Thu.Sep 09, 2021

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The Great Re-Evaluation of 2021

Money Talk

We are now 18 months (March 2020- September 2021) into the pandemic. Worse yet, there is STILL no end in sight. Instead of “getting back to some semblance of normal,” we’re hearing a lot about increasing COVID-19 cases, breakthrough infections, booster shots, mask mandates, vaccine hesitancy, and events that are being cancelled (e.g., the 2021 Financial Planning Association conference).

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How to Attend a Virtual Conference

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Over the past year, we’ve seen an emergence of virtual events. Personally, I think it’s great. Virtual programs have some definite advantages and organizations are really stepping up their game when it comes to the virtual conference experience. What made me think about attending virtual conferences was an online conversation I saw recently where people were saying that they “couldn’t get into” the virtual aspect.

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Session Highlights: Elevate 2021

Hireology

We are a little over a month away from Elevate 2021, and our speaker lineup has us counting down the days. We’re featuring industry experts from Tekion, Germain Motor Company (a Hireology customer), and more. Read below for a run-through of what you can expect from the can’t miss human capital summit, and register here to confirm your attendance. We can’t wait to see you Tuesday, October 19!

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Want Better Collaboration? Learn Conflict Resolution in the Workplace

HR Digest

Conflict is a part of life. Human beings have differences of opinions, expectations, and desires, which leads to disagreements and sometimes conflict. Conflict at work occurs as people from different backgrounds, cultures, and geographies collaborate. Sometimes workplace conflicts can cause disruptions and disputes, which can affect productivity if not nipped in the bud.

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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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IRS Lowers ACA Affordability Threshold for 2022

BerniePortal

The IRS recently announced that it will lower the affordability threshold requirement for employer-sponsored health plans in 2022. Depending on several factors, this change could affect your organization’s costs in the next year. Find out more about the affordability threshold and what HR and employers need to know to stay compliant under this changing requirement.

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Five advantages of individual health insurance

PeopleKeep

While group health insurance plans have traditionally been a popular choice for employer-sponsored health benefits, more and more employers are embracing reimbursement models, like health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs). Plans like HRAs allow you to reimburse your employees, tax-free, for their own individual health insurance. This is a win-win scenario for both your organization and your employees for a lot of reasons.

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Friends at work: Good or bad for business?

Insperity

We spend most of our waking hours working. Indeed, we may spend more time with colleagues than our own families. So, it’s only natural that, in their efforts to make such a life-consuming activity more comfortable and desirable, your employees may seek out friends at work. Sometimes they may form close, meaningful relationships with colleagues. Yet, for employers, is it beneficial to your company?

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5 Best Employer Branding Tools to Use in 2021

HR Lineup

A strong employer brand allows organizations to attract top-quality talent and shareholders for business growth. With the best employer branding tools in 2021, you can easily convince your target audience about your worth using excellent content. Note that building an employer brand is an uphill climb since there are a lot of things to cover. This includes managing employee advocacy, marketing your business on social media channels and job boards, and identifying areas that require full attentio

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Ways to Improve Your Credit Score

Take It Personel-ly

A good credit score is not about bragging rights. It is an essential tool for a healthy financial situation. Unless you are independently wealthy, there are many things you will have to buy on credit. These include a house, cars, furniture and appliances. Having a major credit card or two is also helpful when making […].

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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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Productive Daily Commute: Two Birds, One Stone

Benefit Resource Inc.

If your company offers employees pre-tax transit benefits, you can use your daily commute to kill two birds with one stone. When you fund your trips to and from work with a commuter account , you’ve won half the battle. The other half is making your commute work for you. Whether your door-to-door is 2 hours or 20 minutes, boost the productivity of your daily commute with these 5 tips: Stretch.

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So Your Job’s Not Your Passion? That’s Okay

Take It Personel-ly

At some point you’ve probably heard the idea that you have to love what you do or it’s not worth doing. But what if that’s not the position you find yourself in? If you can say your job is your passion, that you love everything about what you do, then congratulations to you! But, there […].

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Why do we appoint narcissists as CEOs?

HR Digest

Do narcissists get promoted more often? Research suggests there’s a link between narcissistic attitudes and a fast career progression. People who are overweening, boastful, callous and pleased with their own existence do really well in the workplace. A new study claims that highly narcissistic individuals rise the ranks to become CEOs 20 percent faster.

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Confused about buying Weed in Canada? Get it online.

Take It Personel-ly

Canada has positioned itself to become a global leader in cannabis and mental health research following the legalization of cannabis for non-medical use. However, as more countries legalize cannabis and boost their efforts in this area, the opportunity to buy it through various ways is opening. Now following this happy news, I am sure you […].

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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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Webinar: How amazing communication helps HR engage talent in the hybrid workplace

cipHR

Discover the value of mobile communications technology in our free webinar with OurPeople on 23 September. In today’s hybrid world of work, employees can benefit from working wherever they like, but this new reality makes strong communication even more important, proving the need for organisations to implement mobile communications technology. But what exactly is mobile communications technology and how can it be used to engage employees and increase productivity?

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How Buying Weed From Delivery Services A Healthy Choice in Scarborough?

Take It Personel-ly

Image source: Unsplash.com Cannabis use has been legal for quite some time now. And apart from contributing to the country’s economy, weed lovers can now have an easy time buying and consuming weed. You no longer have to hide from the authorities as you desperately look for street dealers. While you have an option to […].

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Departments Provide Some Relief to Health Plan Sponsors Facing Looming Year-End Deadlines

Snell & Wilmer Benefits

Year-end is always a scramble for health plan sponsors as they go through renewal and open enrollment. This year was looking to be worse than normal given the impending deadlines for complying with the transparency in coverage regulations (“TiC”) and the numerous changes made by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “CAA”). As reflected in our February 16, 2021 blog, Buckle Up!

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Have a drug dependency? A drug detox center is exactly what you need.

Take It Personel-ly

Consuming drugs can have a severe impact on our minds and body. People’s dependence on drugs can make it very difficult for them to stay away from them. However, with the right help, a person can stay clean and away from drug dependency. The first step you need to take when you decide to stop […].

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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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FSAs, HSAs, HRAs: What employers need to understand

Business Management Daily

You can blame the pandemic — employees are more attuned to health benefits, which means more employees may switch health plans or go into a health plan for the first time next year. Almost all health plans offer add-on accounts — health flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, or health reimbursement accounts. You need to know how these accounts differ so you can communicate about them to employees.

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A Guide To Starting Your Luxury Watch Business

Take It Personel-ly

Watches have been a popular accessory to humanity throughout the ages. These astronomically important devices have been around since the 15th century and have revolutionized society and business practices. In the modern day, with the advent of computers and smart phones, their usage has become somewhat diminished, but nonetheless, these items are still much sought […].

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Better Parents, Better Kids: The Potency of Good Modeling

Take It Personel-ly

This is another Part in a “success without surrender” nine-part series published over nine consecutive weeks. Parents can play a vital role in helping their children construct a fence around the tree until the tree can grow healthily on its own toward a successful, happy and meaningful life. Yet as parents we tend to succumb to Digital Drift […].