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7 Countries with the Best Paternity Leave

Global People Strategist

Parental leave across the globe ranges from a total of three years to nothing at all. Paternity leave is an important topic to address as there are still several countries that do not offer fathers the same benefits as mothers. Many countries make the leave flexible by offering it as parental leave and open to utilization by either parent. Depending on your geographical location, company, and employment laws, paternity leave can vary.

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What to do with nice, but underperforming employees

Insperity

What do you do when a team member is a great people person but is ineffective at their job? It’s a common challenge for managers – one that is difficult to deal with. An underperforming employee hurts everyone: the person, the team, the company and your clients. If you allow it to go on, it can damage relationships among team members and with clients.

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The Future of Employee Benefits | benefitexpress

WEX Inc.

The future of employee benefits: A four part series. The ongoing pandemic is undoubtedly the number one factor driving changes in what your employees want and need from benefits programs.

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Terminations — making a difficult conversation easier

Business Management Daily

From meetings to chats with coworkers, talking keeps the workplace going round and even makes it a bit more fun. However, a termination talk? That’s a different story! These challenging conversations are characterized by hesitation, reluctance, and a general uncertainty, but they’re important conversations that must happen. As a manager, you know that you’ve done your due diligence in determining the cause of termination , consulting with legal counsel, and giving the employee both written

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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 Connect Your Business to Younger Generations Through Advertisements

Take It Personel-ly

You want to make sure that the younger generations are aware of all that your business offers. You want young people to know that your business is out there and that it can be helpful to them. There are ways that you can work on your advertising so that it will appeal to younger generations. […].

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Digital World: Essential Upcoming Tech for Every Small Business

Take It Personel-ly

By now, it is cliche to say that technology is growing exponentially, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s true. Our response to the pandemic, coupled with a growing trend towards AI, automation, and machine learning, has brought mass adoption of several new and groundbreaking technologies. These technologies are sure to revolutionize the small […].

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Making the switch from group health insurance to an HRA

PeopleKeep

When it comes to offering health benefits to your employees, group health insurance is the traditional choice, but it isn’t for everyone. For many small employers, the high costs, lack of flexibility, and complicated nature of group plans aren’t worth the hassle. Instead, health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) offer a quality health benefit that’s affordable, customizable, and simple for both employers and employees.

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How Technology Improves the Employee Experience | Ascender on demand Webinar

Ascender

Current HR technology like employee performance management , development and engagement are more powerful, concise and configurable than ever before. In this webinar we explain how proper utilization of these solutions creates an experience that employees feel is more intimate and intuitive, and correlates to the positive experience they enjoy as consumers of popular apps and websites every day.

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Internal Pipelines Becoming “The Future of Talent Management”

Abel HR

When the world shut down in response to the pandemic, so did many companies’ recruiting pipelines. After all, no one was exactly clamoring to change up careers or employers when the future of so many were uncertain. However, as companies began to reevaluate and rescale their businesses in the post-pandemic corporate environment, business owners began to turn to their in-house talent to fill new roles.

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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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13 Great Ways To Celebrate National Reconciliation Week In The Workplace

Vantage Circle

Since 2002, National Reconciliation Week has been an integral way for Australians to celebrate their shared heritage, culture, and accomplishments. It’s more than a holiday. It’s a means of making (and celebrating) impactful change. Also, it’s a reminder of how far Australians have come and how far Australians have to go to establish a culture of peace, respect, and harmony.

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The Difference Between Employee Benefits and Perks

Abel HR

When you’re seeking to recruit top talent to your business, your employees are going to want all the details about your benefits and perks. But are they really all that different? And if they are, which ones are most important to prospective employees and thus should be the focus of your investment? Benefits are a type of non-wage compensation that supplement an employee’s salary.

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HR’s Role in Supporting Mental Wellness in the Workplace

PeopleStrategy

Despite living and working in the rapidly evolving digital age, neither employees nor employers were ready for the sudden changes to everyone’s daily work routine that occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The effects have been sweeping, from involuntary transitions to work-from-home roles, constant adaptation to fluctuations in health-related guidance, and in some … HR’s Role in Supporting Mental Wellness in the Workplace Read More » The post HR’s Role in Support

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How to Develop Leadership Skills in HR

Hppy

Taking a leadership role in the human resource department requires a wide variety of skills. It is for this reason why Human Resources leaders often stand out. They possess certain qualities that are natural to them but can also be developed through focus and training. If you want to excel in a Human Resources career, you need to hone your leadership qualities and skills.

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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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Preparing for Hurricane Season

AssuredPartners

The Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1 st and runs through November 30 th. It is important that business owners ensure everything is being done to protect valuable assets, customers, residents, employees, and property. Hurricanes can be very costly and disruptive to business operations. Many businesses are still feeling the effects of last year’s hurricanes.

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An Employers Guide to Agile Compensation Strategies

Hppy

To accelerate the pace of change in the workplace, a lot of work is being done. First, the employer has lost power. We are now in an employee’s market where companies fight tooth and nail to get the best talent. Due to the increase in pay grade information, the employees know how much money there is in the market, so they are not scared to ask for fair wages.

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How Hireology’s Product Team Helped Lead the Charge in Building a Remote Workforce

Hireology

Hireology has always operated with a hybrid work model. Since our founding in 2009, about 40% of our workforce has been located outside of our Chicago headquarters. When the pandemic hit and new stay-at-home orders were put in place, ten years of experience operating a hybrid workforce model served to guide as we rapidly transitioned our entire office to work from home. .

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Extrinsic Motivation: All You Need To Know

Vantage Circle

People wouldn't be able to do half of what they are doing to achieve success if they weren't motivated. Motivation is what fuels the body and mind to complete a task. But, you can't control intrinsic motivation when it comes to inspiring your employees. At this point, Extrinsic motivation will take center stage. Extrinsic motivation is prompted in an individual by giving them external rewards.

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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.