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What makes a top employer in 2021?

Pacific Prime

From the highly educated researcher to the experienced marketer and the charismatic salesperson to the motivated intern, every company wants the best and the brightest when hiring for a role. But these top candidates won’t consider just any company. To get their attention, it’s necessary to be a top employer. Don’t fret if you’re not. The post What makes a top employer in 2021?

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Health Insurance Carriers to Begin Mailing Out Rebate Checks

BerniePortal

In 2021, many health insurance plans may be eligible for a rebate. Your organization may qualify if you've sponsored a fully-insured health plan in the past three years. What other factors are impacting your chances of receiving a rebate in 2021? Find out more.

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Why employers are shifting the responsibility of health benefits to employees

PeopleKeep

Group health insurance plans, set up so the employer picks a health plan and the employees are left out of the decision-making process, have been the tradition since the creation of employer-sponsored health insurance back in the early days of World War II. However, today’s workforce has changed a lot since then, and so has how we buy health benefits.

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529 Plans: Know the Full Story

Kollath CPA

The coronavirus upended the lives of many college students. They had to return home to learn remotely in order to try to slow the spread of the virus. At the same time, many students and their parents lost jobs or had wages reduced as part of the virus’s economic fallout. This impacted the ability to save and pay for college. But you may not realize that one of the lesser-known uses of 529 plans is helping families retool skill sets.

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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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How to Save Time and Money Through Employee Training

Take It Personel-ly

Photo by fauxels from Pexels Building effective employee training plans and programs is an individualized process. There are students who love to learn from video, while others want a book to highlight. Training someone to have mad skills on projects they avoid will not make them more excited, though you can train people to be […].

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5 Community Activities For People With Disabilities

Take It Personel-ly

In most cases, those with disabilities are excluded and have a more challenging time forming social relationships and participating in community activities. But these two are incredibly important for any individual’s physical and emotional well-being, regardless of their complications. To bridge the gap between the individuals with disabilities and community activities, various plans and programs […].

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Employers Respond To FDA Approval Of COVID-19 Vaccine

Wellable

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 16 years of age or older. This decision stands to significantly improve the public’s confidence in the safety of the vaccine and offer organizations stronger legal protections should they decide to implement a vaccine mandate.

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Why Cross-Cultural Communication Is Crucial In The Workplace

Hppy

Like most countries around the world, the U.S. is a proverbial melting pot of cultures that we encounter almost everywhere. Including at work. The only real response is to embrace it, as cross-cultural communication can and does drive workplace success. The U.S. already is home to thriving communities from various cultures. According to figures from 2018, more than 44 million people in the U.S. were born in other countries.

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Is your company credit card policy up to snuff?

Business Management Daily

Company credit cards are a useful tool to help reduce the financial burden on employees who travel frequently for work or regularly incur other charges on behalf of the company. These cards can be great tools as long as they are managed properly. If you’re planning to start issuing company credit cards to your employees, it’s important to draft a thorough policy.

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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.

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What is Emotional Intelligence

Abel HR

An emotionally intelligent person has an excellent grasp of their emotions. You’ve probably encountered one with high emotional intelligence. It can even be you. But first, let’s define this specific type of intelligence: What Is It? Emotional intelligence is often explained as the ability to “recognize, interpret and process emotions,” whether in yourself or others.

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Workplace stress statistics: how stressed is the UK in 2021?

cipHR

Workplace stress statistics in the UK. Whether it’s workload, time pressures, issues with pay, holiday allowances or workplace dynamics, our jobs can be the cause of much stress in our lives. Even for those of us who enjoy our careers and get along with our bosses – or are our own bosses – work life can be stressful, and it can be difficult to switch off and leave it all behind at the end of the working day.

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Finding jobs for people with disabilities

HR Digest

Job seekers with disabilities face a tough task as the unemployment rate amongst them is almost double those without. So people with disabilities seeking jobs should start with making a list of companies that are disabled friendly and have specific jobs reserved for them or government listings reserved for them. Another good source is websites that specialize in opportunities that accommodate people with disabilities.

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Now’s the time to finally get a will sorted

Enjoy Benefits

The summer is over, kids (if you have them) are back at school, and Christmas is still a few months away. It feels like a fresh chapter, and the ideal time to get organised before life gets busy again. One thing that most of us put off is making a will. It feels like you’ll have lots of time and it’s not that high on your list of priorities. And, let’s be honest, it touches on a subject we prefer not to think about.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Contemporary Leadership for Today’s Ever-Changing World

Vantage Circle

What does it take to help leaders communicate and lead in today’s modern world? A simple word answer would be “Contemporary leadership.” Even the most personable and engaging leaders can benefit from contemporary leadership approaches. Contemporary leadership theory is the leadership approach for the 21st century. In the past half-century, the study of leadership has evolved.

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Now’s the time to finally get a will sorted

Enjoy Benefits

The summer is over, kids (if you have them) are back at school, and Christmas is still a few months away. It feels like a fresh chapter, and the ideal time to get organised before life gets busy again. One thing that most of us put off is making a will. It feels like you’ll have lots of time and it’s not that high on your list of priorities. And, let’s be honest, it touches on a subject we prefer not to think about.

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Improve and Maintain Employee Performance with Rescreening

The Olson Group

When HR professionals think about improving and maintaining employee performance, most think of time management, setting clear goals and expectations, communication skills, development, culture, the list goes on. Oftentimes, what happens outside of the workplace and how that can affect employee performance is an afterthought, sometimes when it’s too late.

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Improve and Maintain Employee Performance with Rescreening

The Olson Group

When HR professionals think about improving and maintaining employee performance, most think of time management, setting clear goals and expectations, communication skills, development, culture, the list goes on. Oftentimes, what happens outside of the workplace and how that can affect employee performance is an afterthought, sometimes when it’s too late.

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.