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Employee Benefit News
MARCH 22, 2023
Griffin Benefits
MARCH 22, 2023
“Organizational culture” may be an overused phrase, but culture — and the employer-employee connection culture generates — has become part of recruiting, retention, and the assembling of the right benefits package to engender long-term loyalty. How important are culture and connection within an organization? They definitely can make a major difference in candidate interest and employee satisfaction.
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TLNT
MARCH 21, 2023
Sometimes it’s easy for employers to forget that there’s one thing that unites a good many of their employees: the fact they have children.
Employee Benefits
MARCH 23, 2023
Employee needs always change but there has never been a bigger shift in the history of people management than the fallout from COVID in 2019 and the economy in 2021. To add to the turmoil, stress levels continue to grow, as do people’s wellbeing and health challenges. Hybrid working is impacting engagement, and communicating with a fragmented workforce continues to frustrate employers.
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WEX Inc.
MARCH 20, 2023
If you’re an employer, is your in-house benefits administration team struggling to juggle the multitude of complexities behind running a successful benefits administration program? Are you spending too much time and resources trying to keep up to date with compliance changes and providing the technology and services your employees need for a positive benefits experience?
Money Talk
MARCH 22, 2023
With 2022 income tax season well underway and almost three months already passed in 2023, now is an appropriate time to review some evergreen tax planning tools and techniques. I recently attended a NY Public Library webinar about tax planning and below is a summary: Standard Deduction - 2023 saw the largest ever automatic adjustment to standard deductions since indexing was introduced in the 1980s.
HR Bartender
MARCH 21, 2023
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes A few years ago, I published an article on “ Everything HR Needs to Know about Artificial Intelligence ”. I hope you’ll check it out. The purpose of the article was to explain what artificial intelligence (AI) is and how it might be used by HR departments. Since then, we continue to see articles about advancements in AI.
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BetterUp
MARCH 21, 2023
Did you know one of the most powerful self-improvement activities is right at your fingertips? No, it’s not working out or having good sleep hygiene (although these are great habits). It’s something even simpler — learning how to start journaling.
Employee Benefits
MARCH 20, 2023
In order to be able to effectively support someone with their mental health , mental health first aiders (MHFA) need to ensure they are protecting their own wellbeing and not pouring from an empty cup. An essential part of the MHFA training should be a clear understanding of the role and its boundaries. Ensuring that MHFAs have access to a more experienced mental health professional about feelings that they have been left with, or challenging conversations they may have had, is critical.
TLNT
MARCH 23, 2023
It’s commonplace for experts/commentators to say things are in danger of reaching a ‘tipping point’ – be it the global climate emergency or the breakdown of relationships, or the point at which unhappiness turns into depression.
Qandle
MARCH 21, 2023
Starting a new job can be an exciting yet nerve-wracking experience for any employee. As an employer, it’s important to make a good first impression and ensure that your new hire feels welcomed and valued from day one. In this post, we’ll provide you with a template for a warm and informative welcome email that you can customize and send to your new employees.
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Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.
Darwinbox
MARCH 23, 2023
Around 64% of manufacturing companies are still in the early stages of digital transformation, and an important part of this is digitizing the HR function. In the next few quarters, the manufacturing industry will see multiple changes in the way it operates, ranging from the creation of new roles to more efficient hiring practices. This article discusses the top HR trends in the manufacturing industry.
Employee Benefits
MARCH 24, 2023
Something for the weekend: The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is going on a bear hugger hunt, looking for a conservation officer to patrol the parks and wilderness areas, and potentially encounter some of the US state’s 6,000 black bears. In an advertisement posted to its Facebook page, the department stated that this is a role for people who are fit , trusting and courageous, who have the ability to hike in strenuous conditions and trust coworkers to keep them safe during the process.
Vantage Circle
MARCH 21, 2023
Low employee engagement indicates that something is seriously wrong at your company. It gradually saps your employees' energy and creativity, impairing their performance at work. But how do you figure out what's causing your employees' morale to suffer and how to fix it? This article will delve more into the topic and discuss how HR leaders can work around improving their employee engagement efforts.
Flimp Communications
MARCH 24, 2023
Picking a health plan from multiple options is notoriously difficult. And employees often make the wrong choice. Here's everything you want to know about the solution: benefits decision support tools. The post Benefits Decision Support: The Tool Every HR Team Needs appeared first on Flimp.
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As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?
Workplace Insight
MARCH 24, 2023
Studs Terkel is a particular hero of mine. I like his name, his style, his association with jazz but also the way he wrote. His characteristic approach was marked by interviews with ordinary Americans about their jobs and how they felt about them. He did lots of other stuff but that was his work. What is especially striking is that he saw himself as a chronicler of other people’s lives rather than a commentator on them.
Employee Benefits
MARCH 20, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Seven in 10 (70%) large employers find it difficult to ensure health and wellbeing support communication is always relevant to employees, according to Towergate Health and Protection research. The research, which comprised responses from 500 HR decision-makers, found that the figure dropped to 50% among small to medium enterprises (SMEs).
InterWest Insurance Services
MARCH 23, 2023
Employers have often long struggled to boost participation in their wellness programs, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed that as people started looking for ways to better care for themselves both physically and emotionally. The pandemic added fuel to the country’s mental health crisis and more people than ever are seeking out counseling to cope with the stresses of life.
HR Digest
MARCH 23, 2023
Research shows that bad layoffs rarely help the leaders accomplish their goals. In this article, we’ll present 10 polite ways to write a layoff email to employees – each of these layoff letter templates will help you ensure that when they do happen, the redundancy feel fair and the company and the affected workforce are set up for success. Layoffs are never easy , but sometimes they are necessary to ensure a company’s sustainability.
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Qandle
MARCH 21, 2023
Building a healthy work culture includes a number of vital components, one of which is the recognition of employee birthdays in the workplace. Not only does this assist improve morale among workers, but it also helps establish ties among members of the team. But, coming up with a unique and customized greeting for each employee may be a time-consuming process, particularly in more substantial businesses.
Employee Benefits
MARCH 22, 2023
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic and economic downturn, IT service provider Fujitsu prioritised efforts to make gender pay improvements as part of its equality and equity approach. The organisation, which employs more than 7,000 UK employees, has published its gender pay gap report since 2017 and its ethnicity pay gap report on a voluntary basis since 2021.
InterWest Insurance Services
MARCH 21, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board has taken a big step in deciding that non-disparagement and confidentiality clauses in employee severance agreements are illegal, a move that will require most employers to rewrite theirs. The board ruled that these provisions stifle employees’ and ex-employees’ rights under Title 7 of the National Labor Relations Act to discuss work and their employer with one another, among other things.
Workplace Insight
MARCH 23, 2023
The development of a major life science cluster at Canary Wharf continues to build momentum with a range of life sciences focused start-ups and scaleup businesses joining the growing community of technology businesses at its specialist co-working and office hub, Level39 , according to a new statement from Canary Wharf Group. Launched by Canary Wharf Group ten years ago, Level 39 is now home to over 180 start-ups and scaleups innovating in FinTech, Cyber Security, CleanTech, Blockchain, Life Scie
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