Thu.Sep 29, 2022

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The Working Condition Fringe Benefit Is Tax-free. Who Knew?

Patriot Software

For many employers, nothing’s more confusing than employee benefits and payroll taxes. Are there any fringe benefits that are exempt from all payroll taxes? Yes, there are, and the working condition fringe benefit (spoiler!) is one of them. What is the working condition fringe benefit? The working condition benefit is a type of fringe benefit […] READ MORE.

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Thoughts on Safety from the News.

Florida Workers' Comp

We pause and think about safety periodically. There is a vast assortment of challenges out there in the world that may result in an accident. Workers' compensation is built for such instances and remains focused on safety after about 100 years (in some jurisdictions a bit more, in others a bit less). The thing about workplace accidents is that none should be ignored.

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Tips for improving the hiring process in a company

Hppy

When it comes to recruiting, every company has its hiring process. Business leaders must always be on the lookout for fresh talent, and this procedure is more nuanced than just scanning applications and doing the interview process itself. Defects when you want to hire, such as a badly written job advert or a lack of response to a survey, might discourage a competent person from applying.

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CY 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

On July 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2023 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B Proposed Rule, which was published in the Federal Register on July 29, 2022. The proposed rule includes proposals related to Medicare physician payment […].

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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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What You Need to Know About a Qualifying Life Event

Patriot Software

Employees have a window of time each year to sign up for certain types of employer-sponsored insurance. Although this open enrollment period takes place at the end of each year for all employees, an employee can add or remove coverage at any time of the year if they have a qualifying life event. What is […] READ MORE.

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Promotion Policy Guidelines and Best Practices

BetterUp

Research from McKinsey & Company finds that of employees who voluntarily leave their jobs, 35% cite a lack of career development and promotion opportunities as their reason.

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CalSavers Program Expanding for Small Employers

Snell & Wilmer Benefits

On August 26, 2022, the Governor of California signed Senate Bill No. 1126 (“S.B. 1126”) into law, amending California’s CalSavers Retirement Savings Program (“CalSavers”). In general terms, CalSavers automatically enrolls eligible California employees in ROTH Individual Retirement Accounts if their employer does not provide a qualified retirement plan.

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What is Quiet Quitting and How to Avoid it

Empuls

Sarai Marie (@saraisthreads) went viral for her short video clips on TikTok, showing the world classic examples of ‘quiet quitting.’ But a 24-year-old engineer from New York called Zaid Khan first started the trend (@zaidlepplin). His catchy 17-second video summed up the sentiments of a new generation of post-pandemic workforce rebelling against the 24/7 start-up grind - the ‘hustle culture.

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How to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace

Sodexo Engage

Summary: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the workplace. Exploring DEI concepts. Equity in action. How does DEI at work directly impact your business? DEI Laws. How do you embed diversity, equity, and inclusion at work? How Sodexo Engage can assist with DEI at work. How to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. We recently shared a blog on how to improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

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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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Are You Unintentionally Breaking CA Lunch Break Laws?

CorpStrat

As an employer, you already have so many things to worry about, from delivering the best Employee Benefits packing to retaining and attracting your top employees. The last thing you want is to run into substantial fines for breaking California’s hyper specific wage and hour laws. Today we’re talking about how important it is to have a plan and policy in place to ensure compliance so you don’t end up having to pay big money.

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Accountability

InterWest Insurance Services

The best teams hold themselves accountable. Members of these teams want to be pushed. Great teams crave accountability because they believe in the mission. High functioning teams want to be held to a high standard. Conversely, members of dysfunctional teams run from accountability. They hide from measurement. They dislike feedback. And they dread performance reviews.

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Template: How to Write an Offboarding Checklist | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

Though high attrition rates can be debilitating, some employee turnover is a normal part of running an organization. Whether the employee is resigning, retiring, or even being laid off or fired, HR pros need to have a system in place that ensures a smooth and graceful transition. Offboarding involves every step in the process of formalizing the permanent separation of an employee from your organization , from the resignation or termination announcement to after the employee’s last day.

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Gamification

InterWest Insurance Services

Do you remember as a kid having fun playing pick-up basketball with your friends? It was all fun and games up until somebody on the court said, “Hey, first team to 5 wins!” And then what happened? It was like the whole world changed. It was a massive shift. It’s kind of like the difference between the NBA regular season and the playoffs!

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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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Is Swearing at Work Okay? The complicated impact of profanity in a professional setting

Business Management Daily

Whenever you’re having a tough day at work, it’s normal for some four-letter words to come to mind. Yet, offensive language is still primarily seen as taboo in workplace culture , particularly in front of customers, managers, and executives. It’s more common for foul language to fly discretely between coworkers, which is typically accepted as long as no one is directly offended or insulted by the bad language.

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Leadership

InterWest Insurance Services

At InterWest, we receive a lot of feedback from our clients that one of the most important services we provide is our leadership framework for managing change. Leadership is a much-needed commodity in the best of times, but over these past couple of extremely difficult years, it has been the key to weathering the storm. But what does it mean to lead though this whirlwind of change?

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10 Best Cloud HR Software Systems in 2022

HR Lineup

Hiring suitable candidates and managing the workforce is among the most challenging tasks in any business since employees’ competency levels determine your business’s productivity. Employers are doing their best to remain competitive with the high demand for a qualified workforce. However, there are excellent tools that you can use to streamline the hiring process and ensure you get the right employees.

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8 Tips to Ace Interviews: How to Adapt to Being on Camera

BetterUp

Jump to section. The types of video interviews. 8 tips to prepare for your interview. Mastering your interview body language. Show them what you offer.

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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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Overtime pay and private insurance: Top 10 work perks employees want this year

Employee Benefit News

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Unpredictability? Workplace difficulties? It all means growth

BetterUp

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Injuries Sustained by MS Worker in Fight Over Country Music Not Compensable

The Workcomp Writer

In a case with a bizarre fact pattern, a Mississippi appellate court affirmed the denial of workers’ compensation benefits to a worker who sustained injuries in a workplace altercation [ Hollis v. Acoustics, Inc. , 2022 Miss. App. LEXIS 337 (Sept. 27, 2022). Finding that the altercation’s cause had been an argument over music genres—and not the work being performed—the court agreed with the Commission’s determination that the injuries did not arise out of and in the course of the employment.

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The Many Benefits of an HRA VEBA

Benefit Resource Inc.

Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) and Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) are two types of employee benefits that can offer significant advantages to employers. Let’s get to know more about HRA VEBAs. What is an HRA VEBA? An HRA VEBA, or a Health Reimbursement Arrangement Voluntary Employees Beneficial Association, is a type of employee benefits plan that allows employers to reimburse employees for qualifying medical expenses.

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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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6 Trending ways HRs can focus on during Recruitment

Hppy

One of the greatest methods to develop a successful hiring strategy is to keep up with the most recent hiring trends. This is especially important right now since, these days, hiring managers are having a hard time finding excellent applicants. As organizations struggle with a talent shortage, recruiting professionals seek fresh approaches to draw in skilled candidates.

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Understanding Pay Transparency: 5 Reasons to Start Talking Money

BetterUp

Salary can be a touchy subject for companies and employees alike.

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LGBTQ workers and ERGs took action in the face of monkeypox

Employee Benefit News

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Clarification on Extension of Amendment Deadlines for CARES Act Provisions

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

On September 26, 2022, the IRS released IRS Notice 2022-45 , which corrected a potential oversight in IRS Notice 2022-33, discussed in detail here. Notice 2022-33 had extended the deadline to adopt certain retirement and savings plan amendments required by the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (“ SECURE Act ”) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“ CARES Act ”) from December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2025, but the extension did not apply for

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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.