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Are You Financially Resilient?

Money Talk

Financial resilience is the ability to withstand life events that impact one’s income and/or assets. In everyday language, resiliency is the ability to “roll with the punches” and carry on despite life’s setbacks. Resilient people often “use lemons to make lemonade.” Some financially stressful events, such as unemployment, divorce, disability, and health problems affect people individually.

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September Jobs Report: Shifting Your Hotel’s Hiring Tactics

Hireology

Last week’s Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report revealed a less than stellar job growth performance across all industries. Overall, in September we saw a gain of 194,000 jobs. 74,000 of those jobs came from leisure and hospitality — by far the most out of any industry, and this growth represents about 38% of all of the jobs added in September overall.

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6 Essential Tips to Work from Home like a Pro

Take It Personel-ly

You might have thought about the best website to buy pc for work, but your productivity isn’t the same? The Covid-19 pandemic has shocked the world and altered our way of life forever. While the epidemic’s effects have been primarily bad, there is some good news in the gloom: the pandemic has changed our workplace […].

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The Great Resignation & its Antidote: The One Thing

Darwinbox

When organizational psychologist Anthony Klotz coined the phrase "the Great Resignation”, little did he know how ‘great’ of a wave it really would be. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics , 4 million Americans quit their jobs in July 2021. Resignations peaked in April and have remained abnormally high for the last several months, with a record-breaking 10.9 million open jobs at the end of July.

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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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Employee Retention Credit Owner Wages: Do They Count for the Credit?

Patriot Software

Along with other COVID-19 relief measures, the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) took the world by storm in 2020 and 2021. Eligible employers who are able to keep employees on payroll can claim the credit (up to $28,000 per employee in 2021) through the end of 2021. But, what about shareholder wages? Are you able to […] READ MORE.

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Making Black Friday Work for You – The Consumer!

Take It Personel-ly

Black Friday can be a curse and a blessing all rolled into one! Retailers are excellent at creating a massive amount of buzz, adrenaline, and impulse for spending money. To get the best bargains as a consumer, you need to take a step back from the noise and the frenzy and focus on what you […].

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Studies Suggest Employers Should Focus On Physical Activity Over Weight Loss

Wellable

When it comes to improving the health and wellness of employees, the common approach appears to be that weight loss is an unquestionably good place to start. This is unsurprising given that 74% of US adults are overweight. Since higher weight levels have been associated with a variety of negative health outcomes, it makes sense to think that, by encouraging employees to lose weight, the overall wellness of one’s workforce will improve.

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What Makes the Perfect Restaurant Furniture?

Take It Personel-ly

As you design and plan the layout for your restaurant, the furniture pieces you select are among the crucial factors to be keen on. Note that having a restaurant dictates you balance a perfect menu with comfort, aesthetics, and cost. In this case, the furniture you have provides the comfort and ambiance your customers look for. Unlike […].

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Personality Traits to Look for in a Candidate

Hppy

Personality is something that many job seekers and sometimes even employers automatically assume is subservient to technical competency. If the person can use the programs and speak the technical language, everything should fall into place naturally. Personality, however, is often more important than previous job or educational experience. Below are some of the most important personality traits to look for in a candidate. .

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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.

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Evolving Role of HR in the Future Hybrid Workforce

Empuls

The HR industry has seen a lot of change in the last few years. The use of artificial intelligence and the gig economy's expansion has changed the landscape. And, most recently, the worldwide pandemic is changing the lives of millions of people while also redefining where and how work is done. The Human Resources (HR) team is more important than ever as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact organizations worldwide.

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The courts continue to uphold employer vaccine requirements

Business Management Daily

Houston Methodist Hospital was the first health care employer to be sued for giving employees an ultimatum: Get the covid-19 vaccine or get a new job. It fired more than 100 employees. Since then, many employers, not just in the health-care sector, are giving employees the same choice. United Airlines says will fire about 600 unvaccinated employees, although the actual number may be less.

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The Top 5 Tips on How to Negotiate Salary

Professionals Alternative

Knowing how to negotiate salary is a good skill to have especially when you receive a job offer and the starting salary you are offered turns out to be less than what you were expecting. If this happens, knowing how to proceed can be a tad difficult when you don’t know if you should negotiate or just take the offer you’re given. In this case, you can make a counteroffer.

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Changes to health plan affordability requirements

PeopleKeep

If you’re an applicable large employer (ALE) with more than 50 full-time equivalent employees, that means your organization is subject to more regulations than smaller businesses, especially when it comes to offering health benefits. One requirement ALEs must follow is the affordability requirement that ensures your employer-sponsored health coverage is affordable to your full-time employees.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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The Role Of Transparency In Improving Employee Engagement

Vantage Circle

Job openings are at an all-time high, and employees are quitting in record numbers. In a pandemic-influenced economy, it can be tough to keep engagement and productivity high. That's why transparency in the workplace is more important than ever. Right now, employees feel uncertain about their job security and their future. They're scared about the impacts of the pandemic, business closures, and economic factors.

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September Jobs Report: Putting People First

Hireology

The September Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report released last week was anticlimactic, to say the least. Just 194,000 jobs were added, significantly fewer than the 500,000 jobs economists predicted. On the back of the 366,000 jobs added in August , it’s a clear indication that things aren’t getting “back to normal” anytime soon. Even as we’ve seen a decline in COVID cases nationwide, we will still be grappling with the effects of the pandemic for quite some time, and that includes continued

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What is Organizational Culture: The Gene of your Engine

Empuls

“Culture is what happens when nobody is looking.” Culture , if you want to cut a long story short, is an organization’s HOW.  How it works, how it transacts, how it hires. It is “the accepted way of doing things” or the “appropriate way to make things happen” in that company. That said, culture is often an offshoot of WHY teams do what they do, WHAT the organization does “for a living,” and WHOM the business serves through its p

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5 Great Reasons to Celebrate HSA Awareness Day This Year

Benefit Resource Inc.

HSA Awareness Day is October 15th, and we are so excited to share our love of Health Savings Accounts with…well, everyone! Before we get started, here are a few tidbits about HSAs: Putting the HSA in “HSA Awareness Day” Happy Birthday! HSAs were first legislated into existence in 2003. While HSAs are now legally considered an adult, they’re still relatively young.

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

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The Ultimate Revelation of Introverted Leaders

Vantage Circle

When you hear the word introvert, you might think of someone shy or quiet who prefers to be alone. Hence, there is a common misconception that introverted leaders can not be effective leaders. I think there are non-obvious ways to lead. Leadership does not need to be dramatic, first in the air, trumpets blaring, activity. - Scott Berkun. Psychologists and researchers have heavily studied the concepts of introversion and extroversion for hundreds of years.

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[Employer Survey Results] COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Testing Plans, and Premium Surcharges

Griffin Benefits

From Texas to Florida to Montana, state Governors and legislators are trying to get ahead of the federal government's final drafting of vaccine mandates for large employers. Through executive orders banning these mandates and pleas to state legislatures to pass more enduring laws, several states are staged for a showdown with the federal government.