Podcast: Health Care Reform – What it Means for Employers
Iris Tilley, an attorney at Barran Liebman who specializes in employment law advice & litigation, ERISA compliance and affirmative action...
Top 5 Xenium Posts of 2012
As we move on to a new year, we, at Xenium, want to thank our clients and friends for following our HR news and updates on our blog. According to...
EEOC's Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2013
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released their strategic plan for fiscal years 2012-2016, which "establishes priorities and...
Happy Holidays from Xenium!
From all of us at Xenium, we wish our clients, family and friends a safe and happy holiday season! (Pictured above from left to right: back row-...
Time Off During the Holiday Season
The holiday season is typically when employees prefer to take time off to be with their families. From an employer's perspective, however, too many...
3 Ways to Minimize Your Employees' Financial Stress
The time around the holidays—and in the weeks that follow— financial stress often becomes a pressing weight in our employees' lives. Perhaps it is...
Podcast: Paid Time Off (PTO) vs. Vacation and Sick Time Policies
Lacey Halpern of Xenium HR joins the Human Resources for Small Business podcast to discuss the difference between paid time off (PTO) and vacation...
'Physical Activity for a Healthy Weight' from the CDC [Whitepaper]
Maintaining weight can be difficult during the holiday season with all the sweets everywhere within our reach, either at home or at the office. To...
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Happy Employees vs. Sad Employees [Infographic]
In a recent infographic by complianceandsafety.com, happy workers and sad workers are compared. One of the most enlightening statistics in the...
Podcast: 'Fierce Conversations' Book Discussion & Review
Mathew Simonton joins the Human Resources for Small Business podcast to discuss the book Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life...
Why Do Employers Need Company Handbooks? [Transcript]
The following transcript is from an interview between Brandon Laws and Lacey Halpern on the podcast episode entitled: "The Importance of an Employee...
Thinking About Compressed Work Weeks
Great Place To Work published its "Best Small & Medium Workplaces" list in a recent issue of FORTUNE Magazine. Leslie Caccamese, Senior...
Federal Agencies Roll Out Health Care Reform Guidance
In an eAlert by Iris Tilly of Barran Liebman, she notes that the Obama Administration provided additional insight related to health care reform days...
2013 Manager Workshop Schedule Released
Xenium's 2013 workshop schedule for managers & supervisors has been released. 2013 features core workshops from 2012 and three all-new sessions!...
November is American Diabetes Month
From Fullerton & Company November is American Diabetes Month, and the American Diabetes Association's main goal is to raise the awareness of...
Book Review – It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership
It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership by Colin Powell is not the typical leadership book most of us are used to. Put simply, It Worked for Me is...
2013 Retirement Plan Limits Announced by the IRS
In October, the IRS announced the cost-of-living adjustments to dollar limitations for 2013 retirement plans. Xenium partner, Principal, provided us...
Podcast: Creating a Paperless Workplace
John Young, an attorney at Garrett Hemann Robertson, who practices civil litigation, employment & labor law and workers' compensation, joins the...
Join us for the 2012 Portland Leadership Summit
Xenium is teaming up with the Knowledge Coop and Activate Leadership for the 2nd annual Portland Leadership Summit, to be hosted on November 29,...
Measure 502: Does Your Organization Have a Drug Policy?
Washington State passed Initiative Measure 502 which permits the production, sale, and use of recreational marijuana by individuals over the age of...
Are You Required to Provide Health Insurance?
A recent survey conducted by eHealthInsurance found that many small business owners do not fully understand what the Patient Protection and...
Accommodating Transgender Employees
The times are changing and more recognition and acceptance of diversity is required in the workplace. Business leaders and HR professionals should...
Social Media Distractions Cost the U.S. Economy (Infographic)
There are regularly new conversations in the blogosphere or the news about social media. Insights supporting its use in the workplace are...
Considering Noise in the Workplace
A professional paper with contributions by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) carefully lays out information about the continually...
Are Your Employees Tired After Halloween?
Good morning, everyone! While I am sneezing away due to my allergies, I imagine I'm still in a far better physical state than a fair number of...
Is the Generation Gap in the Workplace an Opportunity?
Each individual employee has their way of doing things—some of which not everyone in each generation will agree with. As an example, a tenured...
FLSA, Bad Weather, and Your Policies
It's quite the understatement to say that businesses on the Eastern Seaboard are dealing with a lot right now, but it's true nonetheless. The...
Reviewing Aging Talent
A growing discussion among HR professionals surrounds the topic of the aging workforce. While there is plenty to manage (from pensions to age...
Upcoming Compensation Planning Webinars
Xenium partner, PayScale, is offering several free webinars this quarter. Register for any of the upcoming sessions by clicking the links below....
Organizational Culture and Development
It’s important to consider the development of your employees in and beyond their current positions and recognize their potential. Treating your...
Literally Standing Up at Work
With all the health and wellness trends out there, one that tends to be overlooked by many is simply standing. In addition the exercise ball,...
Legal Update: Discrimination and Religious Attire
In a recent electronic alert from Barran Liebman, Laura Salerno Owens writes that employers in the state of California must be aware of a couple new...
Wages Subject to Social Security Tax to Increase in 2013
On October 18, 2012, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) provided the following update on the wage limits subject to the FICA tax: "...some...
Study: Hourly Workers Overestimate Time Worked
There are some new stats out about hourly workers. The study, by John P. Robinson of the University of Maryland, is gaining some popularity in the...
Funky Interview Questions
In my perusal of trending HR and business topics, I somehow stumbled across a more dated article by the team over at Glassdoor's blog listing the...
Podcast: What Employers Need to Know About the Form I-9
Kirsten Solis, a Senior Human Resource Representative at Xenium HR, joins the Human Resources for Small Business podcast to discuss the what...
How to Address Concerns of Favoritism for Employee of the Month
How do you reward your employees for a job well done? Do you recognize them in the moment? On a monthly basis? At all? As employers have the...
Xenium to Host Post-election Economic Presentation Featuring John Mitchell
Following the election, Xenium will be partnering with three other local companies—Pacific Continental Bank, Geffen Mesher & Company, and...
Disrupting Your Role as Leader
Recently billionaire CEO and owner of Westgate Resorts in Florida, David Siegel, sent an email which has been making the rounds across mainstream...
Showing Appreciation Can Keep Employees Happy
Most managers would likely agree that it is easy to get carried away in their own day-to-day tasks. This can ultimately mean they neglect the...
Keeping Your Teamwork In Check
The results from a survey conducted by Global Integration, polling 4,000 people working in large organizations, reveal that two days in a week are...
Calling in "Sick"
Unplanned absences from work don't always find their cause in feeling ill. Cited in an article by Diane Stafford of the Kansas City Star, one-third...
Trend: Increase in On-ramping
Jennifer Schramm writes for the SHRM that employers are developing more effective processes for on-ramping employees. "On-ramping" is a term used to...
Xenium is One of Oregon's Healthiest Employers for the Third Consecutive Year
During the Healthiest Employers in Oregon luncheon on October 10th, Xenium received an award for being one of Oregon's Healthiest Employers in the...
The Resume: Hobbies and Interests?
Before the days of prodding around Google and Facebook (an activity not considered best practice by many) employers often solely relied on the...
Legal Update: Prescription Drugs and Discrimination
In a recent electronic alert from Barran Liebman, Iris K. Tilley writes that employers must be cautious when working with employees with an admitted...
Washington State: Gay Rights Law is Not Retroactive
A legal update by Kirk Rafdal, staff writer for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), expands on a ruling by the Washington Supreme...
Remote, Efficient Leaders
In a post on the Harvard Business Review's blog, Scott Edinger, founder of Edinger Consulting Group, writes that an investment firm he worked with...
Do Politics Belong in the Workplace?
November 6—Election Day—is upon us. Most Americans are finding themselves glued to the TV for the 2012 presidential election debates and analysis,...
Bullard Law to Host Annual Labor & Employment Law Briefing for Owners, Business Executives & HR Professionals
Business owners, leaders and HR professionals have an opportunity to attend the upcoming Labor and Employment Law Briefing presented by a Xenium...
Podcast: LEAP to Greatness with Author Sierra Modro
Sierra Modro, author of The Right Ladder: Climb to your perfect career in 4 simple steps, joins the Human Resources for Small Business podcast to...