It is the season; company holiday parties are in full swing. While the season is joyous, it can also be a time of letting your guard down. To avoid tears in your beer, here are a few best practices: Be Inclusive in Planning Avoid religious assumptions: Use “holiday...
We recently brought in a valuation expert to talk with our business owner clients so they could get a pro’s viewpoint on how to increase the value of their businesses for sale. Her insights were instructive and, importantly, came from a potential buyer’s...
We receive a fair number of inquiries in the 3rd & 4th quarters of the year from prospective clients looking to move away from their current PEO. The timing is normally prompted by benefit renewals. For those readers who aren’t familiar with the term PEO, it...
As I drive through the City with our gorgeous Fall colors (and now snow), I’ve shifted into full-out Thanksgiving mode. As business owners and leaders, we have a lot to be grateful for – things that, because we control our destinies, we can uniquely...
It’s the thing that hijacks your company’s ability to scale. It sends your valuable employees looking for greener pastures. It’s the single-largest reason your business isn’t transferrable or will sell for much less than you’d hoped...
With the government shutdown, employers who use the e-Verify system may be wondering what to do with I-9 Forms. The e-verify system is currently unavailable, as it is a government-run program under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If you’re an employer,...
I have a water bottle that says, “The biggest risk you can take is to do nothing.” Every time you let an employee decision slide, every time you wait on making an important purchasing decision, every time you avoid a tough conversation with a...
As the crisp Autumn air announces itself, leaves take on new hues, and our daylight shortens, some employers start to think about the next calendar year. Within that planning, budgeting ensues. Many of our clients have January benefit renewals. We often start...
Sometimes the decisions your potential customers make seem absolutely nuts. They choose competitors over your clearly superior offerings, they look elsewhere for products or services that you can easily provide, or they kick the can down the road on products that you...
As Human Resources Consultants at Milestones HR, LLC, we often get asked, “We’re a small business, do we really need an Employee Handbook?” It’s a great question, as small businesses enjoy being nimble and are normally tight-knit with their employees. Those same...
