How to Reduce Labor Costs: 11 Simple Strategies
This simple guide outlines how business owners can reduce labor costs to achieve greater efficiency and profitability in the workplace.
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Employee Time Theft: Definition, Examples, & Prevention
Employee time theft can undermine a business without even being noticed. This guide teaches everything you need to identify and remedy it.
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How to Calculate Labor Costs By Year, Day, Hour, & More
Understanding how to calculate labor costs can help small business owners boost profitability. Here’s everything you need to know.
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What are the Best Apps for Small Businesses? 11 Top Picks
Discover the best apps for small businesses across 11 categories: employee management, team communication, marketing automation, and more.
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The State of Remote Work: Statistics and Trends
To better understand the evolving trends in remote work, Buddy Punch conducted our “Questions of the Quarter” survey, focusing on how employees and employers are adapting…
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How to Schedule Employees: Tips, Methods, & Templates
Learn how to schedule your employees effectively with this in-depth guide that includes best practices, tips, common methods, and templates.
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10 Ways Businesses Track Employee Productivity
Buddy Punch researched ways businesses are digitally monitoring employee productivity, such as old-school surveillance and new-age activity logging.
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What Happens If You Steal Time at Work?
Learn what employee time theft is and what would happen if you get caught stealing time at work. Plus, how Buddy Punch prevents employee time theft.
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What Is Buddy Punching + 7 Ways to Prevent It
Buddy punching is a form of time theft where employees clock in and out for each other. Here are seven actionable ways to prevent it.
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14 Ways to Improve Your Management Skills
If you get promoted to a management position, you know you’re already an asset to your company. Assessments have proven you’re a useful contributor at your…
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How to Improve Communication at Work
“Couldn’t this meeting have been an email?” If you’ve ever had that thought, you’re not alone. Now that you’re a manager, you’re determined not to waste…
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How to Give Feedback to Employees
When managers ignore employees or focus just on their weaknesses, they double the chances for them to become unproductive. If you want to develop a thriving…
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12 Management Best Practices to Use
Did you know that only 60% of employees say they have a world-class manager? An effective manager plays a significant role in creating a positive and highly productive…
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How to Handle Stress at Work: 10 Practical Tips
Is employee stress becoming an issue in your workplace? There are lots of potential stressors inthe workplace, and a whopping 80% of workers feel job-related stress. Additionally, nearly half…
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How to Handle an Unhappy Employee
Do you have to handle an unhappy employee on your team? The situation is widespread as more than half American workers currently feel unhappy at work , and 68% of…
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Best Employee Retention Strategies | Guide
Effective employee retention strategies minimize turnover rates. Smart business owners and HR managers focus on the onboarding process and the employee experience to create job stickiness…
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How to Manage Overtime More Effectively
Learning how to manage overtime more effectively reduces labor costs and improves morale. Follow these 7 tips to get overtime under control.
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8 Helpful Tips for Training Small Business Employees
When you tell your employees it is time for training; you can practically see their groans. Training is typically not everyone’s favorite time, and it can…
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7 Stress Management Activities for Small Business Owners
Stress is a reality for everyone – but as a small business owner, you probably deal with your fair share amount of stress every single day….
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10 Management Practices To Improve Employee Productivity
There are many ways to improve employee productivity, including using employee time clock software to ensure accurate time tracking and pay.
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Successfully Navigating the Multigenerational Workplace
Multigenerational workplaces can be a huge benefit to your business – assuming you know how to take advantage of such an environment. Take a moment to…
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The Ultimate List of Team-Building Activities
Team building activities are a great way to get your team to connect and can strengthen camaraderie. Finding the right exercise can be difficult as not…
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Bad Habits You Must Break To Become More Productive
Nothing can sabotage productivity like a bad habit. You may be stuck in a routine where you get up every day at 8:00 a.m. right before…
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13 Signs Your Employee is Ready to Become a Manager
One of the most satisfying parts of a manager’s job is finding the next superstar employee. If you’re lucky, you’ll spot their potential early and coach,…
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19 Employee Appreciation Ideas Your Staff Will Love
There is one concept that will drastically reduce your employee turnover rate. What is this great business secret? It is actually a very simple thing –…
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Pros and Cons of Raising the Minimum Wage in The U.S.
Weighing the pros and cons of raising minimum wage? Explore how wage increases affect workers, businesses, job markets, and pricing.
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6 Steps to Organize Your Small Business Finances
Going into business for yourself is no small feat. There will always be a very long to-do list and you will find yourself continually wearing many…
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When Can Your Employer Legally Cut Your Pay?
Most employees look forward to that time of year when they anticipate a pay raise, but they probably never imagined that their pay could go down….
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Considerations To Make Before Hiring A Family Member
When your business needs help, it is very common to turn to family members or close friends. Usually, they are willing to help out, and they…
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How to Keep a Positive Attitude at Work
You might be the best worker to have ever set foot through the doors of your company — but if you don’t have the right attitude,…
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How to Build a Support Network for Your Small Business
Owning a business can be extremely rewarding, but it isn’t without its share of frustrations. Troubles getting your startup to take off, cash-flow problems, and difficulties…
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How to Ensure Your Employees’ Privacy
Improving the workplace is something that’s most employers are concerned with – and for good reason! Advancing your company, maximizing efficiency, increasing productivity, and keeping things…
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5 Signs You’re Pushing Your Employees Too Hard
All employers want to maximize the productivity of their workforce –to encourage their team to consistently go the extra mile – with a smile on. But…
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6 Things Employees Really Hate at Work
According to research by Gallup, roughly 70 percent of employees are unhappy with their job. That means that only three out of every ten workers are…
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6 Things You Can Do to Encourage Employee Loyalty
Your employees, in many ways, are the lifeblood of your business. How well you, as an employer, manage to motivate them, and engage them can have…
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How to Handle an Employee Who Calls In Sick Often
Learn how to handle an employee who calls in sick often with guidance from experts and strategies to implement to limit unplanned absences.
