As the leader of your business, you’re the one that gets to make the rules and the expectation is that, of course, your employees will follow said rules. However, a groundbreaking book from a Harvard University professor suggests that it is the employees that bend – or even break – the rules are actually the […]

When we think about payroll, we typically just think about the act of issuing paychecks to employees. However, if you’ve ever tried to run payroll on your own, you know that there is FAR more to it than simply cutting a check.  An error in the process, can land you in a lot of hot […]

If you’ve hung around here for a while, you know that we’re big fans of giving feedback regularly to employees. We love the idea of informal check-ins, coaching in the moment, high fives for a job well done, and even just more frequent performance reviews. With all this informal feedback flying around, it’s easy to […]

If there’s one thing small business owners don’t need in their life, it’s another buzz word. But, alas, 2020 has rolled around and suddenly folks are talking about the concept of co-employment. Below, we outline what it is, how it can benefit your business, and what you’ll want to consider before you enter into this […]

To make sense of the way that children grow and develop, theorist Erik Erikson identified a series of stages of psychosocial development. Stage 5, which generally occurs as children enter their teen years, refers to the identity versus role confusion stage, wherein these adolescents seek to understand who they are and thus “try on a […]

In the past year, we’ve talked a lot about the idea of having a company culture and how this culture can be used to not only create a happy existing company workforce, but also as a selling point to attract new hires and even customers. But if you took the time in 2019 to decide […]

In the run up to the holidays, we think a great deal about how we can help others less fortunate than ourselves and it organically leads to an uptick in participation in various charity initiatives – be it fundraising efforts, sponsoring a family for the holidays, or simply spending an afternoon volunteering. However, we know […]

When we see a coworker upset, our first port of call is to check in with them, find out what’s going on, and see how we can help. But, realistically, as an employer, our ability to “fix” things is often limited. Enter Abel HR’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which can provide access to short-term, confidential […]

Typically, when we think about the “money makers” for the company, we think about the folks in sales, the account management people who keep customers coming back for more, and even the marketing folks for positioning our products or services in the best possible light to the best possible audience. But does HR actually make […]

It’s a tale as old as time. You have a great employee who employee leaves for an amazing new job opportunity and then shows up again weeks, months or even years later in response to an open job posting. Dubbed boomerang employees, these folks include previously hired employees who come back, perhaps because that amazing […]