In small businesses, compensation policy often just sort of happens rather than results from a clear strategy or conscious process.

Congratulations! You’ve found the perfect person for your next hire, and they’ve accepted your offer. Now what? This post will walk you through the steps of onboarding a new employee.

You’ve invested time and money in hiring and training the right employees for your business, now it’s your responsibility to keep them engaged and help them learn and grow along with your organization.

Finding and hiring new staff can be a real challenge. Despite record high unemployment nationally, there continues to be a lack of skilled workers in the trades. We put together this checklist of ten steps to making a great hire to help walk you through the process.

The construction industry has never been known for its cushy benefits packages compared to Google or other Silicon Valley companies, but in today’s competitive labor market, you need to offer more than a week’s paid vacation to attract and retain great people.

In 2018, Vermont’s new Paid Sick Leave rules came into full effect. For companies who have not had a formal paid leave policy in the past, it’s important to know how to comply with the new regulation to provide paid sick time to your employees.

While it’s a topic dreaded by many, as a general contractor you need to know the rules around workers’ compensation in order to make sure you’re in compliance with state regulations. We’ll break it down into the key information you need to know.

Our goal in developing this Toolkit is to offer an array of suggestions and solutions to help small business owners and managers break down gender stereotypes and create companies that are inclusive of all genders and sexual orientations.