Many of remember the summer and fall of 2016 when the Obama Department of Labor (DOL) announced and later approved an increase in the minimum salary threshold to qualify to be classified as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act from $23,660 to $47,476. This had employers scrambling, and the Davidson [...]
A study by Monster.com predicts that 96% of workers will look for a new job this year. A great way to gauge whether your employees' level of engagement is to simply ASK them. It is easy to administer a survey using Qualtrics or SurveyMonkey. However, if you suspect the trust gap [...]
Sales professionals expect to be compensated based on their results. The more confident the sales professional is, the more they will push for a lower base salary and a higher commission percentage. But what about the manager, the route technician, the construction superintendent, the factory floor worker or administrative workers? Do [...]
We have been living with the pandemic for over two years. Organizations continue to operate in their ‘new normal’, which includes more flexible working situations and reduced hours of operation. The Davidson Group provides five thoughts on working with pandemic concerns and ever-changing restrictions. 1. COVER YOUR COUGH As your Mom [...]
Many records have been set in response to COVID-19. An employment all-time record was reached in 2021 when 48 million people quit their jobs. Compare this staggering number to 2015, when 2.8 million employees left their employer. The pandemic forced organizations to reconsider their working environment, including organizational leadership and employee [...]
Many companies take a wait-and-see approach with new hires. If they need three employees, they hire five and hope only two wash out. They place a mirror under their nose. If the mirror fogs up, they hire them. They don't buy uniforms for new hires until their 90-day probation is over.The recruiter [...]
As a company, it is important to improve your good hire percentage. Companies must invest to achieve certain results. For example, a construction company would never use a building material that has proven to be structurally sound only 40% of the time. A pest management firm would never choose a pesticide [...]
We recently had a meeting with a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to discuss the findings of the company’s employee engagement survey. The CEO was furious, but he wasn't angry at the results. They were excellent and demonstrated that the investments we made to build a solid employment brand had worked. He was [...]
Your organization is composed of many people that work in teams. You might have a sales team, a marketing team or a customer service team. But do your teams work well together? Do their skill sets complement each other? What motivates your team? Do you know how they work best? These [...]
President Biden recently announced his plans to require either mandatory COVID-19 vaccines or weekly testing of employees who are not vaccinated for all employers with 100 or more employees. Many large companies had already announced their intent to require proof of vaccination to return to work. The final federal rule will [...]
