by Mey-ling Cortinas | Oct 29, 2026 | Education, home-featured, Informative Articles
Year-end reviews and 2027 compensation decisions are coming up. These are two of the most personal conversations an employee has all year. Preparation matters as much as the decisions themselves. Consistent reviews, ready managers, and clean documentation help a...
by Mey-ling Cortinas | Oct 22, 2026 | Education, home-featured, Informative Articles
Employee confidence reached a new record low in September. Only 42.9% of workers said they feel positive about their employer’s outlook for the next six months, the third record low of 2026. Add a soft September jobs report and a steady stream of layoff...
by Mey-ling Cortinas | Oct 8, 2026 | home-featured, Informative Articles
Pay transparency has become a national expectation. Connecticut began requiring pay ranges and benefits in job postings on October 1, 2026, and 14 states plus Washington, D.C. now require covered employers to include pay ranges in job postings. Other states require...
by Mey-ling Cortinas | Oct 8, 2026 | Business News, Education, home-featured, Learn
Most leaders put real thought into team events, and those gatherings matter. Yet the feeling of being part of a team takes shape on ordinary weekdays: a manager who notices when someone seems off, a new hire who knows who to ask, good work that gets named out loud....
by Mey-ling Cortinas | Oct 1, 2026 | Business News, home-featured, Informative Articles, Learn-Featured
Every business has HR, whether it’s a full department, one dedicated person, or a leader handling it alongside everything else. Policies get written, processes take shape, and over time they settle into the background. Most of the time that works fine, until an...