Payroll & HR Services, Vero Veach, FL
You are a growing company, in the past your salaried employees were used to working all kinds of hours, but getting paid the same amount each month. In some instances that took their average hourly pay to down below minimum wage. While that may have simply been the symptoms of a growing business for some companies, for others, who should have been compensating their employees for all of those extra hours, they got away with something that perhaps they shouldn’t have. [Read more…]
Complete Employee Solutions is a partnership between three professionals with strong financial backgrounds. We are not just another Payroll Processing company who enters time sheets and issues paychecks. Complete Employee Solutions works with the CPA’s at McCain and Samons to help businesses grow , set goals and meet or exceed them. [Read more…]
Women’s salaries still have a way to go to catch up to men’s salaries. Although there is more parity now in some careers, not all paychecks are equal. Some of that can be attributed to the types of job that women traditionally take. In many instances the types of work they do has been valued at a lower rate of pay. Why is that? I am not sure.
In other instances, they are just paid less, and they put up with it. The Washington Post published the results of a study conducted by the Journalists Union from publications owned by Dow Jones :
“The union that represents journalists at The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch and Barron’s announced this week that Dow Jones, which owns the publications, pay men more than women in jobs of similar tenure.
Male staffers with up to five years of experience, for example, earn an average of 13.5 percent more than female staffers at the same level — and even slightly more than the category of women who’ve been on the job for twice as long.
The Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees 1096’s analysis found that, on average, full-time women at Dow Jones properties make about 87 cents for every dollar paid to full-time men. This includes everyone employed by Dow Jones who’s represented by the union — a group of about 1,400 across North America, including writers, copy editors and customer service representatives. (The union does not represent workers in supervisory roles.)
For comparison, women who work full time in the United States take home 79 cents for every dollar a man earns.”
Women are going to have to get better at asking for pay which is equal to that of men with the same positions, similar backgrounds and education. It would be nice to think that Employers would automatically pay women the same thing they pay men, but so far that has not happened.
Before you interview with a prospective employer, do as much research as you can to find out what people are being offered for the type of position you are seeking. Then, when you do receive an offer, you will know if you should accept it, ask for more, or just move on to the next company.
Jennifer Comer
Here in Indian River County, Anthony, Matt and I have seen businesses boom, and we have seen them bust, and the common denominators are strong customer support and follow-up. When things go right and orders are fulfilled, customers needs are met, those customers will, for the most part, be loyal to your brand. They may even pay a little more for your service because they know you deliver quality products and services. When things go wrong, because sometimes they just do, it is even more important to step up to the plate, admit a mistake and do everything in your power to make it right, Whatever it takes. People respect that as well. [Read more…]
Some employers issue paychecks once a week, some issue paychecks just once a month. So which is right for your company, and your employees? [Read more…]