When it comes to the new year, it is common to see social media fill up with people claiming that it is a “New Year, New Me”, but how many really take that to heart? When it comes to owning a company, a new year, new me mentality can mean more than empty promises to eat less donuts. Planning on rejuvenating your company can lead to new new forms of income, along with increasing income from current endeavors.

With all the talk about healthcare, Obamacare, the ACA act, and medicaid, it may be easy for some people to confuse just what each one does. For those who are not up to date on the topic of universal healthcare, Obamacare, or it’s more official name, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is designed to help people get healthcare at an affordable price.

A person has to do what it takes to survive, unless you own a business of course. Then you have to do what it takes for you to survive along with your employees. How do you make sure that you have enough to make it while also making sure your employees are taken care of? It’s a difficult system to create with payroll being such a regular expense with so many requirements surrounding it.

It is a time of political uncertainty in America as we enter an election like never before. The race to the oval office use to be just politicians and their promises. This time around though, we have politicians, celebrities, and corporate powerhouses in the running, and even a popstar promising to run for 2020.

It may only be October, but November 1st starts open enrollment for a 2016 health care plan under the ACA, and you only have until January 31st before the enrollment period ends. If you want to get enrolled in a health care plan, you either need to be registered by January 31st or have some form of exception that extends the time you have to enroll

We all know someone who is always on Facebook, you may even be someone who is always on Facebook, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, even if you’re at work! That’s right, this article is going to advocate using social media in the workplace, but don’t get too excited, we are going to list a few negatives in there as well. The trending world lives and breathes two words, Mobile and Social.

An entire series of books can be written about the A.C.A. (Affordable Care Act), with one of them being about the controversy caused by it alone. Many people cheered when the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, other people panicked, and a small few had no opinion either which way. A big part of the panic was caused by not fully understanding what the A.C.A. was

Except for in very small companies, payroll, human resources and employee benefits are generally handled by separate offices. However, compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the need to file certain forms may make it necessary for the three functions to cross over, to some degree.

A friend once said to me, “If you ever feel like no one notices you, stop paying your bills”. While we would definitely not recommend that you stop paying your bills, the idea behind his comical advice is sound. If you stop paying your bills, your bill collectors are going to come knocking. If you don’t make contact with a bill collector when you are behind on a payment,

There are three kinds of leaders in this world, ones that hold back their team’s potential, ones that embrace their team’s potential, and ones that are so good at their job, you don’t even know they are there. Human resource professionals fall into the latter category, doing more for a business than most would ever give them credit for.