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No Jab, No Job: Major companies take a hard line on mandated vaccinations

HR Digest

The White House wants CEOs to lead in the fight against the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus. Some of the nation’s largest employers, after months of skirting around the fraught issue, have in recent days been compelled to make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for workers. This may be legally inconsequentially, however, the recent vaccine mandate has left many business leaders worried about its political implications.

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FDA gives the ok on Pfizer vaccine — time to get tough on employees?

Business Management Daily

Recently, the Food and Drug Administration took an important step when it gave permanent approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine. This will hopefully be enough of a motivator to get employees who were concerned about the emergency authorization off the vaccination fence. But it may not. Some may still say the entire process was too rushed, which only goes to prove you can’t make everyone happy.

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How to make workforce operations planning more flexible, resilient

Insperity

Most of our organizations were disrupted by COVID-19. Consequently, many businesses developed pandemic-era operational practices necessary to keep serving customers and supporting employees. Now, with new disease variants rising, forward-thinking business leaders are starting to recognize that having a flexible strategy may be a long-term part of a company’s overall workforce operations planning.

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Is flexible working the future of employment?

Hppy

According to a report published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 46.4% of employees in London worked at home “at some point” in 2020, with many taking this new-found way of working into the new year too. Many companies, in fact, decided to pivot towards a more flexible way of working over the past year, giving their employees freedom to choose their hours and whether they want to work from the office or to be flexible.

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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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5 Ways to Earn Extra Income Through Investments

Take It Personel-ly

Investing can seem like a complex world to break through to, but now more than ever, there are increasingly easy ways to invest your money to earn more. The best part is that some options for investing don’t require a lot of money. As the pandemic continues, some of us may be looking for other […].

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Jamaican Bar Association President Urges Government to Clarify Stance on COVID Vaccine Mandates

Global People Strategist

Comments made by a Jamaican Ministry of Labour and Social Security official have sparked debate on the issue of employer vaccine mandates amongst members of Jamaica’s legal community. In an interview with the Jamaican Observer, Gillian Corrodus, the Ministry’s divisional director of industrial relations, seemed to hint that employer vaccine mandates would violate International Labor Organization Convention 111, which addresses discrimination. .

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Want Employees to Immunize? You May Need to Incentivize! 

HR Professionals Magazine

By Anne Hensley. As the pandemic continues, and with FDA approval of the vaccine likely imminent, employers are increasingly focused on how the vaccine can or should tie into their business policies. As of August 13, 70% of the adult population in the United States have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. With the Delta variant surging and return-to-work efforts on shaky ground, employers are facing almost impossible decisions in a very difficult employment landscape.

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HR software provider CIPHR appoints new CFO

cipHR

CIPHR is pleased to announce the appointment of Ray Berry as its new chief financial officer. CIPHR, a leading UK provider of SaaS people management solutions, has appointed Ray Berry to its senior management team and the group’s Board of directors as chief financial officer (CFO), with immediate effect. Berry will help support CIPHR’s ongoing growth strategy and the group’s continued investment in its business, technology, and people.

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Workforce Planning: A question of survival

Benefit Resource Inc.

Anyone who’s been exposed to the elements for an extended period knows there’s the question of survival: food, water, or shelter? Which one do you choose? Ultimately, the answer is “yes.” We can live without some of those longer than others depending on the conditions, but they all end up being important. Executives are faced with a similar choice when it comes to workforce planning, and mental health.

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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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Employee Spotlight – Talking Voluntary Benefits and Industry Trends With Our RFP Manager/Underwriting & Benefits Analyst

Winston Benefits

Questions Katie: I’ve been lucky enough to work with you my entire tenure at Winston and hopefully we’ll have many more years as coworkers! How do you think your role at Winston has helped employers? Dona: Thanks, Katie, and I’m looking forward to many more years as teammates too! I think my role as RFP … Continue reading "Employee Spotlight – Talking Voluntary Benefits and Industry Trends With Our RFP Manager/Underwriting & Benefits Analyst".

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6 Employee Management Tips You Should Incorporate ASAP

Hppy

Being a company leader has its perks, but it isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. The responsibility of successfully managing your team of employees is one of the more crucial tasks you must complete. Employee management extends beyond the quality of work team members complete and also is based on the team’s well-being and relations. Of course, a good team also leads to good results in the end. .