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Should HR Go 'the Way of Acid-Wash Jeans'?

3/27/2017

Human Resources often gets a bad rap for being bureaucratic, unnecessary and even mean (like in this very bitter Forbes article). This is an older Forbes article (2013) but it pops up in my news feeds often enough for me to want to respond with another side of the story.

In his article, the Forbes Contributor who, according to the tagline under his name, writes about economics, politics, media, business and film gives his opinion about how awful HR is and how young, single women in HR are discriminatory against prettier women candidates. (Forbes notes that opinions expressed by Contributors are their own)

Let’s break down his reasoning, starting with the experiment he mentions.

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5 Books for Managers & Small Business Owners

3/21/2017

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Being a new manager or small business owner can be a scary transition and the best way to combat those creeping fears of ‘Am I actually good enough?’ and ‘Is this the right way to do this?’ is with more knowledge.

Below are 5 books for new managers or small business owners focused on productivity and motivating yourself and your employees, that C Squared recommends (in no particular order).

You can also check out more recommendations on our Resources page.

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HR or Finance, Where Does Your Benefits Specialist Land?

3/16/2017

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I was at a talk in Denver recently, hosted by tech staffing solution BWBacon, stacked with speakers whose talks were on the theme of disrupting the status quo in HR practices. Interesting idea – while there have been tons of serious innovations in HR, staffing, and payroll processes in the last few years, nobody has really heard about them – and one talk struck me as particularly insightful. The speaker explained that in her business, the person responsible for controlling their labor cost outflows wasn’t an HR person – it was an analyst from their financial department.

It’s definitely food for thought. There’s a certain intuitive disrupt-y-ness to it: getting the important money decisions out of the hands of those fluffy HR people and over to the professional money-people. I bet you could even drum up some fun-sounding rationalizations about using technology to change a landscape, or making “data-driven decisions“ about something or other.

I appreciate the attempt to innovate in the area of human resources but I think that this attitude fundamentally misunderstands the role of a good HR person.

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30% of Businesses Misclassify Employees - Do You?

3/14/2017

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A Department of Labor study found that up to 30% of businesses misclassified employees as independent contractors.

Should you be hiring employees or independent contractors? There’s no one size fits all answer, it depends on how you want to accomplish your goals.

The main importance behind employee classification regulations is their effect on taxes, payroll items like overtime and deductions, and eligibility for benefits, such as health insurance and paid time off. Classifying employees can be complex and if not done properly, can be very costly and time-consuming for businesses.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is the governmental agency that handles misclassification of employees (among many other things, of course). You can find out more about misclassification directly from the DOL here.

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Should HR Go 'the Way of Acid-Wash Jeans'?

5 Books for Managers & Small Business Owners

HR or Finance, Where Does Your Benefits Specialist Land?

30% of Businesses Misclassify Employees - Do You?

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