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Guidance for Your People and Business
Welcome to HR Insights, where we share timely insights, practical tools, and real-world guidance on the HR topics that impact your people and your business. Explore our latest blogs and webinars for ideas, compliance updates, and strategies to strengthen your workplace delivered with the Magic of Human Connection®.
Where AI Ends, and HR Begins: What to Automate and What to Keep Human
Wondering where AI fits in HR? Learn which tasks to automate, which to assist, and which must stay human, with a simple exercise to map your own processes.
Behind Every Seamless Paycheck Is a Great Setup
It’s National Payroll Week! This week, our Lead Payroll Specialist, Nanette Trevino, shares her insights on payroll—closing out the series…
Payroll Week: When Payroll Outgrows Your Process
It’s National Payroll Week! This week, our Lead Payroll Specialist, Nanette Trevino, is sharing her payroll insights — this time,…
Payroll Professionals are the Unsung Heros in Your Organization
It’s National Payroll Week! This week, our Lead Payroll Specialist, Nanette Trevino, is sharing her payroll insights — starting with…
The Best Lessons I’ve Learned in 19 Years!
This week, Ethos celebrates 19 years in business! Milestones like this have a way of making you pause and reflect.…
Every New Employee Needs a King Louis
My cousin Trent and I recently welcomed a new puppy into our family. Ebbie is a Tri-Color Merle Mini Bernedoodle…
Top 5 HR Compliance Mistakes California Employers Continue to Make
Most employers don’t realize they have compliance gaps until someone points them out. During HR audits, we routinely uncover issues…
The Hidden Costs of Managing HR Without the Right Support
Most business owners don’t set out to manage HR themselves. At first, this approach works. You hire a few people…
That Workplace Violence Prevention Plan You Created Last Year? It’s Time to Dust It Off.
If you created a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan when California’s requirements took effect, that’s a great start. But creating the…
July 1 California Minimum Wage Increases: Are You Ready?
July 1 is right around the corner, and with it comes another round of local minimum wage increases across California.…
Wouldn’t It Be Nice…
Summer is here, and I was thinking, wouldn’t it be nice if this month’s newsletter could just be about fun…