Deanna Arnold, Author at Shop Owner Magazine
5 Ways To Stay Out Of The Courtroom

When it comes to business, there are so many things that owners need to do, the last thing they need is a lawsuit related to employment matters that can be easily avoided. Here are five tips to avoid employment lawsuits.

How To Effectively Outsource HR Functions

Small businesses can not only effectively outsource HR to a managed services team, but can run a stronger company and more productive workforce with an external HR consultant, or managed HR services provider.

5 Tips For Avoiding Legal Issues

When it comes to business, there are so many things that a business owner needs to do and think about to keep the business running. The last thing they need is a lawsuit related to employment matters that can be easily avoided. Here are five tips to avoid employment lawsuits for small businesses.

Employee Benefits That Don’t Cost A Lot Of Money, But Provide A Lot Of Value

When it comes to a small business, every penny counts, just like every employee counts, in the successful operation of the business. But with health insurance and major benefits being too expensive for most small businesses to offer, how do you balance being able to recruit and retain good employees with benefits and incentives while keeping an eye on the bottom line of the business?

Keep Your Business Running Smooth During The Summer Season

With the summer season comes a few things that companies need to consider in the workplace. The following are a few hot topics that may apply to your business to keep things running smoothly during the summer months.

Using HR Consultants – How To Effectively Outsource HR Functions

Human Resources is often so intimately involved in the day-to-day operations of a company that a lot of employers wonder if they could ever effectively outsource it. Small business can not only effectively outsource HR to a managed services team, but can run a stronger company and more productive workforce with an external HR consultant, or managed HR services provider.

4 Reasons Why Job Descriptions Are Essential To A Small Business

Most companies use job ­descriptions as a recruiting tool, to define performance standards and career planning. Those are all great uses, but here are four more reasons that job descriptions should be used in a ­company.

4 Hot Topics For Employers In The Summer Season

With the summer season comes a few things in particular that companies need to consider. Here are a few hot topics that may apply to your business.

Top 5 Wage & Hour Mistakes That Small Businesses Make

The Fair Labor Standards Act and State Wage and Hour laws regulate things such as overtime pay, minimum wage, record-keeping and more for virtually every employer, regardless of size or sector. Violations of federal and state Wage and Hour regulations can completely shut a business down, particularly a small business, because the costs associated with wage and hour claims are staggering.

Five Ways To Keep Your Business Out Of Court

When it comes to business, there are so many things that owners need to do and think about to keep the shop running. The last thing they need is a lawsuit related to employment matters that can be easily avoided. Here are five tips to avoid employment lawsuits.

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4 Reasons Why Job Descriptions Are Essential To A Small Business

The Wikipedia definition of a job description is “a list that a person might use for general tasks, or functions and responsibilities of a position. It may often include to whom the position reports, specifications such as the qualifications or skills needed by the person in the job, or a salary range.”

New Year Means New Rules And Time To Review And Revise

Each New Year brings with it new laws, rules and regulations based on the trends of business and human resources management. Here are just a few things that are happening in 2015 that employers need to be aware of and apply to their business if it makes sense.