by Paul Edwards | Nov 25, 2020 | Benefits & Compensation, Employment Laws, Handbooks & Policies, HR News & Insights, Risk Management, Team Management, Time Off & Leave
Let’s just call it what it is: 2020 has been an absolute dumpster fire of a year. And for employers across the U.S., the potent cocktail of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic mixed with near-constant political unrest has manifested itself as a series of crises that just...
by CEDR HR Solutions | Jan 12, 2017 | HR News & Insights
Many states have already increased (or will be increasing) their required minimum wages in 2017, and that’s on top of a slew of recent increases in 2016. Are you up to date on your state’s minimum wage requirements? CEDR’s 2017 Minimum Wage...
by CEDR HR Solutions | Jan 22, 2019 | HR News & Insights, Time Off & Leave
If you’re a Vermont employer, you should already be providing paid sick leave to your employees, as the state sick leave law went into effect almost two years ago. The law initially required all employers to provide at least 24 sick leave hours per year, but that...
by CEDR HR Solutions | Jun 29, 2022 | Benefits & Compensation, Company Culture & Engagement, Featured, HR News & Insights, Team Management
Inflation is on everyone’s minds right now, and understandably so. Most Americans are aware that the purchasing power of a dollar is always decreasing to some degree, but rarely does the rise in the cost of living have such a powerful impact on our daily lives or...
by Paul Edwards | Sep 27, 2021 | Company Culture & Engagement, HR News & Insights, Team Management, Team Troubleshooting
One of the biggest HR myths is that employees don’t like hearing “negative” feedback. On the contrary, studies reveal that employees are better engaged and happier when they receive both reinforcing feedback (what some people call “positive” feedback) and redirecting...
by Paul Edwards | Sep 9, 2021 | HR News & Insights, Mental Health, Risk Management, Team Management, Uncategorized
Chances are that you’ve heard an employee make an off-hand comment about self-harm. These comments can range from an innocent hyperbolic expression of frustration (e.g. I’m going to kill myself if I have to do that procedure one more time!) to a serious expression of...