OEM America Blog

Your employees are required to have health insurance starting next year, and you may be required to carry it starting in 2015.

Connecticut is increasingly “the” place to start your biotech company.  Yale and UConnare both licensing their research, you have an awful lot of well-educated people around to help, the state backs the industry, and there’s even an industry group

Economic Case

Cost Base – The cost base for a small-medium business (SMB) for HR varies by demand, talent, and task. Most SMBs are forced to accept that SMBs spend more per employee for HR programs and functions than larger ones. Departments...

Highlights:

• “In addition to differing by regional focus, PEOs may also differ in terms of service delivery.” “Its a very consultative partnership,” says David Fernandez CEO of OEM America in Hartford CT. “Its all about trust and feeling like you’re...

OEM’s Bob Lepecki was recently interviewed on WHYN 560.  Here is what he had to say.

How do you know when and how to pay employees, when inclement weather hits?  It can be a confusing and tricky situation knowing or deciding who to pay, and who not to pay.  This is due to the differences in Exempt and Non-Exempt employees according...

Salaried vs. Hourly? Exempt vs. Non-exempt?

Here’s a useful exercise: pick a single piece of paper that comes across your desk.  Or, an email that comes to you.  Now, ask yourself,

International companies with employees in the United States face a number of complex issues.  American employees have to be paid a certain way, compensated a certain way, and expect a certain kind of benefits package.  If you’re going to take care...

Question: As I need to add more staff for my growing small business, I find that interviewing and all the other requirements for getting a dependable employee demand a great deal of time. Does SCORE have any input for effectively cutting down on...