In June 2015, the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a key change to the provisions for determining exemption from overtime by raising the standard minimum level for salaried workers from $455 per week ($23,660 per year) to $970 per week ($50,440 annually). This rule change also includes implementing a mechanism for automatically adjusting this minimum salary level for inflation.

Human capital is your most important asset. A lot of organizations talk about this in executive speeches, marketing materials and advertisements. If you are one of these organizations, what are doing to support this statement?

As a small business, you probably don’t have the time, money or staff to be able to utilize expensive and robust offerings in recruiting resources. You have no need for an Applicant Tracking System, LinkedIn Recruiter or large contracts with CareerBuilder, Monster or the like. However, there are three recruiting sources that you can utilize that may get you the applicant flow you are looking for and yield the results to hire an impactful, talented employee.

Helios is committed to helping Northern Virginia families in need, and this fall, we are excited to help local families celebrate another special occasion: Halloween! We are teaming up with The Meltzer Group to collect new or gently used Halloween costumes to benefit the children of Shelter House.

While on client site, sitting in Leadership meetings, attending training, there is always one key initiative all companies are talking about right now: How do we attract top talent and, how do we get those people to stay?

For the majority of American’s, at one point or another we have probably had some sort of authority figure directing our work. If you are one of those who decided to skip this step and go into business yourself at the age of 15, I applaud you! For the rest of us, we have had some incarnation of a boss or supervisor who has directed our daily activities at some point in our lives.