Employees are at the heart of any business. Whether you have a machine shop or an accounting firm, you need them on the line or analyzing break-evens. Trust is everything, especially when it comes to …
By Joe DeSantis, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEIt is well established that the Great Recession had a negative effect on the U.S. birth rate. New numbers now seem to suggest that even though the …
By Cheryl Kuch, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEAccording to Gallup, the percent of employees who report feeling engaged in their work continues to be low for most U.S. organizations at about 30%. Gallup’s research, …
By Anthony Kaylin, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEThe following could be the outline for a movie of the week: a rogue manager, a staffing agency, three women and a man, a complaint, insufficient investigations, …
By Michael J. Burns, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASESummer is approaching and young people will be getting out of school. Summer jobs become a priority. One of the first harbingers of summer is the …
By Anthony Kaylin, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEFLSA tops the list of employee lawsuits, by type, hitting employers today. Most of those suits have to do with misclassification of employees as contractors. That is …
By Nicole Sitter, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEThree new Michigan Laws (Public Acts 359, 360 and 361) designed to lower the unemployment rate among convicted felons and ex-offenders became effective January 1, 2015. They …
Michael Rogers, vice president of communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with workforce recruitment experts Danny Samson and Wendy Pittman of WorkFountain. WorkFountain powers the SBAM Talent Exchange, a proven talent matching …
By Joe MarrOriginally published in Focus Magazine What am I S’posed to Wear? It used to be easy, figuring out what was and what wasn’t appropriate to wear on the job. Not anymore. It’s …
By Dan Van Slambrook, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEMore than ever before, consumers are making decisions based on online product reviews thoughtfully left for them by other consumers. So are job seekers, who are …
Today on the SBAM Shorts audio report Small Business Association of Michigan Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks to employment and management consultant Cynthia Pepper about building flexibility and autonomy in your workplace. SBAM Shorts, the …
By George Brown, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEAs a young man I recall entering a one-on-one meeting with my boss and not bringing a notepad with me. The boss promptly asked me, “How do …
By Michael J. Burns, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEOn March 18th the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released an official memo reporting on the status of NLRB decisions for and …
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews Christine Ziegler, CEO, MRC Industries, Inc., to learn more about how small employers can help individuals living with developmental or learning disabilities, …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEMany HR professionals have been anxiously awaiting the new proposed regulations to redefine exempt and nonexempt work classifications under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Why are these regulations being …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEOne of the highly-rated speakers at our March 5th People, Profit, Progress, Conference addressed what she called “agile” performance management. Susanna Hunter, Senior Director of Organizational Effectiveness at McLean …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBack on May 27, 2014, the Michigan Workforce Opportunity Wage Age Act repealed and replaced Michigan’s old Minimum Wage Law. At the time, the focus of all the publicity …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner Kushner & CompanyOn February 18, 2015, the IRS issued Notice 2015-17 elaborating on its position that, subject to narrow exceptions, an employer violates health care reform’s annual dollar limit and preventive services mandates …
