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Helpful Resources

A comprehensive list of business resources to help you manage and grow your business.

Directory of Working Solutions' Partner Agencies

Employment in New York State Newsletter
An award-winning newsletter that reviews and summarizes labor research issues and trends in New York State as well as selected regions of the state; contains unemployment rates; reviews regional conditions.

HireVetsFirst.gov
Information on the Hire Vets First inititive for businesses interested in hiring hiring veterans.

New York Job Service Employer Committee
Would you like to learn the newest recruitment methods, about the latest changes in labor laws, or about labor-related programs that could save you time and money?

Would you like an opportunity to make some changes in the way the Department of Labor does business, to get involved in job fairs, or to participate in outreach to older workers and other non-traditional labor pools?

You can do all this and more when you join a Job Service Employer Committee (JSEC).

U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy
The Office of Disability Employment Policy provides national leadership by developing and influencing disability-related employment policy and practice affecting the employment of people with disabilities.

Employment Laws

• Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses (ELAWS Advisor): Department of Labor interactive system for answering questions and providing employment law information

Safety

• Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA): An OSHA newsroom; sections on laws, regulations and compliance; a reading room; outreach material; and easy links to the Department of Labor Website.

Associations

• Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM): Includes a consultants' forum, a buyers' guide and articles from their "HR Manager".
• American Society for Training & Development (ASTD): Useful information on a variety of training related topics. Memberships start at $150.00 per year.

Recruiting and Staffing

• Workforce Management Online: Analyzes the human resources (HR) trends and provides the tools that drive business results.

Wage & Hour Information

• Salary.com: Salary information on thousands of job titles. Calculates salaries based on job title and geographic information.

Benefits

• BenefitsLink.com: Information on benefit laws and plans updated daily.
• Fair Labor Standards Act: Minimum wage, overtime pay, record keeping.
• HRTools.com: Hiring checklist; performance management, training and development; no cost.

Turnover Costs

• Online Employee Turnover Calculator: How much does your employee turnover cost?

Business Assistance

• Workforce Online: This no cost site has wonderful tips on the latest workforce development issues. If you want to find out how the latest terrorism issues related to worksite issues, this site is a must to visit on a regular basis.
• SCORE - Counselors to America's Small Business: Business resource index; no-cost consulting with retired business executives.
• My Own Business, Inc.: Online course on how to start your own business.

Job Retention

• Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM): Retention tactics that work; effectiveness of retention tools and initiatives; the business argument for felxibility; exit interview form; retention tools for turbulent times.
• Workforce Management: Macy's retention strategies; formalized flex-time - the perk that brings productivity.

Mentoring

• Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM): Launching a mentoring program.