Thu.Aug 11, 2022

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Three Back-to-School Opportunities for Employers

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Ahhhh, the smell of fresh folders, pencils sharpened to perfection and the crack of that first marker opening. Oh, is it just me that gets excited about. Read more > The post Three Back-to-School Opportunities for Employers appeared first on Word on Benefits.

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How Does Stress Affect the Body: A Breakdown by System

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is stress? What happens to your body when you’re stressed? 7 long-term effects of stress on the body. 5 effects of stress on the mind. 5 effects of stress on behavior. 4 effects of stress on emotions. How does stress affect your sleep? When to seek professional help.

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Keeping toxic positivity out of the workplace

Business Management Daily

In a perfect world, we’d have plenty of time to get everything done that we need to. We could take breaks and eat lunch without negatively impacting our productivity, and oh yeah, we’d be in a good mood too. Unfortunately, this kind of superhuman performance isn’t realistic. No matter what kind of work you do or how much you’re getting paid, there’s a limit to one’s output.

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The biggest sign a company isn’t serious about developing leaders

TLNT

I’m sure most of you will agree that the need for great leadership is even more acute in 2022 than it was in 2019.

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The Ultimate Performance Review Checklist

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.

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Back to Work is Going to be Back to COVID

Workers' Compensation

The US Centers for Disease Control [CDC] announced today a continuation of its flawed strategy to reduce the plateaued high transmission rates of COVID throughout the US. As workers return from summer vacation, COVID transmission will remain very high, and the workforce will be subject to primary and repeat COVID infections. The CDC’s new guidance document : Does not recognize booster shots as necessary and leaves “fully vaccinated” and “up to date” at 2 shots; It leaves isolation at 5 days but

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How to Create an Effective Employee Experience Strategy?

Sodexo Engage

Summary: How can it have a positive impact on your business? 6 steps to create an effective Employee Experience strategy. Boost your Employee Experience programme with Sodexo Engage. How to Create an Effective Employee Experience Strategy? What’s it like for someone who’s an employee of your organisation? You might have an idea already based on staff retention or employee feedback, or you might’ve even identified a problem with engagement that needs to be addressed.

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How to Measure Employee Happiness & Identify Unhappiness

Empuls

Over the last few years, top executives of leading companies have begun to realize that quality service for external clients depends on quality service for internal clients (i.e., employees of the company), which is impossible without taking care of their psycho-emotional health. Happiness in the workplace is a "present" trend. According to a research , about 65% of Americans are generally satisfied with their work, and only 20% are obsessed with what they earn a living.

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Register for Our Webinar Series: Open Enrollment Readiness

Benefit Resource Inc.

Join Benefit Resource (BRI) for our upcoming webinar series beginning Wednesday, August 24th at 1:00 PM EDT. In this half-hour series, we will break down Open Enrollment into manageable steps (and hopefully take a few of the surprises away). Register for our first session, Part 1: Understanding Plan Trends and Participant Behaviors. In this session we’ll cover: What are common trends in account-based plans?

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How to Create a Culture of Appreciation and Gratitude in the Workplace

Empuls

If you think appreciation and gratitude are mere corporate jargon that nobody believes in, you may want to think again. In a recent survey by McKinsey , 40% of employees reported that they were likely to leave their current job in 3-6 months as the Great Resignation is expected to continue for several more years. Moreover, employees expect their organizations to provide a strong company culture, caring coworkers, and a sense of community–they expect to be valued as people and not just as

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Want To Enhance Your Total Rewards To Achieve Organizational Success? Start Here.

Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through

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5 Must Have HR Policies for Your Employee Handbook

BerniePortal

One responsibility that often falls on the shoulders of HR teams is ensuring your organization remains compliant. This can mean adhering to state, local, and federal laws and enforcing employment best practices. An efficient way to train new employees while keeping current employees up to date is by distributing employee handbooks and updating them regularly.

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Hiring Tips When Searching for Accounting and Finance Candidates.

Professionals Alternative

If you are in need of someone new in your accounting and finance department, then you have come to the right place. Our Hiring tips can vary between companies because everyone has their own style of doing things. However, there are a few tips that could make the process a whole lot easier to find the best person for the job. There are a number of great potential employees out there, but you might not be looking in the right places to find them.

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What’s the hottest, zero cost benefit in Employee Benefit planning today?

CorpStrat

The answer may surprise you. Hint: AFLAC. 58% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck after the inflation spike. This means that most of your employees are relying heavily on their paycheck to keep them from becoming financially vulnerable. If an employee falls ill or gets hurt, they’ll likely have little to no income coming in. On top of that, state Disability is so restrictive and can involve such an arduous process that your employees simply can’t count on it.

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What Are Commuter Benefits and Should Your Organization Offer Them?

BerniePortal

With the rate of inflation nearly doubling in the past year, the cost of living has gone up across the board. How can organizations remain competitive as companies continue to compete for talent in the job market? One way is to offer commuter benefits to your employees. Commuter benefits are a great way to attract candidates and maintain strong retention rates.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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Fact: Giving Constructive Feedback to Your Boss Isn’t Hard

HR Digest

Are you battling with how to give feedback to your boss? You want to see them grow and do way better. But how do you go about this? The only way is through constructive feedback. Constructive feedback is a method of giving advice or feedback with the hope of producing a positive outcome. The type of constructive feedback for managers is called “upward feedback.”.

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Mentoring the 80% – Avoiding the Rock Stars and Duds

UpstartHR

“The first thing is 100% look for difference [when mentoring]. If you are only looking for more of the same, you are hurting yourself. Cloning was bad in Star Wars, and cloning is bad in real life. The second one is related: get away from the rock stars and the duds when you are mentoring.” Lt. Col. Chaveso “Chevy” Cook, PhD, Executive Director, MilitaryMentors.org. .

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The Eleventh Circuit Holds 4 Year Statute of Limitations Applies in MSP Private Actions

Workers' Compensation

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decided that a four-year statute of limitation applies to private actions pursued under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act [MSPA]. Congress passed the Medicare Secondary Payer Act in 1980 to recoup benefits paid by the federal government that are the primary responsibility of a private insurer. In 1986 Congress enacted a private cause of action provision.

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'Treat it like a disease': Corporate long COVID is stunting employee productivity

Employee Benefit News

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

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?

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Educational Resources for Career Development in HR

Hppy

As an HR professional, you’ll constantly have to look for engaging new ways to provide your workforce with extra value. Whether through coaching, new learning opportunities, or reward and recognition, doing everything you can to retain your workforce is an ongoing challenge. According to 99 Firms , highly engaged employees are 41% less likely to be absent from work and 24% less likely to leave the company in search of new opportunities.

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U.S. jobless claims rise again, near highest since November

Employee Benefit News

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Stay Interviews: What Is It, And Why Does It Drive Retention?

BetterUp

The pendulum has swung back from the Great Resignation.

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Forget multitasking — the latest trend is multiple job holding

Employee Benefit News

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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Full-Cycle Recruiting: A Whole Person Recruiting Process

BetterUp

When does the recruiting process start?

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Hirers need to take note of this growing education trend

Employee Benefit News

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With hybrid work on the rise, employers gain new opportunity to support employees

BetterUp

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Orwellian Store Security

Florida Workers' Comp

In lecturing on Constitutional law over the decades, I have persistently challenged students to remember that their rights are inherent. No one gave us our rights and thus no can casually take them away. We have a tendency to allow infringement of our rights when we feel threatened or scared. We are sometimes, in such circumstances, willing to trade some of our freedom for security or the perception of it.

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6 Steps to a Better Compensation Strategy

Compensation is one of your biggest expenses as a business, but it is also your biggest investment in your people and your culture. A great compensation strategy can be an incredible asset that supports your business goals and lays a foundation of trust between your company and your employees. Whether you already have a compensation strategy in place or you’re building one from scratch, this guide will help you level up your approach through these 6 steps: 1.