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Which Health and Wellbeing Activities will Employees Engage with at Work?

Sodexo Engage

Summary: Why is employee wellbeing so important? What sort of health and wellbeing activities are beneficial to employees? How can you engage remote and hybrid teams? How can you engage employees with health and wellbeing activities? Which Health and Wellbeing Activities will Employees Engage with at Work? Supporting the wellbeing of your employees has never been more important.

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Retirement and Taxes: "To" and "Through" Planning

Money Talk

If you picture retirement planning and taxes as a Venn Diagram, there is lots of overlap between these two areas of personal finance. This is true both during one’s working years (when taxpayers are saving for retirement) and later, when people are older and withdrawing taxable income from tax-deferred accounts. This post describes highlights from a recent webinar about retirement planning and taxes in both "to retirement" years (working and saving) and "through retirement" years (later life ass

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Pride Month: How to Cultivate An Inclusive Workplace | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

Inclusivity is a critical piece of organizational success. It directly impacts company culture, which influences the overall success of an organization. Individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ deserve the opportunity to feel included without the fear of being rejected or feeling like outsiders. In order to successfully create a workplace where all employees feel comfortable being themselves, you have to take time to understand their concerns and actively work to address them.

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How to attract job candidates as a startup

PeopleKeep

The United States is a hotbed for tech startups. Some of the most successful companies in the world began as startups in the U.S., including SpaceX, Stripe, Instagram, Airbnb, Epic Games, and DoorDash, to name a few. According to Statista 1 , 15.4% of the U.S. population is involved with a tech startup, either as an owner, partner, or employee. With many private startups hoping to reach unicorn status, or a valuation of $1 billion or more, acquiring and retaining top talent is essential.

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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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11 things not to do when leading a video meeting

Insperity

Whether you’re just learning how to host video meetings or have lots of practical knowledge, taking time to consider how you could improve the overall experience for your attendees is worth everyone’s time. And yes, there’s more to it than making sure you’re not muted. Even when you find yourself in back-to-back video meetings throughout the day, you still owe your team and clients a valuable experience when it’s your turn to lead a call.

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Reporting Workers’ Comp Claims Late Can Push up Costs Nearly 50%

InterWest Insurance Services

One of the keys to keeping the costs of a workers’ compensation claim from spiraling out of control is prompt claims reporting. Claims are routinely filed late, either by the injured worker who fails to report it to the employer, or the employer dawdling or procrastinating and not reporting the claim to its insurer. Either way, those delays result in delays in treatment, which can exacerbate the injury, leading to additional medical care and higher costs.

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Reading the Room Gives You an Edge — No Matter Who You're Talking To

BetterUp

Jump to section. What does it mean to read the room? Why is it important to read the room? 5 tips for reading the room. Ways to practice self-love.

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Workers Cite Health Benefits as a Top Factor When Accepting a Job

InterWest Insurance Services

Despite the job market upheaval and intense competition for talent, there is a mismatch between the value that human resources executives and job prospects put on employee benefits, according to a new survey. One in five workers surveyed said that health care and health insurance are a major factor when deciding to accept a job, compared with only 13% of human resources executives, according to the “2022 Health at Work” survey by Quest Diagnostics.

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Homework and Deadlines Matter: New IRS Pre-Audit Compliance Program for Retirement Plans

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

Retirement plan sponsors should be aware of a new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) pilot program, which permits plan sponsors to conduct a pre-examination “check-up” of retirement plan administration before the IRS begins a plan examination. As part of the program, the IRS will send a letter notifying a plan sponsor that its retirement plan has […].

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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 Often Should I Update My W-4 Tax Form?

Stratus.HR

When you first filled out your W-4 tax form as a new employee, you probably didn’t think much about it afterwards. But what if you’re filing your taxes a year later and you discover you had fewer taxes withheld from your paycheck than expected. Do you have any recourse if you suddenly owe the IRS big-time? What Is the function of the W-4 tax form?

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Want to overhaul your employee experience? Tackle these four areas first

cipHR

Focusing on putting people first when it comes to policies, technology and more will help create an organisation where employees can flourish, says one positive psychologist. Crafting a brilliant employee experience has risen up leaders’ priority lists in recent years; in fact, according to a global 2021 survey by Willis Towers Watson, 92% of employers will focus on employee experience as a priority over the next three years.

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Tips on how to manage remote workers

Higginbotham

Remote employees don’t want to return to the office. If managers want to keep these workers happy – and keep them from quitting – they’ll need to learn how to create successful remote work arrangements. It’s time to learn how to manage remote workers effectively. The Advantages of Remote Work. Proponents of remote work list lots of advantages. According to FlexJobs , remote work can result in less traffic and reduced environmental impact.

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How Paid Parental Leave Benefits Everyone

Flimp Communications

There's a groundswell of support for paid parental leave. Here's why you should offer — or expand — your paid parental leave benefits. Hint: it benefits everyone. The post How Paid Parental Leave Benefits Everyone appeared first on Flimp.

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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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Fine-Tuning Your Agency for Success

InterWest Insurance Services

As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and new volatilities arise, insurance brokerages have to be nimble and forward-thinking to be successful and continue growing. The pandemic has already forced most companies, including insurance agencies, to re-evaluate how they do business, and if the last two years have taught us anything, it’s that companies that embrace technology and can pivot quickly are the most likely to thrive.

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Insourcing or Outsourcing Your Leave Administration (On-Demand Webinar)

Griffin Benefits

The growing complexities of managing employee leave programs have led many employers to consider outsourcing their workforce absence management programs. As we discussed in our last blog and on-demand webinar “ Designing a Compliant PTO Program ”, the pace of change in this area of employee benefits is somewhat unprecedented, due mostly, though not entirely, to growing legal requirements set forth at state and local levels.

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Sleeping with pain can be tricky. Employers can help.

Fern Health

Pain has been around for as long as humankind. It would probably be a pretty accurate assumption that the first attempt at rudimentary medicine by our “caveman-esque” ancestors was to address pain. The post Sleeping with pain can be tricky. Employers can help. appeared first on Fern Health.

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COVID-19 on the Brain: Neurological Symptoms Persist in Majority of Long-Haulers

Workers' Compensation

A new study offers scientific evidence supporting permanent neurological disability flowing from an occupational COVID-19 condition. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine are conducting a longitudinal study to track neurological symptoms in COVID-19 “long-haulers.” The first round of results, published June 15, 2022 in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology , revealed the prevalence of various short- and long-term symptoms and found that, while many patient

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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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What is human business design?

LACE Partners

In this week’s podcast we spoke to Christian Voelkl from HR Pepper about a book they have recently released called ‘Human Business Design’ Aaron and Chris chat with him on some of the core themes, including how organisations need to embrace change and the importance of understanding who is involved in that change and what they need to buy in to it.

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Maternal Wall Bias Limits Fair Thinking: How to break the unconscious bias

HR Digest

If you’ve heard about the glass ceiling, then the maternal wall shouldn’t be new either. Many pregnant women or working moms suffer from this maternal bias in the workplace , and it’s not proper. There’s a lot of bias surrounding the workplace, and this particular one is nothing new. Reports show that many women suffer from this, especially when they become pregnant or become mothers.

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5 Compensation Issues And What HR Can Do To Avoid Them

Hppy

Compensation issues can happen even in the most organized and most people-oriented companies. Even the littlest compensation issue can impact the enthusiasm at work of the employees in the entire organization. When ignored, compensation issues can have you saying hello to disgruntled employees who’ll no longer show interest in staying with your company. .

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Decision Fatigue: 6 Ways to Defog Your Brain

BetterUp

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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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7 Simple Tips for Impeccable Office Event Planning 

Hppy

There’s more to office life than erratic schedules, tight deadlines, and last-minute assignments. The scenario isn’t as dull and depressing as it’s made out to be. There’s a fun side too. It involves corporate events conducted in a professional manner keeping intact the fun quotient and light-hearted atmosphere. Office events allow employees working in different departments to meet each other in an informal setting and fosters a spirit of camaraderie and cohesiveness.

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More Employers Add Narrow Networks to Offerings

InterWest Insurance Services

More employers are including narrow provider network insurance plans among their plan offerings to their employees to give them a lower-cost premium option. Narrow provider networks limit the number of covered providers included in health insurance plans. While these plans have been mainstays on Affordable Care Act marketplaces, employers have been slow to adopt them.

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How to Choose the Right Employee Experience Platform: A Comprehensive Guide

Empuls

If you want to increase your annual revenues, see your stock prices skyrocket, and your employee attrition plateau , you need it. But don’t just settle for ‘anything.’ An all-in-one experience platform can help you curate the best experiences for your employees, from onboarding to exit. Adobe moved to a digital credentialing platform that uses advanced analytics to identify employee interests and made changes based on their feedback.

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Cost of living concerns are pushing people to work more hours and through illness

cipHR

New research highlights the significant impact of the cost of living crisis on people’s home and work life – driving them to change jobs, take on more hours, and even attend work when they should be off sick. Nearly one in three (31%) of the 1,006 UK-based workers polled by HR software provider CIPHR in May report working more hours or extra shifts because of rising living costs over the last few months, and one in eight (12%) have taken on an additional job.

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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.