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How to Prepare for Benefits Open Enrollment Season
Benefits open enrollment season is right around the corner. Here’s how to prepare.
What is Quiet Quitting and How Can HR Address It?
Quiet quitting is the latest buzzword in workplace trends. HR can address quiet quitting by taking several proactive steps.
Why is Accuracy so Important When Doing a Payroll?
In honor of National Payroll Week, we are talking about why is accuracy so important when doing a payroll?
Why is Workers’ Compensation Insurance Important?
Every business in Hawaii with employees is legally required to carry workers’ compensation insurance. Why is Workers’ Compensation Insurance Important?
2022 NPS Survey Results Show Why So Many Hawaii Businesses Trust Makai HR for Human Resources Support
2022 NPS Survey Results Show Why So Many Hawaii Businesses Trust Makai HR for Human Resources Support
Payroll Solutions: Benefits of Direct Deposit and Paycards over Paper Checks
PEOs offer many solutions that improve worker experiences, including convenient payroll solutions like paycards and direct deposit.
Top 5 Safety Needs for Construction Company Success
In the construction industry, businesses need to take extra care to ensure the safety of their workers in order to avoid unnecessary workplace injuries and worker’s compensation claims.
What is Employee Turnover and How to Calculate Employee Turnover Rate
Employee turnover is expensive and disruptive but a PEO can help. Here’s how to calculate your employee turnover rate.
Hawaii’s New Minimum Wage Law Goes into Effect October 1, 2022
Hawaii’s New Minimum Wage Law Goes into Effect October 1, 2022 with the first increase to $12.00.
How Payroll with Makai HR Can Help Employee Engagement
When workers have good experiences with their employer, they have better employee engagement; leading to higher retention rates and increased productivity.
The True Cost of Employee Turnover
High employee turnover affects businesses negatively in lost money but also in decreased morale and productivity.
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Now Available with Makai HR!
We have great news for all Makai HR clients! The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is now available!
How Strong Employee Connection Improves Employee Engagement
In workplaces with strong employee connections, employees have greater wellbeing and happiness, lower stress, and higher employee engagement.
Organizational Structure of a Construction Company
Many construction companies use functional design for creating their organizational charts.
Why Your Small Restaurant Needs HR
Having HR in a restaurant can contribute to a healthy work environment and support effective hiring that leads to higher employee retention.
How to Retain Employees in 2022
We are looking at a “great reshuffling” with workers moving from business to business in search of better jobs, even after they’ve been recently hired.
How to Create an Employee Talent Pipeline
A talent pipeline can be used by businesses in all industries to build a pool of qualified candidates.
10 Ways to Increase Warehouse Efficiency & Productivity through HR Strategies
Increasing warehouse efficiency and productivity are an important part of managing a warehouse.
Top 5 Most Important HR Compliance Tasks for Small Businesses
No one gets into business because they’re excited to learn about employer laws but HR compliance tasks for small businesses are an important part of doing business.
5 Tips for Hiring Warehouse Workers
When it comes to tips for hiring warehouse workers, warehouse managers must create a strategy to attract the workers they need.
Top 4 HR Challenges in the Construction Industry
The construction industry faces some challenges when it comes to workers.
Why HR Is Important to the Food and Beverage Industry
Businesses in all industries benefit from HR. Let’s explore why HR is important to the food and beverage industry based on the particular HR challenges it is facing today.
Organizational Design for a More Responsive Organization
Improving efficiency and effectiveness are worthwhile goals, but they can lead to a fragile organization. What if organizational design could be used to create a more responsive organization?
Top 6 Reasons Employees Are Quitting Their Jobs
It’s no secret that American employees are quitting their jobs in droves since last summer. …
HR Guide for Employee Activism
In the current climate of uncertainty brought on by the pandemic, it’s important for employers to understand employee activism and how to handle it.
6 Steps to Ensure HR Compliance
Avoiding HR compliance related lawsuits, penalties, and fines is one of the many reasons that …
How to Help Your Employees Transition Back to the Workplace
As the country eases into a new “post-pandemic” normal, workers are being called back to …
Understanding Five Generations in the Workplace
There are five generations of workers currently dominating the workplace, each with their own unique …
Payroll Tax Deadlines Are Coming Up: Is Your Worker an Employee or Independent Contractor?
For most small businesses, including sole proprietorships, household employers, and C corporations, business taxes for …
Hawaii Salary History Ban Laws: What You Need to Know About Salary Disclosure
On July 5, 2018, Gov. David Y. Ige signed S.B. 2351 into law, which prohibits …
Risks and Benefits of Sharing an Employee Handbook Publicly
An employee handbook is a document created by HR and given to employees by an …
How to Support a Healthier Work-Life Balance for Your Employees
The emergence of Covid-19 has made the whole world stop and think more about what …
Top 5 Most Important Leadership Skills
While managers play an important role in ensuring that day-to-day operations run smoothly, company leaders …
How to Manage Unavoidable Layoffs
While business owners would always prefer to be maintaining or growing a company, there are …
Top 5 2022 HR Trends
The pandemic has affected the world and businesses in profound ways and that includes HR. …
Small Business Owners: How to Determine if You are an Applicable Large Employer under the ACA
New Small Business Owners need to know How to Determine if You are an Applicable Large Employer under the ACA for the employer mandate.
Signs That You are Misclassifying an Employee as a 1099 Contract Worker
What is the difference between a contract worker and an employee? Here are 5 signs you are misclassifying an employee as a contractor.
6 Tips to Make Your Team Meetings More Effective
If team meetings are an essential part of your business, read on for tips on how to make your meetings the best that they can be.
Should We, or Shouldn’t We? In-Person Holiday Parties 2021
With the holiday season starting this week, it’s time for HR teams to plan their company’s annual office party – if they are having one.
It’s the Time of Year for Small Businesses to Consider Holiday Bonuses
It’s the Time of Year for Small Businesses to Consider Holiday Bonuses. The types and amounts of bonuses vary from company to company.
6 Payroll Tips for Hawaii Small Business Owners
Payroll is an important HR task to get right. Let’s take a look at some payroll tips for Hawaii small business owners.
Top 5 Benefits of Performance Management Systems
No matter what type of performance management system your business has in place, you should be getting several benefits out of the process.
How Can Employers Get the Most out of an Employee Wellness Program?
While employers are not likely to ever see a huge ROI from a wellness program, there are some things they can do to make it worthwhile.
Hawaii Employers: Stay in Compliance with Hawaii Employee Leave Laws
As a Professional Employer Organization, it’s our job to help small businesses make sure they are in compliance with all employer laws.
HR Managers: Use This Year-End Payroll Checklist
We’re in Q4 and that means it’s time to get your year-end payroll tasks in order. The best way to do this is to follow a year-end checklist.
Legal Changes Affecting Group Health Insurance Open Enrollment 2022
Before open enrollment begins, group health sponsors should know about legal changes that will affect their health plans for plan year 2022.
Required Notices for Small Business Health Insurance Open Enrollment 2022
Here are the Required Notices for Small Business Health Insurance Open Enrollment 2022, starting with a review of open enrollment materials.
How to Overcome Unexpected Business Challenges
No matter the unforeseen challenge, respond in a way that allows you to maintain a steady and consistent effort to meet your business goals.
Why More Companies Are Using a Market-Based Approach to Salary Structures
Organizations create salary structures to attract talented employees, manage their payroll expenditures, and provide fair compensation.
Top 6 Secrets Every Great Manager Knows
Great managers understand the balance between keeping workers on task and treating them with care and respect. Learn their secrets.