By Jean Roque, President at Trüpp When a company lacks a framework and clarity around how pay decisions are made, it can place the organization at a disadvantage for attracting and retaining talent, maintaining employee pay equity, and targeting [...]
5 reasons your company should be providing harassment training. By Audra Hedberg, Trüpp. There are many reasons for an employer to prioritize providing harassment training to their employees. Because of the legal ramifications, risk mitigation may be the first thought [...]
Retirement savings myths Retirement investment is a complicated topic that many employees find confusing. As a result, they often operate under myths that can have a negative impact on their future. Consider these common misconceptions that have been identified by investment [...]
By Elizabeth Berg, eLearning Program Manager, Trüpp. We’ve received variations of this question a lot in recent years. The #MeToo movement, followed by several states passing anti-sexual harassment laws, has made workplace harassment training an important topic for employers [...]
By Katy Reif, HR Business Partner, Trüpp. Performance management is a common topic I get asked about as an HR professional. We’ve found that many employers, even if they give lip service to a performance management program, fail to [...]
By Elizabeth Berg, Trüpp. “If I had limited assets to improve the climate of any organization, I would invest ninety-five percent of them in middle managers. These are the people who make all of the difference in the day [...]
By Calvin Gower, Trüpp. Harassment is illegal on a federal level, meaning that no matter the location of an organization, employers benefit from having policies and training programs in place. By making this a priority, businesses are establishing a [...]
By Kylie Artz, Shared Services Manager, Trüpp. Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) benefit both the employee and the employer! FSA benefits allow employees to set aside tax-free dollars for use throughout the year on qualified expenses, reducing out-of-pocket costs. The [...]
By Elizabeth Berg, Trüpp. R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to… your employees. As the labor market and social climate evolve, employees are more willing to speak up or leave a job where they don’t feel respected. With that [...]
By Meagan Phillips, Project Manager + HR Analyst, Trüpp. The Oregon Equal Pay Act (OEPA) provision preventing employers from inquiring about or using pay history as a basis for making a job offer went into effect in October 2017. The [...]
By Kylie Artz, Shared Services Manager, Trüpp. COBRA and State Continuation benefits coverage are aspects of the benefits offering that employers are often aware of, but don’t truly understand. Employers should be familiar with both options and aware of their [...]
By Kate Reichert, Compensation Consultant, Trüpp. Job descriptions tend to be one of those things that end up at the bottom of the priority list. They’re time consuming to write, not to mention there is little guidance around how to [...]
By Breea Gale, HR Business Partner, Trüpp. A healthy work environment is a workplace where the rules and expectations are clearly set, and employees are empowered to contribute in a manner that allows them to remain in touch with their [...]
By Michael White, HR Outsourcing Manager, Trüpp.The Oregon Pay Equity law makes it unlawful to:Discriminate (based on an employee’s status as a member of protected class) in the payment of wages or other compensation for work of comparable characterPay wages [...]
By Sally Padrow, HR Business Partner, Trüpp. Employee separations have the potential of a company-wide ripple effect. The leadership team questions what they could have done to see this coming, managers scramble to transition projects, HR begins the process for [...]
By Michaela Aguilar, HR Coordinator, Trüpp. Onboarding new employees is one of the fundamental components of HR; getting it right is crucial! It can be difficult to keep up with the numerous details involved with onboarding new employees. With the [...]
By Amanda Doun, HR Business Partner, Trüpp. There is general consensus that performance review programs help organizations create the foundation for providing effective employee feedback. However, a question to consider is whether this is enough to ignite change? Although performance [...]
By Audra Hedberg, HR Compliance Analyst, Trüpp. Many companies are finding themselves navigating new state paid family and medical leave laws. While California has had a state-funded disability program for years, New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island recently enacted [...]
By Kylie Artz, Shared Services Manager, Trüpp. Understand the basics of the Transit Tax. Coverage of the Oregon Transit Tax extends to wages earned by an Oregon resident or wages earned by a non-resident for work performed in the State [...]
By Kylie Artz, Shared Services Manager, Trüpp. In 2016, Trüpp’s Shared Services team implemented a customer service management system to enable our Shared Services team to manage and track client email communication and outstanding tasks more efficiently and provide clients [...]
Our employee engagement is great, and our employees are happy. Why should we do an Employee Engagement Survey? By Meagan Phillips, HR Analyst, Trüpp. You may be completely in tune with your team, and while they are happy and the [...]
By Kate Reichert, HR Business Partner & Compensation Specialist, Trüpp. It’s happened to all of us. Fatefully, an employee comes to us and shares that they’ve seen salary data online and demands their pay be at “market”. Often, these employees [...]
By Breea Gale, HR Business Partner, Trüpp. At-will status means that either the employer or employee can terminate the employment relationship for any or no reason. However, while you may not be required to give a reason, we strongly recommend that [...]
By Michael White, HR Outsourcing Manager, Trüpp. I have an employee that will be off work for three weeks to recover from a medical procedure. The employee has enough paid time off to cover the time and doesn't want to [...]
By Sally Padrow, HR Business Partner, Trüpp. Companies that require pre-employment background and/or drug screenings do so to ensure that new employees they are hiring have provided truthful information, are not using drugs that could impair their work performance, or do [...]
By Amanda Doun, Trüpp. Under federal law, the time spent by a non-exempt employee as part of their primary job duties such as traveling from one job site to another job site during the work day is considered as hours worked. [...]
By Elizabeth Berg, Trüpp. Let’s face it, having a conversation regarding appropriate dress and grooming habits with an employee can be very uncomfortable for anyone in a leadership position. However, following a few best practice guidelines can make the conversation [...]
