A growing trend shows employees are taking fewer and fewer vacation days, with many not using the allocated paid time off (PTO) their employers offer them. While this may not seem like a problem, research shows that not taking time off leads to a decrease in productivity, efficiency, and the amount of work completed. Why…
Read MoreMany employers may think of schools when the term “dress code discrimination” comes to mind, as most of the popular stories in the news these days revolve around students – disproportionately female students – being reprimanded for not following strict, discriminatory dress codes. But these can be just as discriminatory and can have a similar…
Read MoreOver the past decade, we have been witnessing a shift away from the traditional 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM workspaces. Technology has helped pave the way for this, but the increasing need to both attract and retain top talent requires companies to consider changing their ways in terms of offering both flexible hours and remote…
Read MoreThe Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) establishes a minimum wage, overtime pay, record-keeping, and child labor standards affecting both full-time and part-time workers. The Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) administers and enforces the FLSA. Your company can be surprised by an audit by the WHD of the DOL at…
Read MoreAccording to specialolympicsco.org, “The mission of Special Olympics Colorado is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendships with their families,…
Read MoreWhen it comes to hiring a new employee, in the absence of a “perfect” candidate, would you rather hire someone with: The right experience and qualifications, but lacking in soft skills, OR The soft skills that align with your corporate culture, but lacking experience or qualifications. According to a recent survey of more than 2,000…
Read MoreWith unemployment at historic lows, retailers are under pressure to find qualified employees and have been raising pay to lure or keep hourly and part-time workers, resulting in the following minimum hourly wage increases: Target Corp – raising the minimum hourly wage for its employees from $12 to $13 an hour effective June 2019. This marks…
Read MoreEarned by less than two percent of all staffing agencies in the U.S. and Canada DENVER, COLORADO – MARCH 19, 2019 – J. Kent Staffing, a leading temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire staffing agency, specializing in administrative, accounting, human resources, and other professional job sectors, announced today that they have won ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing® Client and…
Read MoreHave you ever met with a great candidate, but didn’t have a current opening? Hiring Top Candidates Without a Job Opening In today’s continued tight candidate market, many companies are actively embracing a new strategy of stockpiling candidates. Hiring top candidates without a job opening are necessary to prevent a labor shortage. This approach generally…
Read MoreJ. Kent Staffing is pleased to share this white paper authored by LaRona Mondt, Esq. and Wayne Pennebaker, Esq., corporate attorneys with Messner Reeves LLP. Messner Reeves is a Denver-based full-service business law firm. In this 2019 Legislative Session, Colorado legislators have introduced bills that would protect applicants’ and employees’ rights relating to equal pay…
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