The World of Employee Benefits is Evolving Employees usually say that the most important things they want in a job first and foremost is […]
Ask HR: Employee with Cancer diagnoses.
Dear HR: My employee is being tested for cancer. While there is a definite cancer diagnoses – my employee’s doctors are still doing tests to […]
Sexual Harassment Training Becomes Law for Small Employers: Are You Ready for CA Senate Bill 1343?
With an ever-increasing number of employment laws on the books, it has become vitally important to stay current with California’s complex landscape of employment law. […]
How Employers Can Reduce “No Call – No Show” Incidents
Nothing is more frustrating to employers, supervisors, HR managers and staff than when an employee fails to show up to work! The immediate effects are […]
In Search of that Elusive Government Contract
Michael Kraft On a day late last year, I was going through bids solicited in California by various government agencies. For someone whose work involves […]
The Wage Debate
Tomas Chavez One of the challenges we face in Humboldt County is competing for talent with the other, often more urban, areas across our state […]
Is This an Intern I Spy Before Me?
Michael Kraft It used to be that the State of California and the Federal Department of Labor (DOL) had two different legal standards for what […]
Meet our Staff: Tomas Chavez
Michael Kraft I’ve been a fan of Tomas Chavez for about 8 years now, when he was pretty new at Sequoia Personnel, and I was […]
Do You Know About the Wage Theft Notice You’re Supposed to be Handing Out?
Michael Kraft Last month, Debi Callahan and I presented a workshop on California’s new mandatory sick leave law. (We’ve made several references to this significant […]
What Does a Recruiter Do Anyway?
Liana Simpson Many forums have been held in Humboldt County listening to the needs of employers in finding qualified, motivated and suitable staff. Whether it […]