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How Small Businesses Are Using Generative AI

By Felicia Harris April 7, 2025HR Corner, SM Biz Hub, Training Tips

FreshBooks, a cloud-based accounting software company that targets small- and medium-size businesses, polled more than 1,000 small-business owners across North America to see what they thought the usefulness of generative…

Bullies at Work

By Felicia Harris April 7, 2025HR Corner, SM Biz Hub

Bullying behavior remains rampant online and in the workplace. U.S. surveys show that about 48.6 million workers, or roughly 30% of the workforce, are bullied at their jobs. State and…

How NOT to Misclassify Employees

By Felicia Harris March 31, 2025HR Corner, SM Biz Hub

So, what's the big deal? Misclassification is considered wage theft, whether you knowingly or accidentally misclassify employees. It could put your business at risk of an IRS audit for back…

Is It Time To Review Your Business’s Organizational Structure?

By Felicia Harris March 31, 2025HR Corner, SM Biz Hub

The way businesses operate has changed in many ways since the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of these changes are dramatic, and others are fairly straightforward. Now we are entering what can…

Managing the Effects of Inflation During Retirement

By Felicia Harris March 24, 2025Financial News, Financial Reports

The biggest threats to your financial stability in retirement include unrealistic budgeting, inflation, health care costs and living longer than anticipated.The first threat is, in some ways, the easiest to…

Digital Transformation: How To Do It Right

By Felicia Harris March 24, 2025HR Corner, SM Biz Hub

Everyone is talking about digital transformation — the integration of digital technology into a company, resulting in fundamental changes to how it operates. But it's not clear how to undertake…

Are You a Strategic Leader?

By Felicia Harris March 17, 2025HR Corner, SM Biz Hub, Training Tips

Performance reviews often feel like a one-way, top-down process in which you, the boss, are judge and jury. But if reviews are instead a two-way street, employees feel significantly less…

Managing a Dream Team of Freelancers

By Felicia Harris March 17, 2025HR Corner, SM Biz Hub

Freelancers provide a valuable adjunct in many diverse areas. Their services range from copywriting and graphic design to computer programming, bookkeeping and secretarial work. Whether you are hiring them for…

Effective Employee Performance Reviews

By Felicia Harris March 10, 2025HR Corner, SM Biz Hub, Training Tips

Performance reviews often feel like a one-way, top-down process in which you, the boss, are judge and jury. But if reviews are instead a two-way street, employees feel significantly less…

Amendments to Michigan Earned Sick Time Act and Minimum Wage Law

By Felicia Harris March 4, 2025Financial News, Financial Reports, HR Corner, SM Biz Hub

Late on February 20, 2025, the Michigan Legislature approved amendments to both the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) and the state’s minimum wage law. While the original versions of these…