Zamp HR Blog (29)

How Teaming Up with a Health Benefits Administrator Can Help You Win the Talent War

Have you read this fall’s employment headlines? Amazon.com announced that it was raising its minimum wage for employees to $15 per hour. While saying that the move was in response to criticism, many commentators believe that the wage reflects the…

May 15, 2019

What Should You Consider When Deciding Whether Your Startup Should Outsource Its HR to a PEO?

Starting a business from scratch can be both exciting and challenging. Many startups are staffed by their founders alone in the early days. But as the business grows, its staffing needs do too. When the time comes for your business to grow beyond…

Sep 10, 2018

Safety Culture Essentials

3 Essentials of a Positive Safety Culture Safety culture... It’s one of those terms that gets thrown out constantly without much thought to what the phrase really means. The list of actions and campaigns a company can take to improve safety culture…

Jul 16, 2018

Taking a Break: Why You Should Offer Paid Vacation Time and Encourage Your Employees to Use It

When’s the last time you took a vacation? Every year, that’s the kind of question researchers from Project: “Time Off” ask of American workers who received paid time off benefits. The organization is dedicated to tracking how working Americans…

Jun 27, 2018

Company Culture and Cultural Fit: What's the Big Deal?

In February of 2018, The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) published a toolkit titled Understanding and Developing Organizational Culture. Publications including Fortune, Forbes, and Harvard Business Review address the topic regularly.

Jun 27, 2018

Why Cross Training Your Employees Can Be Your Greatest Investment

Are you keeping up with your cross training to ensure that your company stays fit?

Jun 15, 2018

Being Friendly, But Not Too Friendly at Work. How to Avoid Unintentional Sexual Harassment.

Let me guess. When you read the title of this article, you immediately think “How can there possibly be anything unintentional about sexual harassment?” Or maybe, you thought to yourself, “Yes! Someone finally understands that I shouldn’t get in…

May 23, 2018

How to be a Great Boss 101: Employee Recognition

The Thanksgiving season has us all reflecting on the things for which we are grateful: sunny days, football games, apple pie. However, November 24th isn’t the only time we should take to express our gratitude. As an employer, it’s always the time to…

Nov 17, 2017

Open Enrollment: "Rezamping" your Benefits Administration

With year end finally in sight, employers and employees alike have open enrollment on the mind. Open enrollment is the yearly opportunity for employees to make changes to their benefits plan that are not allowed at other times during the year. It’s…

Oct 30, 2017

Hey, Are You Listening? 4 Tips for Listening Better

Research continually indicates that listening is a key differentiating factor between average leaders and good leaders. According to research done at Columbia University, good listening skills are tied to an increased ability to influence and…