In 2013, a group of researchers in the UK released a paper discussing mental health in the workplace. They took the position that employers could, and should, be champions of mental health among their workers. Their paper went on to discuss things...Read more
Blog Posts in Small Business
In 2018, media outlets began reporting that the total number of job openings exceeded the total number of available workers by hundreds of thousands. That trend has continued into 2019. Furthermore, the total number of job openings in America...Read more
Electronic onboarding is about eliminating all the manual tasks and paperwork involved in the onboarding process. Paperwork and manual labor are inefficient and outdated. Electronic onboarding is a new and better way of doing things. Here are five...Read more
The entire BenefitMall team is extremely proud of the recently launched TalentFocus product now available to our clients. TalentFocus combines a specifically chosen set of tools that streamlines recruitment and onboarding to make for highly...Read more
BenefitMall now offers clients the ultimate recruiting and hiring tool, which we called TalentFocus. You can do a lot with TalentFocus, including screening new hires for Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) status. And if a new hire is eligible, the...Read more
An employee separation agreement is a tool commonly used by large employers to protect themselves against harm upon the termination of an employee. Such documents have to be structured correctly in order to prevent running afoul from the law...Read more
The rise of mega-corporations in the 1980s ushered in a commensurate awareness of the importance of company culture. In order for companies to succeed, it became apparent that everyone had to be on board with the accepted cultural perspective...Read more
With government numbers showing more available jobs than we have seen in years, it is apparent to recruiters everywhere that the competition for workers is hot and heavy. Finding and hiring the best and brightest has now become a matter of necessity...Read more
This year could be a banner year for minimum wage increases across the country. Some 19 states have implemented higher minimum wages for 2019. Within those states, some municipalities have also taken it upon themselves to address minimum wage. This...Read more
With spring all but here, most companies in the U.S. have finished their tax filings and open enrollment. The HR and payroll departments will not have to think much about them again until next fall, when thoughts once again turn to health insurance...Read more