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10 Rules for Video Call Etiquette for Business

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. I don’t need to produce any statistics to convince you that video calls are popular. Over the past year, the use of video call technology has grown exponentially – to the point where we actually have video call fatigue. Personally, I think one of the reasons that we have video call fatigue is because we haven’t developed any universally accepted rules or etiquette.

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Overtime FAQ: How to Answer Commonly Asked OT Questions | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

The ins and outs of overtime policies can get tricky. From federal government regulations and exempt vs. non-exempt status to everything in between, find out what employers need to know about OT compliance in the workplace using these FAQs.

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Event Recap: Consolidating Pre-Hire Tools to Hire Faster

Hireology

Our final installment of our “Reimagining the Workforce” series took place yesterday, and if you didn’t get a chance to attend, you can watch the recording below. We covered how consolidating your tech stack can help you hire your team faster by reducing friction between softwares that don’t speak to each other. And here’s a summary of what was covered: In an applicant economy, the speed in which you can attract and hire talent is critical.

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The Best Management Tips For a New Company

Take It Personel-ly

There’s nothing like the excitement and challenge of getting a new business off the ground. When managing a new company, it’s important to have a plan and build on a firm foundation. Things move so quickly at the beginning, it’s easy to not invest in a foundation that will stand strong over time. If planning, […].

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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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Are Employers Required to Provide Breaks?

Stratus.HR

I was recently asked if employers have to offer breaks to employees. The answer probably sounded like the most canned response an HR professional can give: it depends. There’s no federal law that requires you to offer breaks, but that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook. While providing rest periods is generally good business practice, you may be required to provide breaks based on the following: Which state your company is located; How old the employee is; What the employees’ job duties are; What

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Employers need to lead on the mental health crisis or business will suffer

Business Management Daily

In 2020 we had a perfect storm of stress. We witnessed demonstrations and civil unrest, economic uncertainty, unprecedented levels of unemployment, election year acrimony, social isolation, and of course, a global pandemic! These extraordinary events strained coping capabilities and took a great physical and mental toll on a lot of people. Some sources have estimated that 2020 brought about a 50% increase in behavioral health conditions like anxiety disorders, depression, burnout, and insomnia,

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Breaking Down Dress Codes

Abel HR

While many of us have spent the last year slumming it on the couch in our best pair of sweatpants, as the world reopens, so too must our wardrobes. As such, we wanted to use this platform to remind folks of the rules when it comes to dressing for your return to the office. Now, before we give you some huge list of do’s and don’ts, it’s important to first decide what type of office dress code you want your business to fall into, which in turn will inform the style rules you s

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Employment and Labor Law in Australia

Global People Strategist

Australia is the world’s 6th largest country in land size. It is the largest country in Oceania, which comprises 14 independent nations (including New Zealand and other small Pacific island countries). The 6 mainland states, along with the adjacent island state of Tasmania, make up the country of Australia. Based on the location of its 7 states; New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, Southern Australia, and Tasmania, the country is divided into 3 separate t

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Summer dress down 2021

Abel HR

When our parents were living out their corporate dreams, soaring temperatures were no excuse to let the office dress code slide. However, nowadays, warmer weather outside of the office is typically accompanied by a more relaxed style of dress inside. But the loosening of the dress code rules doesn’t mean abandoning the whole concept of professional and appropriate attire.

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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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Don’t Let Someone Else’s Loneliness Spoil Your Own

Take It Personel-ly

I went for a walk this morning in a nearby park and ended up in a lively conversation with an 87-year-old man who was walking his Shih Tzu. Alan talked at length about Marcy, who had entered his life six months ago after his previous dog had passed. Keeping It Real About ten minutes into […].

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How to Find a Resolution During Employee Conflict

Abel HR

A conflict between employees can disrupt the workflow in your organization. In worst-case scenarios, this animosity between co-workers can reflect in client meetings or during a crucial time in your project. In short, negativity in the workplace won’t do anyone good. Employee conflicts are always on a down-low until either party runs out of patience.

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How to hire between 2 strong candidates

Insperity

Hiring the wrong person is costly. According to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management , it takes a little over $4,000 on average to hire a single employee, and it takes about 42 days from start to finish. So if you’re unsure about how to hire between two candidates, it can be a weighty decision to make, especially if your business doesn’t have a lot of margin for error.

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4 Ways to Foster a Continuous Feedback Culture

15Five

Feedback shouldn’t be just a once-a-year activity. The most engaged companies make feedback a continuous endeavor from monthly surveys to biweekly one-on-ones. However, giving feedback is much easier said than done. Chances are, you’ve probably committed at least one feedback faux pas. Some employers talk about how they would’ve done things better. Others only highlight what a team member does wrong while skimping on recognition.

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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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4 Factors to Consider as Employees Return to the Office

Benefit Resource Inc.

Commuter benefit plans need to meet the demands of the modern worker who will soon return to the office. Gone are the days of a monthly commuting pass; here to stay is the new hybrid model. Employees may come into the office only a few days a week using different forms of transportation each time. An equally flexible solution is needed that matches the behaviors and commuting habits of the hybrid employee.

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What Is A Differentiation Strategy? Its Types, Benefits, and Examples

Vantage Circle

For modern businesses, the crux of survival and success depends on constantly doing something new. Organizations choose to restructure over time and use various business strategies to advance. If you want to increase profits without reducing your prices, you must consider a differentiation strategy. You can build a positive brand image with these three factors: By selling your products at the lowest price.

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2021 QSEHRA Annual Report on Nonprofit Organizations

PeopleKeep

We're back with our third annual QSEHRA report on nonprofit organizations (NPOs) to show how they used the benefit in 2020 and compare that to previous years tp unearth YOY trends. In our 2021 report , we aggregated data from more than 200 of our NPO customers to show allowances, reimbursements, and employee engagement broken down by organization size and employee family status.

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Vantage Circle Partners with Rembrandt Awards to Introduce a Total Recognition Solution

Vantage Circle

Employee recognition goes a long way in boosting employee productivity and engagement.And by recognition, we mean the formal or informal way of acknowledging an employee's effort in achieving a company goal. Companies that recognize and value their employee's contributions have seen an increase in their total revenue, productivity, and other benefits.

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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 the Chip Shortage Means for Hiring at Your Dealership

Hireology

The events of 2020 and beyond have impacted the manufacturing space in many ways. But the production of semiconductor chips — which power anything from toothbrushes to Playstations — has been hit particularly hard. And few industries have suffered the consequences of the chip shortage more than the auto industry. For dealerships, the chip shortage has led to an extreme new car inventory shortage.