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What does the future hold for the Payroll function?

LACE Partners

What changes are we likely to see in the payroll function? What impact will things like blockchain have? Which function should Payroll sit within – HR or Finance? We explore this and more in the latest HR on the Offensive podcast with Chris Kirby and Chris Howard. The post What does the future hold for the Payroll function? appeared first on Lace Partners.

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Financial Concerns of Older Adults

Money Talk

Last fall, I participated in a group discussion among personal finance content creators (e.g., authors, speakers, bloggers, and podcasters) attending the FinCon 2021 conference. Our topic: financial concerns of older adults. The consensus was there is no “one size fits all” content. Personal finance messages need to be customized for specific older adult audiences.

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How to Create a Human Resource Strategy?

HR Digest

Human resource (HR) strategy is the backbone of workforce management in any organization. It maximizes the potential of the company’s most valued asset- the human capital to achieve broader goals. Although it can be challenging to shift from a purely transactional role of HR to a strategic one, it is achievable. . In the following sections, we will discuss how you can create a human resource strategy that is effective and efficient.

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Employee Handbook: Your Guide to Creating an Inclusive Resource

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is an employee handbook? When to create an employee handbook. 5 steps to writing an employee handbook. How to ensure your employee handbook is inclusive. 5 key takeaways to create an effective employee handbook.

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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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2022 Federal Poverty Guidelines | PeopleKeep

PeopleKeep

Each year, the federal government releases an updated federal poverty guidelines chart. This helps you understand if your household income qualifies you for several types of federal aid. However, with the passing of the American Rescue Plan , these guidelines have been adjusted. In this article, we’ll answer common questions about federal poverty guidelines, including: What are federal poverty guidelines?

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Welcome New Hires and Boost Retention with Onboarding | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

While accepted offers come with a sigh of relief after actively recruiting new talent, the hard work doesn’t stop there. Whether you’re the hiring manager or HR, it is important that you properly welcome the new team member into your organization. There are many moving pieces with onboarding including setting up introductions with fellow team members, ensuring technology and tools are in place for success, and filling out paperwork to maintain compliance.

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Don’t Forget Remote Workers in Sexual Harassment Prevention Policies

InterWest Insurance Services

If you have staff working from home as a result of changes wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, you still need to stay on top of your obligations to protect your staff from sexual harassment. Not being physically in the office doesn’t seem to have had an effect on employee sexual harassment as employers paid out more than $65 million in sexual harassment settlements and court awards in 2020, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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What Is Groupthink And How Do You Avoid It?

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is groupthink? Examples of groupthink. 8 groupthink symptoms to look out for. What causes groupthink? How do you avoid groupthink?

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Louisiana Trial Court Errs in Awarding Attorney’s Fees Exceeding $2,000 Per Hour

The Workcomp Writer

The Supreme Court of Louisiana affirmed a trial court’s decision to the extent that it ruled it had jurisdiction to hear an employer’s claim for damages and penalties against its workers’ compensation insurer—the employer contended the insurer had breached its duty of good faith and fair dealing due to the insurer’s four-month delay in assigning counsel to defend a claim—but the high court held the trial court abused its discretion in awarding the employer, a law firm, the amount of $150,083.50

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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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How to smoothly end an independent contractor relationship

Insperity

Sometimes partnerships or contractor agreements must end due to issues with the quality of the work, a change in your business needs or a reduced budget for outsourced services. Oftentimes, these contracts are with freelancers who have been around for years. Maybe they’ve even been invited to your company’s holiday party. How can you successfully separate from these individuals while causing the least amount of turmoil?

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OSHA Reaffirms Arrival of Permanent Healthcare Industry COVID-19 Standard

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

On March 22, 2022, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a limited reopening of the rulemaking record for the COVID-19 emergency temporary standard for the healthcare industry, originally published on June 21, 2021 (the Healthcare ETS), and OSHA’s intention to hold an informal public hearing to gather certain additional information from healthcare […].

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17 Surprising Ways to Use your Medical FSA Funds

Benefit Resource Inc.

Health and medical expenses are covered by a Flexible Spending Account or Medical FSA to promote general well-being. These accounts are used to cover health and medical expenses both for you and your dependents (usually children). Take advantage of your pre-tax benefits this year! You may be able to save on routine expenses, like preventative healthcare costs.

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Benefits Madness: The Championship

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Benefits Madness was not all fun and games—It gave us a chance to see what innovative employee benefits the fans are really rooting for! Benefit offerings like healthy snacks and. Read more > The post Benefits Madness: The Championship appeared first on Word on Benefits.

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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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Remote I-9 Submission: An Update on DHS’s Pandemic Policies

Business Management Daily

The COVID-19 pandemic brought many changes to how applicants are hired and work. We saw a huge uptick in the number of employees and new hires who worked fully from home instead of in an office. Remote work became the standard for all who could. The goal was to continue operations while the coronavirus raged and governments ordered business shutdowns to curb infections.

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PEO Tax Implications: Everything You Need To Know

Genesis HR Solutions

When choosing a professional employer organization (PEO), there is an entire checklist of items you should consider to make sure you choose a partner that is a good fit for you. In this article, we’re honing in on one of the most important aspects of working with a PEO—the tax perspective. You know partnering with a PEO is the right move—now, here’s how to find the best match for your business.

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10 Company Retreat Ideas to Unite and Inspire Your Team

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is a company retreat? Why do companies do retreats? 10 ideas for your next retreat. How to organize an inclusive company retreat.

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The Effects of Obesity on an Injury

Workers' Compensation

The impact of morbid obesity on the residuals of an injury that occurred at work is to be considered when evaluating an individual’s eligibility for Social Security disability. A Federal District Court judge recently ruled that even though obesity alone is not itself a “listed impairment,” a hearing official must analyze its effects on the residuals of an injury.

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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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On disability bullying

Minding the Workplace

We have long known that children who have disabilities are more likely to experience bullying behaviors than their peers who are perceived as being non-disabled. The National Bullying Prevention Center ( link here ), for example, shares that in 10 U.S. studies examining “the connection between bullying and developmental disabilities, all of these studies found that children with disabilities were two to three times more likely to be bullied than their nondisabled peers.” Indeed, sear

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Consolidation, Mediation, and Renumeration

Florida Workers' Comp

The rumor mill is an active and intriguing place. A few rumors trickle back to me periodically. This post addresses some that seem pertinent and popular recently. A great deal is changing in the world of Florida workers' compensation disputes. Through a combination of Legislative action action and regulatory efforts, there is much to report now and the potential exists for additional change in the future.

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Why are Employee Rewards and Recognition Important and How do they Positively Affect an Organization

Empuls

When Hubspot topped Glassdoor's list of Best Places to Work (in 2020) and dethroned the overarching giants like Facebook and Google, many in the industry stared at them with disbelief and a slight surprise. But Katie Burke, Hubspot's Chief People Officer, exuded the disposition of EXPECTANCY, as she knew that this wasn't a miracle that happened over one night.

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Case Study: Kimberly Clark Revitalizes Employee Self Service

UpstartHR

“In 2021, our employees asked about 27,000 questions from the chatbot and completed about 16,000 transactions. So this year our focus is really on reinforcing awareness and adoption while we’re working to continue to improve our processes, our content, and our support structure.” Nicole Sloan, Employee Experience Leader, Kimberly Clark.

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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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16 Best Tools For Human Resource Team (2022)

Hppy

Having a job in HR management is not as easy as it looks. HR professionals need to manage and recruit from different departments, including marketing & sales, app development , accounting, to talent acquisition itself. For various tasks like screening of the candidates, hiring, joining, training, payment management, regulatory compliance, etc, jobs they have to manage on their own.