As part of the Good Jobs, Good Business Toolkit this guide demonstrates the importance of stable scheduling and paid leave for business success and employee retention. It outlines the steps that small businesses can take to implement these practices.

As part of the Good Jobs, Good Business Toolkit, this tool guides small business owners to explore which healthcare options are right for their business, bottom line, and workers. It outlines what is needed for legal compliance along with an array of options to begin to offer health insurance coverage.

This calculator tool helps small business advisors illustrate the cost of employee turnover, encouraging business owners to invest in their staff to increase retention.

These toolkits are designed to eliminate bias across different areas of the workplace, using specific “bias interrupters” that change existing norms and practices to create more equitable workplaces. Toolkits include: Compensation, Hiring and Recruitment, Family Leave, and more. Employers may find this tool useful for developing successful, equitable workplace practices. Additionally, workforce development and worker advocacy professionals may find this toolkit helpful to share with their employer-partners.

The Gender Decoder calculates the proportion of feminine-coded and masculine-coded words in job advertisements. Research has found that masculine- coded language in job postings can deter women job seekers from applying. This free tool can help HR professionals, recruiters, or managers who want to appeal to applicants of all gender identities. For more information on the tool and it’s creation, please refer to the FAQ page.

This toolkit is a collection of over 60 workplace policies that can help support, stabilize, and retain employees in low-wage work. The toolkit also contains sections on gender-based violence workers may be experiencing in their home lives and second-chance employment for formerly incarcerated individuals After a quick registration for a free account, the Employer Toolkit search feature can help you identify specific policy recommendations, many of which include sample HR policy language that companies can draw from. Topics include wages, benefits, child care, paid time off, scheduling, recruitment, training and education, and transportation.

This checklist helps organizations identify gaps in their organizational policies and practices that influence diversity, equity, and inclusion. The checklist is divided into two levels: institutional policies and strategies for managers and activities for professional development. This list is not exhaustive and must be customized to each organization. HR professionals, managers, and organization leaders can benefit from this resource.

The document outlines the six principles of Opportunity Employment, which prioritizes equity, inclusion, and opportunity, and mobility within a company while generating business value. The principles are associated with the various stages of Opportunity Employment: strategy and set up, recruiting and hiring, retention and advancement. HR professionals, managers and organization leaders, and practitioners can all benefit from this resource.

This page hosts all of Gallup’s articles and briefs on employee enagegement in the United States and abroad. It includes links to results from Gallup’s various employee engagement and experience surveys. It also includes opinion pieces and advice on improving employee engagement. These resources can be helpful for HR professionals, managers and other organization leaders, researchers, and practitioners interested in understanding employee engagement.

The National Center for Employee Ownership’s (NCEO) Data and Research Center includes statistics on employee ownership, lists of employee owned companies in the United States, data on ESOP company practices, and research on employee ownership’s impact on the economy. Here, you may find resources published by NCEO and by other organizations. These resources can be helpful for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and anyone else interested in learning about the landscape of employee ownership in the United States.