Workest Weekly: How to Recession-Proof Your Small Business, Best Employee Handbook Examples, Tips for Managing a Multi-Generational Workforce

Welcome to Workest Weekly — a newsletter for small business owners, HR leaders, and their growing teams.

 

We hope you had a great week! This week, we look at ways you can bolster your business in uncertain economic times. Plus, employee handbooks are crucial for helping your business run smoothly and providing clear expectations for staff members. Whether you don’t have an employee handbook for your organization yet or you want to ensure it’s updated and optimized for your needs, check out the best employee handbook examples. Finally, what are the benefits of having employees from multiple generations on your staff? Find out more about why it’s important and how to successfully manage a multi-generational staff.

Small Business and HR Compliance dates this week:

February 28, 2023

IRS Deadline: Forms 1094-B + 1095-B. This is the deadline to file all forms with the IRS if you file using paper.

Worrying about a recession is stressful. But preparing for one can make both potential and real recessions less damaging.

How to Recession-Proof Your Small Business

The pandemic led to an economic crisis. Inflation and interest rates are soaring. Talk of a looming recession continues. There’s no way to completely recession-proof a business, but being prepared can go a long way toward ensuring that your business makes it out on the other side.

Here are 5 concrete ways to help recession-proof your business.

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EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING
An employee handbook can be crucial in building a positive workplace culture and employee loyalty, but they’re not easy to write.

7 Employee Handbook Examples You Should Steal From

Having an employee handbook isn’t something many employers think about until there’s a pressing need. However, this can easily lead to miscommunication, confusion, and chaos. For this reason, creating an employee handbook should be non-negotiable.

An employee handbook is a vital tool to help your business run smoothly and help employees know what’s expected of them. We cover the fundamentals of employee handbooks and offer 7 handbook examples you can learn from.

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BENEFITS

All your questions about maternity leave answered, plus learn how a supportive policy boosts productivity, helps retention, and increases company loyalty.

How Maternity Leave Works: The Employer’s Guide

Maternity leave is a highly sought-after benefit potential hires and existing employees look for in an organization. Even candidates and workers who aren’t anticipating the need for maternity leave look more favorably on companies that support employees and families. Here are the details of what you need to know about providing maternity leave to your employees.

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RECRUITING

What are the pros and cons of using HR software for recruiting, and why is the human touch still necessary for the recruitment process? Find out here.

Is Your HR Platform Missing the Mark in Helping Recruit Top Talent?

Recruiting software that performs well helps HR teams stay organized and can help save time, especially within a high-volume hiring process. The software is also designed to keep track of candidates during the entire hiring process, allowing you to maintain communication with potential employees throughout the process. Discover how to use recruiting software to your advantage.

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EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

An age-diverse team can be a game-changer for any organization. Read on to learn the benefits and how you can build an effective multi-generational workforce.

How to Create and Manage a Multi-Generational Workforce

One of the most important aspects of building a diverse workforce is recognizing the value of having people from multiple generations on your staff. When various generations come together in a workplace, they bring different experiences and skills, resulting in tremendous opportunities for growth and innovation. Try these tips to successfully manage a multi-generational staff.

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COMPLIANCE

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires that employers reasonably accommodate an applicant’s or an employee’s sincerely held religious belief unless the accommodation would pose an undue hardship.

What Is a Religious Accommodation Under Title VII?

Employers should assume that an employee’s request for religious accommodation is based on a sincerely held religious belief. Employers are also expected to engage in a process to find a reasonable accommodation under Title VII that is interactive and undertaken in good faith. Religious accommodations can take many forms — find out what those are.

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POPS The People Podcast

The POPS! Podcast by Zenefits helps small business leaders build people teams and succeed in the new world of work.

Why You Should Consider the Imperfect Candidate

Every hiring manager wants to find the absolute best candidate they can for an open position at their company, but is that the best approach?

Lora Patterson, Senior People Ops Advisor at TriNet Zenefits, says the answer is actually no. If you want to find the best new hires for your company, you should strongly consider imperfect candidates. What does that mean? And why on earth would anyone do that? Listen to this episode to find out.

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Resources

Did you know? Replacing entry-level employees can cost up to 50% of their salary.

Cut Costs, Not People: A Comprehensive Guide To Avoiding Layoffs

…even during periods of economic uncertainty. Inside, you’ll find concrete steps that businesses can take to save jobs, tips for navigating layoffs when they become necessary, and a downloadable checklist to complete before letting employees go.

The eBook covers topics such as: optimizing onboarding and training programs, providing continuous opportunities for learning and growth, identifying top talent, embracing performance reviews, and reevaluating benefits. With this guide, businesses can shift from a reactive mindset to a proactive one and avoid layoffs by making cuts where they can, before resorting to cutting people.

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