HR News & Trends

HR spends hours processing payroll, managing employee time, and answering employee questions. Employees wait days for address changes, tax forms, and PTO approvals. Managers scramble to track compliance in spreadsheets …

To be a successful business in 2024, employers need to shift focus back on their employees and prioritize on reducing turnover, improving employee engagement and experience, and ultimately better employee …

An HR Audit is a critical tool in helping organizations evaluate policies and procedures across the organization to identify issues and determine best practices and new directions. Over the last …

Welcoming new hires into the business can be time-consuming. Not only are preparations required for the new hire’s first few days or months but there are also many responsibilities employers …

In this article, we'll discuss the federal and state unemployment tax rate for Connecticut employers in 2026. Employers should also familiarize themselves with the other 2026 federal and state labor …

Previously, the overtime-exempt salary threshold was increased in July of 2024, with a second increase scheduled for January 1st, 2025. However, a recent court ruling has canceled the scheduled increase …

With the political winds shifting and the potential return of stricter immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump’s administration, U.S. businesses face heightened scrutiny on their hiring practices. One key area …

On June 7th, 2021 Governor Ned Lamont signed House Bill 6380, also known as “An Act Concerning the Disclosure of Salary Ranges”. This law first went into effect on October …

As the talent competition continues across the country, employers everywhere are looking for new ways to generate more job candidates, as well as ways to improve their employee retention with …

The Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Act, initially put into law in 2011, required employers with 50 or more employees to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick leave each …