Thoughts on HR

Every company regardless of size should have an evaluation process for employees. There’s no single best practice for how to conduct evaluations, but they are a critical part of employee communication and company growth. It’s important to first know your company...

Congratulations, you’ve hired a new employee! You conducted a job analysis, created the right job description, eliminated some trolls early in the process, and found a great candidate because you identified the why during the interview. But the hard work of successful...

Business owners are typically great at talking about themselves: why they got into the business, how they are better than the competition, and what they are looking for when they hire employees. But when it comes to interviewing, talking about yourself and your...

There hasn’t been a bigger topic in the past year when it comes to business compliance with the government than the new overtime laws that were signed into law in May 2016 with a compliance date of Dec. 1, 2016. Days before the law is to take effect a judge out of...

When many people think about employee onboarding, they think the first step is employee orientation. At WhyHR, we believe successful onboarding starts way back at the beginning of the hiring process. For us, onboarding includes pretty much everything that happens to...

In our previous blog posts, we discussed exempt vs. non-exempt classifications, as well as the importance of job descriptions and job analysis in determining an employee’s classification. Once you have completed a job analysis for your employees to fully understand...

We recently talked about the difference between exempt and non-exempt employees and the importance of being in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act both now and when the revised regulation goes into effect on December 1, 2016. There are multiple factors for...

Welcome to the new WhyHR blog! We will be blogging about a variety of human resources and people management topics aimed at helping small businesses effectively manage their teams in order to grow strategically. Have a topic you want us to cover? Let us know over on...