are needed, that’s a sure sign of success. It’s an achievement to reach this milestone, but gearing up to hire people to join your startup poses a new set of challenges.
From commuting to office banter, COVID-19 has put many of the activities that define the everyday employee experience on hold — not the least of them professional development. Whether your team is in its fifth month of remote work or starting to return gradually to the office, it’s unlikely that employees are packing a conference room to capacity to hear a guest speaker, or traveling to conferences and industry events.
As their businesses grow, many entrepreneurs come to understand the value of outsourcing certain specialized work to third-party professionals. And it’s for this reason that a huge — and growing — number of small business owners today are choosing to work with professional accountants. Accountants have always been there for individuals and businesses who are looking to get the most out of their annual tax returns.
Growing a family is a stressful experience, even without a global pandemic in the mix. Many concerns arise during pregnancy, and those concerns can only multiply during a pandemic. These concerns led Kindbody and One Medical to collaborate with Justworks on a webinar covering pregnancy and family planning during the time of COVID-19. Kindbody’s Dr. Fahimeh Sasan and One Medical’s Dr.
Implementing an effective virtual onboarding process is an important key to setting your company’s new hires up for success. Whether you hire fully remote employees or people who will temporarily work from home due to COVID-19, creating a quality virtual onboarding experience is critical to effectively integrating new team members into the organization.
The high cost of healthcare in the United States today is a financial challenge that almost every American is familiar with. In fact, a recent survey found that around one in three Americans actually avoid medical care due to the high price tag that it comes attached to. Another study published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reported that individuals in the US pay far more each year for healthcare than citizens of any other country (the average American.
The value proposition of health insurance has changed. With dueling health and economic crises top of mind for many companies this year, it’s no longer “just insurance” in the world of COVID-19. Of course, the value of high-quality health insurance has always been measured by more than potential cost-savings on care or a specialist visit copay. The value of health insurance plays a role in creating stability and continuity, and it can have a positive impact on employees and their families.
An alarming amount of people don’t have disability insurance. At least, that’s what a study from the American Council of Life Insurers (ALCI) found back in 2017, in which over 51 million working adults reported not having any coverage. This is concerning given the reality that the modern workforce faces today. The Social Security Administration (SSA) estimates that one in four of today’s 20-year-olds will experience a disabling event lasting one year or longer before reaching retirement age.
With most of the country still under lockdown, millions of small business owners across the country have been forced to switch to a distributed workforce model. Thankfully, modern technologies have made the prospect of switching to remote work less daunting than it might otherwise be. In fact, many companies have fully and enthusiastically begun to embrace the distributed workforce model.
Not that long ago, Justworks only had about 200 total employees. It was around this time, in 2017, that we first introduced Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) as part of our ongoing efforts toward making our work culture more diverse and inclusive. Naturally, like Justworks as a whole, our ERG program has expanded and evolved over the years. What has remained consistent from the outset, however, is that ERGs are a vital part of the fabric that makes Justworks a great place to work.
While not new, allyship is a concept that’s new to many people. When it comes to the word “ally,” it's helpful to see it as a verb, not a noun. It’s something you do over and over again — not something you are, one and done. Being an ally isn’t about you, it’s about the community you support. It means listening, educating yourself, and, when needed, lending your voice to those who don’t have one.
Millions of Americans are now working from home in a nationwide effort to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a shift that poses unprecedented challenges to employees, managers, and businesses across the country. In a time of such sweeping change, it has become a top priority for organizations to quickly adapt to the range of challenges posed by the crisis.
Each year, people from our operations, engineering, marketing, and customer success teams spend the better part of 10 months working on delivering health insurance renewals to thousands of small businesses across the country. Busy people rely on our ability to take a complex suite of changing health plans and provide access to them in a fully integrated, easy-to-use platform.
For the last two months, the various lockdown orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have created unprecedented logistical and financial challenges for businesses across the US. Now, slowly but surely, many businesses will prioritize orchestrating the return to work as quickly — and safely — as possible. Employers who are thinking about initiating (or who have already begun) the return to work process should only do so after they have devised a thorough strategy for maintaining a.
If your small business has already joined a PEO (Professional Employer Organization), then you likely already know the advantages of using a PEO model — for example, how companies using a PEO are 50% less likely to go out of business. What you might not know is that not all PEOs are created equal. Maybe you’ve been contemplating switching to another PEO, but the difficulty of the task, or just finding the right fit, feels daunting.
Most small business owners are tasked with a dizzyingly wide array of HR responsibilities. And each of those responsibilities — whether it’s recruiting new employees, managing payroll, or administering employee benefits — must be handled in a way that complies with local, state, and federal law. Even in normal times, it can be tricky for many small business owners to balance their day-to-day responsibilities with the ongoing task of maintaining HR compliance.
The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police is a horrible crime. The officers on the scene need to be held accountable. This type of brutality against Black Americans has repeated itself over and over for years. Black Lives Matter and we can’t be a nation where all people are created equal unless we recognize, confront, and eradicate racism. We’ve been living with structural racism for over 400 years and Black Americans have battled against (and continue to do so) institutionalized.
So you’ve decided to start a business and realized you can’t do it all yourself. Nor should you! Entrepreneurs are champions of ideas, and the best ones identify their strengths and weaknesses, and learn where to supplement their leadership with the acumen and experience of others. Hiring your first employees is an exciting and daunting task — one you should be prepared for.
The ever-elusive work-life balance is something that’s been chased for a long time, even by remote work veterans. Now, employees who were once commuting into the office five days each week are trying to find that balance while working remotely due to COVID-19. Finding balance in a remote world adds more complexity to the struggle, so we’ve compiled some ideas you can use as you walk the fine line between work and home life.
As COVID-19 continues to impact companies everywhere, many employers are wondering how they’ll take care of their teams. Given this uncertainty, Justworks partnered with customer Octave to host a webinar that aimed to help answer some of the small business community’s most pressing questions on coping with staffing changes. Together, Justworks’ HR Consultant Moses Balian and Octave’s Chief Clinical Officer Dr.
As a result of COVID-19, the US has seen a surge in unemployment claims. According to the Department of Labor, 3.8 million people filed for unemployment in the week ending April 25, bringing the total number of people who have lost their jobs since the pandemic began to more than 30 million. If you recently lost part or all of your income, you might qualify for unemployment benefits.
Parents don’t have it easy these days. After boarding the struggle bus that is remote life, it can feel like they’re stuck on a wild ride with no stop in sight. While we’re all experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic together, working parents have a unique challenge in juggling multiple jobs, many in isolation and without the support they’re used to. Aside from basic self-care, they’re also taking on parenting and teaching their children while trying to maintain productivity for their full-time.
As the global COVID-19 situation continues to unfold, helping our customers took on a new meaning and purpose at Justworks. Our priorities have quickly shifted, and our focus is to ensure you can quickly and confidently access the information and support you need to take care of your business and team. Over the past few weeks, Justworks’ Product and Engineering teams have been rapidly building and iterating new features to help you understand and access critical government relief programs.
The question of fertility isn’t usually asked until people feel they’re ready to start a family. But what many people don’t know is that fertility should be an early consideration. With fertility naturally declining with age, it’s better to know sooner rather than later if you’ll need help with family planning. Considering there’s a fair amount of confusion and misinformation around fertility, we collaborated with Dr.
This article was contributed by our friends at Knowable, a new platform for screen-free, audio-first learning. Learn more at the end of the post. As teams across the world are forced to move from offices to remote-work environments, they face new, unexpected challenges related to communication, productivity, and morale. In particular, they may struggle to translate in-person meetings to phone calls and video conferences.
If you’ve suddenly found yourself without a source of income as a result of the coronavirus, you’re by no means alone. In the US, it’s estimated that more than 3 million Americans have lost their jobs in recent weeks. As the economy struggles under these new pressures, millions of Americans have been left asking: what now? We know this is a complicated, and potentially scary, position to be in.
It’s been a busy few weeks for government officials, with Congress passing multiple sweeping laws in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, each with potentially big implications for small businesses. In this post, we will discuss some key takeaways for your business from the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which was enacted in March and took effect April 1, 2020.
Let’s just start out by saying the struggle is real. For those who aren’t used to working remotely, cabin fever may be setting in and people are feeling the strain. With that in mind, one of the things we should be relying on right now is connection. As more and more teams are getting acclimated to working remotely, it’s more important than ever to maintain that sense of connection and camaraderie for employees.
Many business owners and their teams are thinking strategically about how they can augment their work to accommodate a new reality in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic. According to experts, it’s important to think strategically about your business’ financials too. If you’ve spent the last few weeks getting your team set up to work remotely, it’s time to turn to your books.
As COVID-19 continues to create new changes to our everyday lives, it’s important to be more vigilant. Unfortunately, there are people that will take advantage of this vulnerable time and use it as an opportunity to scam victims out of money or to gain access to valuable information. There are numerous ways scammers are using the evolving pandemic to trick many into divulging sensitive information or attaining funds.
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