impactNews
-
Pivoting Your Recruitment Strategies For the New Normal
Read more: Pivoting Your Recruitment Strategies For the New NormalWith the pandemic in its fifth month, it’s hard to believe the US unemployment rate was 3.5% just last February. Flash forward a few months: the jobless rate hit 11.1% (in June) while the job “quits rate” (a measure of those who leave their jobs voluntarily) is down to 1.6% in May (from 2.3% a…
-
A Managers’ Toolkit: Helping Employees Through Today’s Crises
Read more: A Managers’ Toolkit: Helping Employees Through Today’s CrisesWith the COVID-19 pandemic now in its fourth month and with business conditions still uncertain, companies and organizations are working fast to pivot their normal routines and processes to maintain business continuity. All told, there’s little doubt employees in general are experiencing higher levels of stress and anxiety than normal – whether it’s in regard…
-
Reopening Planning Resources and Tips from the impactHR Team
Read more: Reopening Planning Resources and Tips from the impactHR TeamWith the coronavirus lockdown in place over the last two months, it’s hard to miss the new announcements from local and state governments that a slow, gradual period of reopening should commence. With many facets of the crisis still bedeviled by uncertainties, key institutions and organizations are crafting expert guides on how to prepare your…
-
Building Employee Engagement and Morale in the Midst of the Crisis
Read more: Building Employee Engagement and Morale in the Midst of the CrisisWhile we all continue to do our part to slow and halt the spread of the virus, the fact is many individuals, families and business owners also are dealing with the effects of the extreme economic downturn. Many business owners are doing their best to balance the drop-off in business activity with doing the most…
-
Key Information for Employers – Dealing with the Coronavirus Crisis
Read more: Key Information for Employers – Dealing with the Coronavirus CrisisLetter from impactHR’s Kelly Mitchell With the ongoing global effort to slow and halt the spread of the Coronavirus disease, COVID-19, our impactHR team started remote client work last week. As with many employers, we’ve taken this step to ensure the maximum safety and health of our client organizations’ teams and ours. This is our…
-
The Growing Importance of the Employee Handbook
Read more: The Growing Importance of the Employee HandbookWith employment-related laws becoming more complex and often in flux, the employee handbook is seen more than ever as a valuable tool for companies and organizations to consider putting in place or to have updated. But what constitutes an effective employee handbook and how it can help drive employee performance and business growth? Handbooks provide…
-
impactInterview: Kelly Mitchell on Tackling Key HR Challenges in 2020
Read more: impactInterview: Kelly Mitchell on Tackling Key HR Challenges in 2020With the fast start to the new year, the HR landscape continues to evolve, requiring companies and organizations to keep close watch on new regulations and trends. In addition, the continuing tight labor market and stable economy are making hiring and employee retention a bigger challenge than ever for employers. On this note, impactnews had…
-
impactHR Team Volunteers at Howard County Food Bank
Read more: impactHR Team Volunteers at Howard County Food BankThe impactHR team spent last Thursday volunteering at the Howard County Food Bank. Operated by the Community Action Council of Howard County, the Food Bank works to diminish poverty, enable self-sufficiency and advocate for low-income families and individuals in Howard County. Our volunteer team, which included Barb Nicholson, Cindy Flowe, Ken Berlack, Denise Powell and…
-
New Federal Overtime Policy Begins Jan. 1, 2020
Read more: New Federal Overtime Policy Begins Jan. 1, 2020Reminder to employers: the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rule goes into effect January 1, 2020. The DOL last September approved an increase in the minimum salary an employee must earn to be exempt from minimum wage and overtime under a white-collar exemption. The DOL’s new official rule requires salaried exempt executive, professional,…
-
New impactHR Website Focuses on HR Consulting/Outsourcing Services
Read more: New impactHR Website Focuses on HR Consulting/Outsourcing ServicesAll of us at impactHR are excited to introduce our new company website! Our new site, built by Columbia, MD’s IMPACT Marketing and Public Relations, is designed to appeal to the multi-faceted information needs of our clients, prospective clients, partners and friends. With this new platform, we’re able to project clearly how our values, solutions…