Fri.Dec 09, 2022

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New guidelines for electronic W-4s you probably missed

Business Management Daily

Without any fanfare at all, the IRS included new guidelines for electronic W-4s in the 2022 edition of Pub. 15-T. You’d be forgiven if you missed it since the IRS didn’t bother mentioning it in the What’s New section. Apparently, employers have been running into trouble trying to simplify the paper W-4 for their electronic systems. The IRS has responded with an emphatic “You can’t do that!”.

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The Great Relearning about the Great Office Problem

Workplace Insight

One of the latest people to invent activity-based working is sociologist Ana Andjelic, who combines it with the similarly familiar hub and spoke office model on her substack as a solution to the Great Office Problem. She’s not the first and is a less surprising pioneer of a decades old model than some other people who should really know better. That includes an architectural practice who came up with the idea earlier this year and whose name escapes me.

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15 Email Etiquette Rules That You Should Know

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is the difference between formal and informal emails? What is email etiquette, and why is it so important? 15 rules of email etiquette. Start emailing with confidence.

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Billionaire boss hires out Disney World exclusively for 10,000 staff

Employee Benefits

Credit: Viaval Tours / Shutterstock.com. Something for the weekend: Ken Griffin, founder of hedge fund and trading business Citadel and Citadel Securities, has thanked 10,000 employees by flying them out to Walt Disney World in Florida for three days, as well as hiring famous musicians to play at the business’ corporate party. As well as hiring Disney World exclusively for Citadel employees to visit, billionaire Griffin paid the fares for staff and their families to fly to Florida from New York,

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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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Green Flags in Relationships: Find Out If You’re In The Right One

BetterUp

Jump to section. What does “green flag” mean? What are some relationship green flags? The value of a red flag. Wave that green flag high.

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28 Best Christmas Wishes for Bosses & Managers

Empuls

It's almost the holiday season, and it's prime time to show appreciation for the person who guided you through the year. So, it's also a time to be prepared with best Christmas wishes for bosses or managers in advance. Celebrating Christmas in the office with your mentors is a great way to double the joy There is always warmth and happiness when people gather on this special occasion and share their joy, happiness, and love.

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Search Intelligence pledges to pay employees’ winter utility bills

Employee Benefits

Digital PR agency Search Intelligence has committed to pay its 50 employees a monthly bonus during the winter months, with the aim of easing the pressure of rising utility bills. Starting in December, for three months Search Intelligence will pay staff an extra £250, amounting to an investment of £12,500 more per month, and £37,500 overall, for the business.

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15 Best Christmas Messages for Bosses & Manager

Empuls

Among all the traditional Christmas celebrations, sending a Christmas message to your boss or manager is one of the most time-honored social traditions. Many people send wishes of blessings, joy, and prosperity at this time, often through email messages. The sending of Christmas messages is common in private and public sector organizations. Showing gratitude to your boss through a note or message is the best way to appreciate the time, effort, and energy they put into helping you succeed.

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Horse trainer fined €4,000 for failure to pay bonuses to staff

Employee Benefits

Declan Queally, a horse trainer in Ireland, was fined €4,000 (£3449.24) following an inspection of his stable yard and business, which found he had failed to pay necessary bonuses to staff under the Stable Employee Bonus Scheme. The scheme, which came into force in May 2000, is financed by a 3% deduction from all prize money, which is distributed to all registered employees.

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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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Effective Ways To Get Promoted

HR Digest

Moving up the corporate ladder is no easy fit. For many people, it could take years, while for others it may take less. Either way, you can advance in your career by learning ways to get promoted. Employee benefits increase overtime as they move up in their career positions. This could be a regular employee moving to a managerial position and so on.

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How Amazon Is Setting the Tone with Upskilling 2025 | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

Upskilling is an increasingly important tactic that organizations are using to ensure their talent is both secure and well-trained. Numerous benefits come with upskilling. Even Amazon recognizes the value of such programs. Read on to learn what upskilling is and how Amazon sets an example for how to use it effectively.

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Lovewell’s logic: Committing to flexibility

Employee Benefits

The government’s announcement earlier this week that it is committed to introducing a day one right to request flexible working has been welcomed by many, not least those that have campaigned for such a move in recent years. In its response to the consultation Making flexible working the default, the government confirmed that it would take forward a number of changes to current legislation, including: Making the right to request flexible working a day one right.

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How to Write a Letter of Recommendation (With Examples)

BetterUp

Jump to section. What’s a letter of recommendation? Format of a letter of recommendation. Tips for writing a letter of recommendation. Letter of recommendation examples. How to write a letter of recommendation for a friend. Start writing.

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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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Top 23 Employee Engagement Ideas for the Banking Sector in 2023

Darwinbox

With issues like a high rate of absenteeism and turnover facing the banking industry, implementing an employee engagement strategy can go a long way in retaining and building a future-proof workforce. This article covers 23 ideas for employee engagement in the banking sector for 2023.

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Six ways to support employee mental health

Employee Benefits

With financial worries affecting mental health and workplace performance, you can play a supportive role in helping employees to talk about and overcome some of their financial stress. Discussing money worries with employers is a conversation many employees are reluctant to have. Your workplace may have many people bottling up their financial difficulties yet they may be unaware of the health services and resources they have access to as part of their benefits package.

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Disciplinary Actions: How to Handle Them With Ease

HR Digest

Employees’ unwanted behaviors call for disciplinary actions. Certain behaviors will have to face some discipline along the way. The issue here is, employers or managers have to go through this process without faulting or making mistakes. Whether or not a rule was violated, certain disciplinary processes will have to be followed before a final conclusion can be made.

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5 Things We Learned About the Future of Work From Heather McGowan at Thrive 2022

15Five

An inspiring group of HR leaders from around the country recently gathered in Austin, TX, for Thrive by 15Five. At this year’s event, some of the brightest and most inspiring voices in HR came together to learn and share with one another. One of those leading voices belonged to internationally-known speaker, writer, and advisor Heather E. McGowan. In her keynote, Heather covered how people leaders should prepare their organizations for the rapid and disruptive changes occurring in education, wor

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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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WTW predicts salary increases will rise by 4.6% in 2023

Employee Benefit News

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Ordering Replacement ID Cards

Employer Connection

We’re reminding employers that replacement ID cards for members of group health benefit plans administered by Star Marketing and Administration, Inc., can be ordered online – as part of self-service options available to you and your covered employees. Members can log in at TrustmarkSB.com/login > Overview and then select “Order replacement ID cards,” fill in required information and click on Submit.

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Long story short: Don't let bias corrupt your recruiting efforts

Employee Benefit News

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The top 10 most-read articles between 2 – 8 December 2022

Employee Benefits

The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 2 and 8 December 2022 were: Natwest gives 59,000 employees cost-of living payment. Hachette UK gives staff cost-of-living payment and increases holiday. Axa UK introduces free period products in all UK offices . Asos and UK Power Networks make Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List. General Electric agrees to £15,600 payment for steam plant employees.

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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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HR 101: Vanguard's tips for helping employees catch up on retirement savings

Employee Benefit News

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How to ready your data for an HRIS implementation 

LACE Partners

In this week’s blog we hear from senior consultant Neil Illot about how to get the foundations right with your data quality. In any project making sure the data is ready is a crucial – and often overlooked – stage. Read on to learn the core considerations to bear in mind for preparing for an HRIS implementation or any cloud readiness project. All organisations have a degree of data quality, however low or high it may be.

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Biden announces $36B pension bailout with the help of unions

Employee Benefit News

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