Training your workers effectively in 2021 could be a complex process due to an increase in remote workers, heightened regulation, and COVID-related challenges. This article outlines some of the difficulties employers could face in workplace training this year, as well as suggestions from MP’s HR services team on how to address them. Read the article to:
Get tips for remote training
Find out your responsibilities for required training in 2021
Learn what technology could make remote training easier and more effective
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The Latest HR Updates on PPP Loans and Employee Retention Tax Credits
Are you up to date on the latest pandemic assistance program changes? Could another round of PPP loans and the Employee Retention Tax Credit be helpful to your organization? MP’s HR services team offers the latest HR updates on these programs and how to use them to your full advantage. Read the article to:
Learn how the ERTC and PPP will be different in 2021
Find out if you qualify for a PPP loan or ERTC in 2021
Get tips from MP’s HR consulting experts on how to use both programs to your full advantage
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Strategic HR Planning for 2021: 8 Key Tactics to Prepare for Labor Shortages
Your strategic HR planning for 2021 may be focused on pandemic safety measures, but MP’s HR services suggests considering something else during strategic human resource planning, too: labor shortages. Read the article to:
Learn why your team may see some unprecedented staffing shortages in 2021
Find out how you can prepare with strategic human resource planning
Get the best HR strategies for working with your team and with outside vendors to mitigate the effects of prolonged labor shortages.
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Employee Handbook: 10 Serious Mistakes to Avoid
Having an employee handbook is only half the battle. If yours isn’t done correctly it could be ineffective or even make things harder. MP’s HR services team covers the top 10 mistakes you might be making as you create or update your employee manual. Read the article to:
Find out what employee policies need to be updated on a yearly basis.
Get best practices for distributing your company handbook
Learn why you may need more than one staff handbook for your organization
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Are You Misclassifying Employees? A Refresher on Non-Exempt vs. Exempt and Why You Need to Get it Right
Misclassifying employees can have some serious penalties: fines, back pay, lawsuits, or even criminal time in prison. Get a refresher from MP’s HR services on the FLSA exempt test and requirements. Read the article to:
• Learn why it’s more important now than ever to avoid misclassifying employees
• Find out what employment categories must be used for the exempt duties test
• Discover what the current numbers are for the salary basis test
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Key 2020 Updates and Tips on ACA Requirements
As infection numbers surge and the pandemic wears on, the best protection a workplace can get (besides PPE) is an addendum specifically for COVID in their employee handbook. Creating a written section of the employee manual with policies just for the pandemic can help everyone be safer, have less miscommunication and misinformation, and perform better. Read the article to:
• Find out what policies a COVID addendum should include
• Learn why and how your COVID addendum may regulate employee behavior outside work
• Discover how to write a strong telecommuting policy
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• Learn what specific concerns workplace harassment training legislation is addressing right now.
• Discover how NDAs will specifically be impacted by many new harassment training laws.
• Determine if your business is in compliance with the latest workplace harassment HR updates.
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