Thu.Nov 24, 2022

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EU approves major funding increase for new circular economy and clean energy projects

Workplace Insight

The European Commission has approved more than €380 million of funding for 168 new projects across Europe as part of its LIFE Programme for the environment and climate action. As part of the European Green Deal, it believes that the projects funded can help the EU become climate-neutral by 2050 and reach climate, energy and environmental goals. They aim to support biodiversity, nature restoration and a circular economy while contributing to the clean energy transition across the continent.

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Party like its 1499

Florida Workers' Comp

It is Thanksgiving 2022. I sit this morning with anticipation of the usual, the coming gluttony and regret. All signs point to it being a good day. There is a great deal to be thankful for in 2022, for me. As usual, there is a great deal to regret and lament in general. The world is not what it might be, and it certainly is not what it once was. As they say, "for better or worse," it "is what it is.

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IN Magazine Supplement: internal communications for hybrid working cultures

Workplace Insight

One of the many important talking points of The Great Workplace Conversation and the widespread adoption of hybrid working over the past three years has been how we talk about change. Whenever anybody refers to people ‘returning to work’, they can expect to be corrected by somebody else pointing out that most people never stopped working during the various lockdowns.

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Reshaping Learning and Growth in the Workplace

HR Digest

The changes in the workforce have made it seem like growth in the workplace is nearly impossible. Technology, demographics, and a shifting economy are redefining the way we work. This change is reshaping what it means to learn on the job in both formal and informal ways. There’s nothing more important than having a strong team, and it’s your job as an employer to ensure you have all the tools you need to build a successful one.

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Combatting the Effects of Inflation: Keeping Benefits Competitive While Cutting Cost

Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP - Employee Benefits and Total Rewards Leader, World at Work Content Author, and Speaker

After years of facing the global pandemic, we are now struggling with a new problem: inflation. No one could have predicted the impact of inflation on employee benefits and how it affects both employees and employers. Employers are now trying to maintain or lower the cost of benefits while competing for talent in a competitive and tight labor market, but the rising costs of consumer goods and healthcare make it extremely difficult to consider increasing their benefit offerings.

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TRILUX energy efficient lighting proves fit for the flexible, inclusive workplace of the future

Workplace Insight

A new installation at 20 Water Street in London allows a world leading, real estate services company to create a user-friendly, innovative workspace. The impressive downlight range from TRILUX opened the door to a complementary, tech-smart sustainable workplace lighting scheme – fit for the future of work. Global real estate advisor JLL’s new Canary Wharf office is in one of the most sustainable buildings in the UK.

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Business owners lose sleep over impact of mental health on their business, but don’t act

Workplace Insight

A new poll claims that the majority of business leaders say that mental health support isn’t available for their employees or isn’t utilised enough, despite acknowledging how poor mental health impacts business performance. The survey was conducted by GoProposal and is based on 750 small business owners in the UK. It claims that over half of businesses (55 percent) either have no mental health support in place for their employees or have support processes that aren’t used enough.

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Employee Benefits Awards 2023 opens for entries

Employee Benefits

Entries for the Employee Benefits Awards 2023 are now open, with the event set to take place on Friday 23 June 2023 at the HAC London. The Employee Benefits Awards is the event of the year for the reward, benefits and HR community. It recognises excellence and celebrates the organisations, teams and individuals that have made a significant difference through their reward and benefits strategies.

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HR Challenges in Banking for 2023

Darwinbox

The banking industry is on the path of transformational growth. HR in the banking industry will be responsible for facilitating growth and innovation in the sector. However, such transformational changes are seldom free of trials. In this article, we will explore the HR challenges that the banking industry will face in the year 2023. ?.

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Channel 4 starts reproductive health and hormone testing trial

Employee Benefits

Channel 4 started a six month trial this week that offers reproductive health and hormone testing to its employees, personalised to their symptoms and goals. Through a partnership with reproductive healthcare business Hertility, staff will be able to order a hormone and fertility test worth £149, and have access to an NHS approved health assessment and blood test, which can screen for reproductive health issues.

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Unleashing AI in Recruitment: The Ultimate Guide

Discover the power of AI in recruitment with Paycor’s complete guide. Learn how to streamline your hiring process, increase interview pipeline, uncover candidates other tools miss, and save time. Get ready to revolutionize your talent acquisition strategy today!

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Mental health flagged as major concern in HSE annual stats

Workplace Insight

The estimated number of workers in Great Britain suffering from work-related illness is 1.8 million with mental health issues related to stress, depression, and anxiety making up around half of all cases. That is the headline figure in the latest annual statistics report from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The figures from the workplace regulator show there were an estimated 914,000 cases of work-related stress, depression, or anxiety in 2021/22.

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The evolution of employee engagement surveys

cipHR

From annual surveys to weekly ‘pulse’ check-ins, there are many ways to listen to your people. Here’s how employee engagement survey technology is changing. The pandemic has been a ‘pivotal moment’ in employee research, according to Vijay Mistry, former senior consultant at People Insight, an engagement consultancy. With employees facing unprecedented levels of change, many organisations realised the value of capturing how they felt, listening to their concerns, and acting on their respons

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EMBED KINDNESS AND TOLERANCE INTO YOUR WORKPLACE CULTURE WITH AN END-TO-END WELLBEING STRATEGY

Employee Benefits

Positive workplace culture is a recruitment must-have. When Ian Hodson, Head of Reward at the University of Lincoln, spoke at EB Live 2022, he provided research showing that the workforce of tomorrow wants to experience workplace culture in the office environment, absorbing everything it entails. Since Sunday, 13 th November was World Kindness Day, we’re focusing on how you can make the experience better by embedding kindness into your workplace and how you can achieve it.

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Are your employees SAD? Seasonal Affective Disorder in the Workplace

Sodexo Engage

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How Can You Aggressively Manage Benefits Affordability?

Speaker: Alex Anderson - Total Rewards Strategist at Lockton Companies | Leo Tokar - President, People Solutions and Partner at Lockton Companies

Benefit cost increases regularly eclipse all other costs for organizations, yet bringing costs down is illusive. Now corporate priorities are swinging from solely a focus on talent to the need to actively manage benefit expenses, but no one wants to reduce benefits or ask employees to pay more. Join two total rewards experts, Alex Anderson and Leo Tokar, for an in-depth discussion on tactics to efficiently and effectively control and manage benefit cost.

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Procore appoints chief people officer

Employee Benefits

Construction management software business Procore has appointed Olga Kibler as its chief people officer , as part of its commitment to invest in its people and culture. Kibler will lead the organisation’s people strategy as it expands globally , across talent acquisition, operations and growth, talent business partners and employee relations, total rewards, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

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The do’s and don’ts of workplace gift giving

Insperity

As the end-of-year holiday gift-giving season approaches, you may start to stress about buying gifts for colleagues. Workplace gift giving can be tricky. You may wonder what to buy, who should receive a gift and how to go about the process of giving presents at work. Thankfully, the etiquette is less complicated than one might think. Below are the do’s and don’ts of giving gifts at work.

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82% undergoing fertility treatment would only consider employers offering relevant benefits

Employee Benefits

Eight in 10 (82%) employees either undergoing or preparing for fertility treatment would only consider working for an employer that offered fertility benefits , according to research by UK virtual fertility clinic Apricity. The survey of 500 UK people, with 40% undergoing fertility treatment and 60% preparing for it, found that 61% would expect their employer to cover these costs either in full or part, and that 84% funded their treatment themselves.

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The Benefits of Culture Training in the Workplace

Hppy

Cross-culture training is designed to improve communication skills between individuals from different cultural backgrounds. Cultural training has become necessary in the workplace, with modern teams dispersed across the globe and certain collaboration tools breaking geographical boundaries. This article looks at the benefits of cultural training in a diverse workplace. 1.

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HR and Employee Healthcare Reform: Keys to Increasing Employee Wellness and Retention

Speaker: Mallory Herrin, CEO & Principal HR Consultant at HerrinHR

Your employees are your most valuable resource. If you want to retain employees and keep them happy, you want to make the incentives more valuable. With a full-stack employee experience, culture, health, wellness and benefits navigation solution, you can provide employees with the wellbeing support they need. The results? Employees who are happier, healthier, and more engaged, as well as a business that is thriving both internally and externally, every day.