The HR Compass

For more than ten years, Taylor HR Group has been the HR Department in the United States for a Cambridge, England-based professional services firm. With a sales team working in multiple states in the US, the firm needs to be sure they are compliant with both federal...

A Wise Option for Expanding Operations into the US Expanding a company into the US brings challenges. Learning US labor laws doesn’t have to be among them. Labor laws vary from country to country – and even state to state – so bringing your firm stateside requires an...

Is skipping or deferring important employee training a wise business decision? Mitigate Your Risk Depending on where you’re located, state law may require you to conduct annual harassment prevention training. Making time for training can be challenging with so much...

Changes to Paid Family and Medical Leave Are Coming Are you ready for the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Law? The Law takes effect on January 1, 2021. Which means you need to be getting ready for it now; you need to understand what it means and be in...

Growing law firms can benefit from outsourced human resources Is your law firm growing? New clients and more cases require a bigger team. But who will handle the hiring process? What about employee policies? How will you stay compliant and avoid risk? Avoid risk with...

How school learning models impact employee paid leave eligibility Does your company have employees with school-aged children who are trying to juggle workplace responsibilities with shifting school schedules? Are you struggling as an employer to keep up the with the...

Many small businesses start out as a one-person office or perhaps a partnership and then, as clients are engaged, more employees are added to the roster. You fill the key positions, hire assistants and perhaps an office manager, but who takes care of your HR? You or...

You’ve stuck by your team through all the twists and turns of Covid-19. They, in turn, have stuck by you, working hard, keeping productivity up despite whatever challenges they’ve had to deal with while working from home. Now, it’s time to start bringing people back...

In Japan, the “lay-off” or temporary unemployment concept does not exist. Because of this, reduction in the workforce is a last resort when Japanese companies run into difficulties. However, the COVID-19 pandemic raised a new issue for companies being affected by...

Part II: What You Need from Your Employees Getting back to the office will have its own set of challenges whether your team is returning soon or in the coming months. In the last blog, we presented the first step of the process, which is communicating clearly to your...