Five percent of job applicants have a criminal record within the last seven years. Most business owners and recruiters know they should perform background checks on applicants before offering them a job; however, few people can actually define what background checks actually entail. The laws governing background checks are complicated,…
Many organizations, even small to mid-sized ones, have employees separated by more than just multiple branch locations – different work experiences, expectations and generational differences create unique cultural issues and challenges in the workforce. When implemented and managed successfully, enterprise social collaboration (ESC) can enhance the “emotional connection” between employees,…
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California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones awarded $32 million in grants to district attorneys across 36 counties in the state to combat workers’ compensation fraud. The grants, funded through employer assessments, support law enforcement efforts in investigating and prosecuting workers’ compensation insurance fraud. “Last fiscal year 2012-13, my department received more…
When Steve Enna and Dennis Wooten, owners of EW Partners (now HR Your Way), a Pleasanton, CA based HR Firm were ready to begin their transition to retirement they had clear goals – to find a way to ensure the successful brand they had worked so hard to develop would…
2014 – The Year of the Great Balancing Act In 2014 companies expect growth and increased hiring. Competition for key talent is heating up. Growth and hiring surges are causing big concerns about retention as employees leave for greener pastures. Companies are cautiously optimistic about 2014, with 72 percent expecting their financial situation to…
Sandra Dickerson and Cindy McKellar become Co-CEOs of EW Business Partners It is with great pleasure that we announce that two great HR companies, Your People Professionals (“YPP”) and EW Partners, will join forces to offer a broad range of HR Consulting and Outsourcing Services. Our teams share a passion…
Most companies are required to post their annual OSHA injury summary (300A) by February 1, 2014. The summary must be posted from 2/1/14 to 4/30/14 and it must be posted whether or not there were recorded injuries. If your company had ten (10) or fewer employees at all times during…
How To Attract Top Talent That Will Stay Is your strategy for finding and keeping good people more like a fishing net or a magnet? Sounds odd, but the analogy is truly illustrative of the changes that innovative companies, large and small, are making in 2014. Not only…
