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A Quickstart Guide to Standard Operating Procedures

We’ve all been that new guy in a company, trying to figure out the right way to do things without stepping on any toes, and yet, it seemed as if everyone we spoke with had their own idea of the best way to get things done. In that context, many errors were made and much rework was produced.

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Everything You Need to Know About Mechanic's Liens

In this article, we’re going to review liens in general and the Mechanic’s Lien in detail. We’ll show you the steps to take to initiate a lien and foreclose on a property, how to have a lien removed, and most importantly, we’ll give some recommendations on how to avoid a lien in the first place. Finally, we’ll provide a list of lien filing regulations state by state.

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Creating A Paid Time Off Policy For Your Contracting Business

If you’re like most owners in this business, you’re juggling a million things at once and the last thing you want to worry about is your employees taking time off. But it’s important both for your people and your bottom line. If you don’t already have a paid time off (PTO) policy in place, now’s the time to build one.

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How Do Staff Location Tracking Apps Work?

You may have heard about a variety of Time And Location Tracking Apps available to use on employee smartphones. One common feature of these applications is often an ability to track employee locations while they are on the clock.

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Our Top Free Time Tracking Applications

When you are just starting in business, you need to keep your overheads as low as possible. One way you can help is by taking advantage of the multitude of attendance management applications with free plans. During our journey of building SINC, we have come across a bunch of different offerings and have put together some of our favourites and scored them based on the factors we consider most important for a new company just starting up.

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How To Improve Employee Engagement

For small businesses, obtaining success is a long-term, uphill battle and comes with many different challenges. However, there is one business factor that plays a large role in helping all other necessary aspects of small business success come together, and that is employee engagement.

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How to Recruit Long-Term Employees

According to data released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employees stay on average 4.6 years at one place of employment. This relatively short stay can pose a problem for many employers, especially small businesses.

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5 Tips on How To Eliminate Payroll Mistakes

Getting your payroll correct is a hugely important thing for you and your team. Having to correct payroll mistakes undermines the relationship you have with your team, takes up a lot of your time and looks unprofessional.

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