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HR Consulting Firms for Small Businesses: 15 Leading Experts

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Anti-discrimination laws, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, social security policies, OSHA requirements, and more are all essential areas of compliance that HR services can support. Zenefits — Best for streamlined onboarding. Industry benefits benchmarking for your company’s sector and size.

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How to Build Fair Pay Grades and Salary Ranges

Zenefits

It can reduce turnover, your employees will work harder, and transparency protects them against wage discrimination. Look at competitors, market data, and benchmarks. Several tools offer real-world salaries, including Zenefits , LinkedIn, and Glassdoor.

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How to Evaluate Your Compensation Plan

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An audit helps assure there is no discrimination, especially among protected classes of employees. Benchmarking. This will require you to do a little research to benchmark your business against current conditions. There are several resources you can use for competitive benchmarking, including: The Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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What are the Legal Reasons to Fire an Employee?

Zenefits

While it varies from state to state, there are actually very few illegal reasons to fire an employee, most of which have to do with discrimination. But if you want to let someone go — and it has nothing to do with demographics, sexual orientation, medical reasons, or other discrimination — then below are some legal reasons you can do so.

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Should You Hire a Certified Compensation Professional?

Zenefits

If you bring on a CCP to your business, initially they may spend a lot of time benchmarking. They assure policies are aligned with the Fair Labor Standards Act, comply with any local legislation, and assure non-discrimination in compensation and benefits. What does a CCP do? Standardization. Special compensation. Parity management.

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Toxic Workplace Checklist: Identify and Resolve Conflicts

Zenefits

A toxic workplace is when the work environment encourages negative behaviors such as bullying, sexual harassment, discrimination, gaslighting, and manipulation. Implement anti-discrimination and anti-harassment training. Turnover is at an industry benchmark or below. Or, at least, minimize the damage. Map an improvement plan.

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Affordable Care Act Requirements for 2022-2023

Zenefits

Confirm complaint with non-discrimination requirements, if applicable. Benefits Benchmarks Report. Add additional Medicare tax of 0.9% on wages or compensation for high earners. Distribute Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) rebates, if applicable. File Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fees, if applicable. Remember Me.