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Insurance Supports Sustainable Agriculture

AssuredPartners

Each year, National Ag Day recognizes and celebrates the critical role of agriculture in our country. In addition to producing the food, fiber, and renewable resources we need, agriculture has an essential role in maintaining a strong economy. As the population grows, so does the demand for food and fiber. Because of advancements in farming, America’s farmers can produce more while practicing sustainability for the future.

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What is Healthcare Consumerism? | PeopleKeep

PeopleKeep

Recently, healthcare consumerism has emerged as a growing trend in the medical benefits industry. Individuals are becoming more involved in the health benefits process. But what exactly is healthcare consumerism, and how does it affect employee health benefits? In this article, we’ll define healthcare consumerism and explore health benefit options that put decision-making power in the hands of employees: Defining healthcare consumerism.

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How the Pandemic Has Affected Reward Planning

Sodexo Engage

Summary: How did businesses change their reward strategies during the pandemic? Are businesses switching reward strategies as we come out of the pandemic? How reward strategies benefit businesses. How can businesses ensure they’re supporting their employees? How the Pandemic Has Affected Reward Planning. There are few areas of the working world that Covid-19 hasn’t affected.

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What does a benefits specialist do?

PeopleKeep

To retain top talent in a competitive job market, companies must have solid employee benefits packages. Perks and compensation keep companies attractive and employees satisfied. While compensation and benefits come from the employer, more specifically, a benefits specialist is often the one who actually puts the package together. A benefits specialist, or a compensation specialist, works in a company’s human resource department.

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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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Spot Recognition: How To Nail A Spot Award Program At Work

Vantage Circle

A spot award or on-the-spot recognition is one of the best and quickest ways to deliver meaningful rewards to your employees. Today, organizations understand the significance of appreciating their employees. Unlike service awards or "employee of the month" awards , today, spot awards are more commonly offered in traditional reward systems. This shift is often perceived as a positive one.

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Restlessness: 6 Tips to Overcome Feeling Stuck

BetterUp

Jump to section. What does it mean to feel restless? Common causes of restlessness. 6 ways to overcome restlessness.

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Top Reasons to Use Pre-Employment Skills Testing

HR Lineup

Skills testing recruitment strategy is becoming increasingly common among most hiring managers. During the hiring process, the company will want to gather all the relevant data about candidates to help them land the right fit. Although most employees are still stuck with traditional methods of using interviews and resumes, these tricks don’t often produce the best results.

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Types of Feedback and Ways to Use Them (With Examples)

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is feedback? 5 types of feedback. 5 tips for giving any type of feedback. Start giving feedback today.

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Does PTO Accrue During FMLA? 

Patriot Software

Say you have a PTO (paid time off) accrual policy where employees earn hours throughout the year. One of your employees goes on maternity leave, a type of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)-covered leave. She’s gone for 12 weeks. Does PTO accrue during FMLA? Yes, no, maybe so? In most cases, accruing PTO while […] READ MORE.

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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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Yale University Settles Workplace Wellness Lawsuit

Wellable

In July 2019, a class action lawsuit was filed against Yale University for the structure of its employee wellness program, Health Expectations. The high-profile settlement, which is still subject to court approval, is likely to have a lasting impact on the use of incentives to encourage employees to share health information.

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4 Ways Automation Can Actually Improve Employee Engagement

Hppy

Automation has become a controversial topic in business and human resource management. There’s a disconnect between organizations that see the cost-saving and productivity-enhancing benefits of automation and the employees who fear their job security is at risk. In light of the massive layoffs following the global pandemic, that fear isn’t unsubstantiated. .

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How to organize a comfortable one-on-one meeting

Abel HR

One-on-one meetings with managers are nerve-wracking situations. While it’s a way to give feedback and assess how your team is doing, it is also at risk of being performative, or worse, unnecessary. When unplanned, pre-meeting anxieties can easily turn into unintended sources of stress. You need to apply time-management tips and have agendas, talking points, and expectations in place even before the meeting happens.

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Advantages of Working in Finland

Global People Strategist

The happiest country in the world, Finland, has a world-class education system, a negligible crime rate, tremendous equality and freedom, and excellent job opportunities. In this blog, we will discuss some of the key reasons to consider working in Finland. Reasons to Work in Finland: 1) The Happiest Country in the World: According to the World Happiness Report from 2021, Finland was ranked the happiest country in the world, having scored 7.89 points on a 0-10 scale.

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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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Out-sourced PR Hacks

Abel HR

Any business owner knows that they should promote their company, services, or products to get more customers flocking to them. Marketing is already a given, but many small businesses overlook the power of public relations. It can be tempting to hire an expert to work on your public relations (PR). However, you don’t need to outsource your PR if you have a limited budget.

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How to Deal With Retaliation at Work

HR Digest

Most people have a broad understanding of what is allowed and not allowed at a workplace. While many know what the common rules are, they are not aware of laws that protect whistleblowers from retaliation at work. These laws protect employees from the wrath of vindictive employers who might take offense in case something is reported to higher officials.

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Rocky tax season could lead to slow refunds for employees

Business Management Daily

There’s a reason the IRS rolled out some new tools and beefed up some old tools on its website this filing season—it’s still bogged down with last year’s returns! Peoples’ patience is running thin. The cause, of course, is the pandemic, plus comically tragic underfunding for well over a decade. The likely effect will be delayed tax refunds for taxpayers who file even minimally complex returns. 2021 Form 1040 tax filing stats so far.

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Overqualified For a Job? Here’s What To Do About It

BetterUp

Jump to section. Can you be overqualified for a job? 5 reasons why potential employers reject overqualified candidates. How to know when you're overqualified for a job. 7 tips for what to do if you're overqualified. Your next step: 5 extra tips for your resume. Looking ahead.

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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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Building and Keeping a Successful Team of Producers

InterWest Insurance Services

One of the hardest parts of running an insurance brokerage is keeping a strong team of producers motivated to meet their sales targets. The task is especially difficult in today’s tight job market when insurance agencies need to take the extra steps required to put in place the intangibles that are needed to retain and attract top talent. The keys to doing that are a culture of teamwork and support and a company culture that imbues motivation among your producer team.

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Tips for engaging millennials in the workplace

Higginbotham

Millennials are now the largest workforce in the U.S. According to Pew Research Center , millennials have been the largest generation in the labor force since 2016. For older managers, this means that it’s absolutely essential to know how to deal with millennials in the workplace – keep reading for important tips for engaging millennials in the office.

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Efficiency Versus Effectiveness: Is It Possible To Do Both?

BetterUp

Jump to section. Efficiency versus effectiveness defined. Which comes first, effectiveness or efficiency? What are efficiency and effectiveness in management? How to increase the effectiveness of your teams. How to increase the efficiency of your teams. Integrating efficiency and effectiveness together.

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Resume Screening: Everything You Need To Know

HR Lineup

Resume screening is one of the most critical procedures in the recruiting process. It saves recruiters time, leading to fast and efficient hiring. Usually, resume screening is conducted manually or using automated software. Although you may spend hours manually screening a single candidate’s resume, the most important thing is identifying the best technique for the process.

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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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Psychological Flexibility: The Power of Staying Present

BetterUp

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