5 BEST TOOLS THAT MAKE ORGANIZATION AT WORK A BREEZE By Mary Jo Johnson This article is published by tcbassociates.com based on Content Marketing Partnership with Mary Jo Johnson Organizing your workday can be very tricky. Whether you belong to a big or small enterprise, getting through the gamut of […]
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IS NOT PAYING OVERTIME ILLEGAL? This article is published by tcbassociates.com based on Content Marketing Partnership with Hourly.io First things first—what does federal law say about paying your employees overtime? All hourly, or non-exempt, employees must receive overtime pay for any hours they work over 40 in a workweek—at […]
GUIDELINES FOR BALANCING WORK AND FAMILY IN HOME-BASED BUSINESSES Owners of home-based businesses face unique challenges in the realm of achieving a desired work/family balance. Whereas small business owners who commute to their place of business everyday are usually freed from child-rearing responsibilities for the duration of their time there, […]
ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT ENCOURAGE INTRAPRENEURSHIP Intrapreneurs are employees who work within a business in an entrepreneurial capacity, creating innovative new products and processes for the organization. Intrapreneurship is often associated with larger companies that have taken notice of the rise in entrepreneurial activity in recent years; these firms endeavor to […]
KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL HOME-BASED BUSINESS A home-based business is any enterprise for which the principal administrative and managerial activities take place within an individual’s personal residence. People start home-based business ventures for a wide variety of reasons. For example, some people are forced to leave the corporate world as […]
WHY CASUAL DRESS POLICIES CREATE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN COMPANIES Although casual business attire tends to be a popular option among employees, some companies encounter problems implementing casual dress policies. Many problems arise when companies describe their dress codes using vague words like “appropriate,” “professional,” and “businesslike,” without spelling out a […]
Time Tracking—Best Practices and Mistakes to Avoid At first glance, tracking employee time seems pretty straightforward. Your employees simply denote the hours they were at work on a timesheet, or punch a time clock and turn their time cards in at the end of the week or month. What could […]
6 Questions You Have About Paid Time Off (But Were Too Afraid to Ask) You want your employees to love working for you. But, no matter how much they enjoy their jobs, you know that they’re still going to desire (and deserve) some time off. That’s where paid time off […]
5 COMMON ACCIDENTAL SOURCES OF DATA LEAKS Image Source In cybersecurity and infosec, it’s common to assume that criminals are behind all data breaches and major security events. Bad actors are easy to blame for information leaks or account takeovers, because they’re the ones taking advantage of vulnerabilities in systems […]
HOW TO PREPARE COMPETITIVE BIDS Competitive bids are offers extended by businesses in which they detail proposed compensation that they will receive in exchange for executing a specific task or tasks. These tasks can range from providing a service for a set period of time to manufacturing and transporting a […]