HR Consultants: Spring into Compliance Best Practices for 2026
Most people associate spring with new beginnings. Nowhere in your organization is that concept more important than compliance. As the weather gets warmer and flowers begin to bloom, it’s an excellent time to consider “spring cleaning” your compliance routines, including conducting comprehensive audits, shoring up your documentation practices, refreshing training materials, and updating handbooks to […]
Spring Forward with VirgilHR Skillpath: Fresh Ways to Boost Employee Development
Employee training programs are essential for organizational success. They drive productivity, innovation, and retention by equipping teams with relevant skills. They can also prepare employees for future challenges while fostering a positive culture, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Employee training and development are so vital to growth that many companies are willing to bet their budget […]
Pay Equity and Compensation Reviews Before Raise Season
For many employers, Q1 is a prime time for annual performance reviews and raises. A 2025 Mercer survey reported that just over 60% of teams had submitted or finalized their budgets by early December. Often, organizations spend the first few months of the year conducting performance reviews of last year’s work and allocating salary increases […]
Seasonal Hiring and Interns
For many employers, springtime is filled with gorgeous weather, brilliant new ideas, and an office full of seasonal hires reporting for duty. Recent surveys show that 55% of organizations plan to add contract talent this spring to support near-term projects. Data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers suggests that spring college recruitment has […]
Top 10 Compliance Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
The U.S. workplace is undergoing a significant regulatory transformation. This shift is characterized by an increasingly complex patchwork of federal and multistate labor laws that demand an HR professional’s constant vigilance. From wage updates to leave expansion to data privacy requirements, it seems that the compliance requirements never end. At the same time, litigation risks […]
Training Managers on Documentation and Performance Issues
Are you confident in your company’s workflows for performance management? If you aren’t, you’re not alone. According to Deloitte’s 2025 Global Human Capital Trends survey, 61% of managers say they don’t really trust their organization’s performance management process. While this dismal statistic can have many root causes, one may be the lack of performance documentation […]
What Happens When Compliance Training Is Treated as a Checkbox
Compliance requirements are eating into small business owners’ precious time, but it might cost them more than they realize. According to recent data from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 47% of small business owners say they spend too much time fulfilling regulatory compliance requirements. It’s no wonder that many employers have resorted to treating compliance […]
February Focus: Team Building & Internal Communication
As the excitement of the holidays and the New Year fades away, February can often feel slow for organizations. However, this makes it the perfect time of year to renew internal goals that might have gotten left behind in the end-of-year grind. From vision board workshops and crafting classes to themed activities and gathering feedback […]
Beat the Winter Blues: Workplace Wellness Tips
According to recent data from the American Psychiatric Association, 41% of Americans admit that their moods get worse when the weather gets cold. Worries about respiratory viruses, seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and shifts in workloads are just a few reasons why someone’s mood might change in the winter. If your employees are feeling depressed, fatigued, […]
Creative Ways to Recognize Employees for Valentine’s Month
According to recent research from Gallup, employee recognition has a significant impact on critical success metrics like morale, engagement, and retention. Researchers have found that well-recognized employees are 2.9 times more likely to be engaged at work and 45% less likely to leave after two years. With the global cost of lost productivity due to […]