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Justwomen 2016: 5 Questions with Emily Menchel
Justworks
MAY 13, 2016
As General Counsel for Persado, Emily Menchel does far more than just advising on legal matters. Before she began her current role, Emily spent some time abroad helping women — the first time in Ghana where she worked for a female representative running for parliament, and the second time in Cape Town at a legal rights organization. Justworks Love
5 HR & Payroll Mistakes That Startups Make All Too Often
Justworks
APRIL 11, 2016
Startups are natural rule breakers. You’ve got to ruffle a few feathers and disrupt the status quo if you want to build the next Facebook. But there’s one area where startups definitely don’t want to break the rules: payroll and HR. Startups that don’t comply with payroll and HR laws can face serious legal and financial consequences. Some penalties are even severe enough to (almost) drive them out of business. With that in mind, we've put together this list of the five biggest startup payroll and HR mistakes to avoid. HR Payroll Business Tips
Justwomen 2016: 6 Questions with Elizabeth Galbut
Justworks
MAY 9, 2016
Above: Elizabeth Galbut (right), with business partner Pocket Sun. Elizabeth Galbut is not your typical entrepreneur. At 26 years old, she’s already created two venture capital firms: SoGal Ventures and A-Level Capital. Recruited to work for Deloitte while still in college, she eventually went on to attend John Hopkins and the Maryland Institute College of Art for a dual masters in business and design. Elizabeth put her unique experiences to use to inform the investment decisions she makes today. Justwomen
Isaac Oates: What Our Series C Funding Means for Your Business
Justworks
MARCH 10, 2016
E very day, more than 18,000 new businesses are started. They are started by people who have decided, for whatever reason, that starting a new company from nothing is their best option. Most of these businesses will fail, but some will succeed. It’s no one’s fault but it’s everyone’s problem. Justworks is here because we want to make it easier and safer for people to start businesses.
2016 Training Program Best Practices
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Can you hear the collective groan when you launch that new compliance course? Do you get complaints both public and private from trainees about the uselessness of the training courses you've launched? Is there anything that can be done about it
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Top 11 Causes of Winter Blues at the Office
Justworks
JANUARY 7, 2016
With the new year upon us, make sure your company is doing it all it can to keep its employees happy by ensuring morale is high. SAD (or Seasonal Affective Disorder) can be the strongest in January and February when days tend to be shorter and colder. When morale is low, the obvious result is disengaged employees and a suffering business. And trust us, low morale can really cost you. Business Tip
5 Steps for Starting an Employee Recognition Program at Your Business
Justworks
MARCH 21, 2016
Check out our free guide on how to motivate your employees through incentive programs. By now, you probably know how important rewarding employees is for your company. It boosts morale, makes employees feel like they are integral to your company, and even lowers voluntary turnover rates. In fact, according to a Globoforce study , “The number one reason most Americans leave their jobs is that they don’t feel appreciated.” A lack of praise keeps morale low. Consider implementing a regular appreciation program at your place of business. Business Tips
Moving Offices: 5 Ways to Promote Company Culture After the Move
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FEBRUARY 3, 2016
This guest post is brought to you by Kisi. Kisi makes it easy to manage employee and visitor keys to your office with smartphone access. Companies relocate for a number of reasons. Whether it’s real estate prices, office size, or strategic business reasons, keeping employee morale high is important for promoting company culture and maintaining high productivity. With so many moving pieces involved with a business changing locations, it’s important to prioritize the employee when settling into your new space. Business Tips Management
Switching Healthcare Providers? Kick Off The Process With Our Infographic
Justworks
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
And if your company is over 20 full-time employees, the Affordable Care Act will mandate that you offer health insurance beginning in 2016. If you've ever switched your company's healthcare provider, you know it's a crucial decision for your business. Healthcare quality, cost, and network directly affects the health and happiness of your employees. So where to begin?
Leaving performance reviews behind: Where to start [Guide]
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1Making Dynamic Performance. Development a Reality eGuide 3Introduction Does your organization want to adopt. more dynamic approach to managing. performance and developing employees? We see a stampede of organizations. moving in this direction. At the same. time, we also see that, all too often, managers in such organizations are simply. not prepared to follow through because. Without clear. Maybe.
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Justwomen 2016: Powerful Advice for Women in Business
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FEBRUARY 5, 2016
For the Justwomen Winter 2016 event, both sat down to talk about their experiences in front of 100 other women entrepreneurs in New York City. Pictured left: CEO of Startup Institute, Diane Hessan. Right: Executive VP of Kind Snacks, Lisa Mann. Photo: Forbes). Throughout their years of experience, Executive VP of Kind Snacks Lisa Mann and CEO of Startup Institute Diane Hessan have continually risen to the top. However, being women in business can come with unique struggles, and unique triumphs. Justworks Love Business Tips Fun
Employee Turnover: 6 Reasons Why Good Employees Leave
Justworks
JANUARY 27, 2016
Ebbs and flows in an organization’s staff are not uncommon, but high employee turnover is a sure sign of a much more disruptive undercurrent. According to a Gallup study published earlier this year, one in two employees surveyed cited their boss as the reason for leaving a job. As a manager, steer clear of these six issues that cause employees to leave. HR Management
Is it Time to Say Goodbye to the Open Office Plan?
Justworks
JANUARY 21, 2016
Open office plans became a trend in the last few years. So much of a trend in fact, that 70% of offices have low partitions, or no partitions at all, anymore. All kinds of companies — startups, tech, finance — started implementing an open plan for various reasons. Some company owners cite open collaboration and transparency as their reasons for switching over to the new design. Business Tips
Team Bonding Ideas: Our Favorite Outings in NYC
Justworks
MARCH 25, 2016
Your team works hard. So every once and a while, they deserve to blow off some steam and have a great time together. Not only does leaving the office help team bonding, it also creates memories and boosts employee morale. We’ve written before about team building activities for work that people will actually enjoy , but there is something about team outings in NYC that merits its own attention. New York City has an infinite amount of choices for group activities, but it can also be cramped for space and difficult to find the right spot for your everyone.
Skill based learning – How it drives an organization’s performance
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Training and learning organizations today play an active role in contributing to the bottom line of any organization by aligning their objectives to the immediate business objectives. This provides a solid ground for cost justification and encourages businesses to place training groups right where they should be, at the heart of a growing, thriving, learning culture
Justworks Has a Stellar Work Culture. Here’s How We Hire To Keep It.
Justworks
APRIL 28, 2016
We’ve written a comprehensive guide on how to hire employees that fit your company values. You can download it for free here. Business Tips Recruiting Management
Offer Your Employees Commuter Benefits – Everyone Saves Money
Justworks
JANUARY 6, 2016
It’s important to know the difference between a perk and a benefit. Want to learn more about both? Download our free guide here. Saving money is really important for a startup. Every dollar counts, especially with there being a Series A crunch going on. You want to survive as long as you can without needing to raise further funds. Benefits Compliance
CloserIQ: 8 Creative Ideas for Motivating Underperforming Reps
Justworks
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
This guest post is brought to you by CloserIQ. One of the hardest tasks of a manager is to confront employees who are underperforming. How do you have that conversation? What do you focus on? What can you do to help things improve? The follow eight ideas will help you motivate underperforming sales hires and improve their numbers. Business Tips Management
We Can't Get Over These 8 Justwomen Quotes for Women Entrepreneurs
Justworks
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Yes, we know that we just posted interviews with Lisa Mann and Diane Hessan on Friday, but we couldn't resist a highlight reel from the Justwomen 2016 winter event. Justwomen Business Tips Fun
Innovation Buster: How Losing Your Best Employees is Killing Innovation
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Employees at the front lines often have better ideas for innovation than others within the business, but when they walk out the door, they take those ideas with them. Want to innovate better and faster than the competition? You need to hold onto your best employees and the ideas they have.
13 Ways to Encourage Employee Development (and Strengthen Your Team)
Justworks
MARCH 4, 2016
Looking for other ways to build a strong team? Check out our free resources on employee happiness. In your company's day-to-day routine, professional development activities may not seem like a priority. After all, the workday should be focused on, well, working! But it’s important that your employees continue to learn and grow professionally. According to go2HR, 40% of people who receive poor employee training leave within the first year. Employee development not only benefits the individual, but it will benefit your company as well. Business Tips Management
Announcing New Benefits: One Medical and Health Advocate
Justworks
APRIL 29, 2016
We are always working to make sure we’re adding the features and benefits that make it easy for you to run your business and take care of your team. Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with One Medical and Health Advocate to offer on demand, primary care and personal health advocacy services to companies offering healthcare through Justworks. And the best part? This is free of charge, included as part of the Justworks benefits package. We strongly believe all of our members should have access to the best in healthcare. Justworks Love Product Updates
How Stupid Cancer Solved These Common Small Business Challenges
Justworks
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
This guest post is from Stupid Cancer. Stupid Cancer is the largest charity that comprehensively addresses young adult cancer through advocacy, research, support, outreach, and more. Starting a non-profit organization is no small feat. Born out of inequity, it takes a strong resolve and an entrepreneurial mindset to take the leap from side project to the international stage. Alongside this ambitious journey, you’re apt to tackle the consequential challenges like human resources, overhead, and scaling. HR Business Tips Nonprofit
The 5 Most Common Employment Law Risks
Justworks
APRIL 21, 2016
This is a guest post, reprinted with permission from our friends at Early Growth Financial Services. Founder David Ehrenberg breaks down exactly what you need to do to protect your small business from the biggest employment risks. Why worry about employment law risks when you have enough things to focus on: building your team, getting traction, and lining up funding? HR Compliance
Ditching the formal performance review? Kineo shares 3 Elements for Success
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From Performance Management. to Performance Development eGuide 2Part 2: A Roadmap. for Change In Part 1 of this eGuide, we explored the confluence. of factors that’s driving change in how performance. is managed and how organizations are moving. away from the traditional annual review process to. more real-time dynamic approach. This all sounds. very logical, of course, until an organization starts to. push forward with change then finds that there may. be some very real barriers to moving forward. successfully transition from a traditional performance. management approach to a more dynamic.
Which Group Benefits Work For Your Small Business?
Justworks
MARCH 24, 2016
Perks and benefits are essential to any successful business. Get your free guide on them here. Whether you have a long runway or have taken out loans to start your company, you know that every dollar counts when it comes to business expenses. In fact, a bank of America survey deduced that 72% of small business owners are concerned about healthcare costs. That’s one reason of many why accessing benefits for your small business can feel so anxiety inducing. Maybe you’ve asked yourself if you can afford it. The question, however, should be can you afford not to? Benefits HR Business Tips
Justworks Feature Launch: Adding Custom Office Holidays
Justworks
JANUARY 13, 2016
We’re excited to announce the ability to add custom holidays to your holiday schedule! This is just another step forward in making Justworks more flexible for the specific needs of our customers. Justworks Love Product Updates
Work Fearlessly With Justworks' Free Resources Library
Justworks
JANUARY 25, 2016
Here at Justworks, we’re always trying to find ways to help your small business run smoother. That’s why we’ve blogged and written eBooks: to share what we’ve learned on growing a business and a team. After more than a year of blogging regularly, we’ve published hundreds of articles and it may be hard to choose which ones are most relevant to you. Justworks Love
Writing An Offer Letter? Use This Easy Template
Justworks
APRIL 8, 2016
There’s nothing more exciting than bringing on a new hire. After all your hard work to find the right person, it’s a time of celebration — and a time to put your best foot forward. Make sure you and your new employee are on the same page from day one with a clear job offer letter. Prospective employees should sign a job offer letter before they begin work. Not only does the letter serve as a legal basis for employment, but it also ensures you both have a written understanding of what their position entails. Management
Learner motivation explained! Learn how to use an LMS to motivate your learners to upskill
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Training and development professionals often bemoan the lack of apparent initiative in their trainees. Learning professionals spend huge sums of money creating or acquiring skill aligned libraries of learning content, only to watch almost helplessly as learners refuse to engage with any training available that isn’t mandatory
Upgrade Your Morning Routine To Become A More Productive Leader
Justworks
JANUARY 29, 2016
The best business leaders know how to make the best use of their time — and that all starts before heading to the office. Take billionaire John Paul DeJoria, for example, who takes five minutes for quiet reflection. Or exec Kat Cole, who drinks 24 ounces of water every morning. But for most people, it takes a while to develop a health-conscious routine that allows maximum creativity and productivity. So how do you make your daily routine as productive as a productive leader? Here are some tips on how to start your morning off right. Business Tips
5 Big ACA Changes For Businesses In 2016
Justworks
DECEMBER 16, 2015
Whether or not a business is affected by the ACA depends upon its size, and in 2016 the size of a business will become an issue of major concern. In this article, therefore, we will address five of the changes affecting businesses with employees in 2016. We've written a whitepaper about the impact of the ACA on small businesses. Benefits Compliance
The Ins and Outs of Supplemental Wages - How Taxes Are Withheld
Justworks
APRIL 1, 2016
Part 1 of this series explored the difference between supplemental wages and regular wages. Now, in Part 2 of the series, we will cover exactly how to calculate the taxes on supplemental wages. IRS Publication 15 describes several methods of calculating the federal income tax withholding on supplemental wages. Withhold a flat 25% of the supplemental wages. Payroll
NerdWallet's Small Business Funding Hacks from People Who've Used Them
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FEBRUARY 25, 2016
This post is brought to you by NerdWallet. NerdWallet is focused on helping people lead better lives through financial education and empowerment. Getting small-business funding can be a difficult process, especially for first-time entrepreneurs. So we asked two small business owners who’ve gone through the process to share their financing hacks. Of course, what worked for them may not work for you. But their stories could help you form a plan to fund your own business. Business Tips Founder Talk 401(k
HR's Critical Role in Creating Productive and Meaningful Workplaces
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Today’s workplace is characterized by chaotic forces—low employee engagement and productivity levels, and declining employee well being. HR Leaders have a critical role in defining the vision and strategy to transform and create a more productive and happy workplace
9 Tips for Hiring Interns Legally
Justworks
MARCH 7, 2016
Protect your company’s future. Get your free guide to hiring interns the legal way here. When it comes to recruiting and hiring interns , there is a right way and a wrong way. Famous figures from Oprah to Charlie Rose have faced lawsuits from unpaid interns (Charlie Rose settled to pay nearly $110,000 in 2013). And even though such moguls are an elite rank, this is a club you don’t want to be a part of. Read on to find out how you can keep your company safe, and hire some great interns along the way. Compliance Business Tips
Know the Basics: What is an FSA? And How Do I Set One Up?
Justworks
MARCH 3, 2016
If you're looking into an FSA, you may want to find out what other fringe benefits prospective hires want. Between all the jargon of HSAs and FSAs, you may have asked yourself — what is a flexible spending account, exactly? flexible spending account — sometimes referred to as a flexible spending arrangement — is an account that you put pre-tax money into throughout the year. You then use that account to pay for certain healthcare out-of-pocket costs. The FSA allows employees to put money aside before taxes, so that they can cover their healthcare expenses. Benefits Healthcare
Does Your Company Qualify for This ACA Tax Credit?
Justworks
MAY 2, 2016
As of 2016, The Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA) has transitioned into Phase II of the tax credit breaks, which is good news for employers — it means that potential credits for-profit small businesses are eligible to receive have jumped from 35% to 50 We’ve made a simple guide to answer all your ACA questions, which you can download here. Now that many employers are required to offer some kind of healthcare , it’s beneficial to know what tax breaks your company may be eligible for.
Should You Get Citi Bike Perks for Your Team?
Justworks
MAY 25, 2016
In celebration of Bike to Work Month, Justworks gave six companies free Citi Bike memberships for a year to encourage the happiness and health of their employees. With all the buzz around biking to work this month, you may wonder if the perk is the right fit for your team. Kristy Zoshak, Director of Sales and Marketing at Citi Bike, spoke with us on Bike to Work Day about why Citi Bike is such a great perk for both employers and employees. She also gave us tips on her favorite places to pedal and resources for new riders in New York
The Performance Management Storm: Four Macro-Trends Driving the Change
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1Why Your Company Will Need to. Rethink Performance Management eGuide Part 1: The Argument. for Change 2 3About this Guide Organizations are increasingly. moving from traditional performance. management systems (organized as. an annual review process) to newer. performance development systems. organized around real-time dynamics). Here, in Part 1, we describe why. happening now. As you’ll see, the.
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