June, 2021

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Announcing Revolut: Achievers’ latest rewards differentiator

Achievers

Achievers has long been a leader in recognition and rewards , offering a robust marketplace of over 2,500 brands across 150 countries. With a commitment to innovating a premier rewards experience for its users, Achievers has announced a partnership with Revolut — a global digital, reloadable, and flexible rewards solution. Partnership puts Achievers’ rewards experience ahead of the rest.

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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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May BLS Report: Job Growth is Back on Track

Hireology

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly Employment Situation revealed that the unemployment rate is once again on the decline, dropping from 6.1% to 5.8%. 559,000 jobs were added in May, more than twice as many as April’s numbers. . As restrictions continue to ease with over 40% of the U.S. population fully vaccinated , schools and businesses are reopening, causing hiring to spike.

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Employee noncompete agreements: 7 considerations

Insperity

Using an employee noncompete agreement could help prevent your staff from going to work for a competitor. But asking employees to sign one isn’t something you should rush into. There are many nuances about noncompetes from their legal enforceability to employee perceptions about them that you need to carefully consider. Here are seven factors to consider as you decide what’s best for your business. 1.

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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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5 Tips for Improving Your Business Management Techniques

Take It Personel-ly

Managing a business can be a highly rewarding occupation. However, it isn’t always easy. You may be struggling with certain aspects of the position. While this is perfectly natural, it’s also something you probably want to work on. So, here are five tips for improving your business management techniques. 1. Utilize Technology As a modern […].

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3 Things to Plan For When Returning to Work After COVID-19

Best Money Moves

3 things to plan for when returning to work after COVID-19. Workforces nationwide are gearing up to return to physical office spaces. Consider these 3 strategies to help your team with the transition. At the height of the pandemic, it was hard to imagine crowded restaurants or sidewalks, let alone bustling offices. But now the vaccine rollout has resulted in a return to “normalcy.

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Why the US Has Been Ranked as One of the Worst Countries for Workers’ Rights

Global People Strategist

The United States of America is the world’s largest economy and contributes about 24% to the world’s GDP. With a population of 330 million people, the US is also home to a large number of foreign talent and migrant workers who come to this ‘land of opportunities’ in search of better jobs and lives for themselves and their families. As of February 2020, the American labor force consisted of 165 million people over 16 years of age, considered able to participate the country’s workforce

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Why Skills Tests Should be Part of Your Hiring Process

Hireology

Have you ever hired someone who just wasn’t quite right for the role? It’s frustrating for you because you’ve invested resources, time, and energy into onboarding and training this person only to have to start your search over. And it leaves the employee feeling as though you’ve misled them about what the role entailed or that you failed to set them up for success.

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When Should You Send and Answer Work Emails – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Regular readers of HR Bartender know that I try to answer work-related questions. I will admit that I can’t always answer them right away, but I do work to answer them. To those of you who have sent me questions, thanks so much for being patient! The reason I’m bringing this up is because the other day I was reading someone’s response to a question that I’ve never been asked before.

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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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6 Steps Toward Document Organization

Take It Personel-ly

Keeping an office organized will make it much easier for your business to stay on track with customer service, product shipments, paperwork and accounting functions. The amount of filing and paperwork the average business encounters in a day can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to become a chaotic mess. There are several ways to […].

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Why invest in upskilling for the future of work

HR Digest

In recent years, upskilling has become a common term in workplaces. It has become a crucial part of employee retention and business growth and development. People most often confuse upskilling with reskilling. Reskilling is learning a new skill altogether to equip you to move to another job area or specialization. It is a good strategy to adopt when you do not want to lose a valued employee due to a loss of the present position.

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Top tips HR need to follow for a smooth return to the office

cipHR

From communicating openly with staff to having an in-person induction for all new starters, here’s what HR teams need to be doing to ease concerns about returning to the workplace. With lockdown restrictions easing around the country, many of us are able to introduce some normality into our lives once again. For employers, fewer restrictions now mean offices can open back up and employees can go back to working from the office.

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What is E-Verify – and how does it work for employers?

Insperity

Are you required to E-Verify your new hires , or just interested in adding this step to your onboarding process to ensure you have a legal workforce? Better yet, what is E-Verify? And how does it work? Here’s the need-to-know information about how E-Verify works for employers, including: E-Verify basics Reasons employers use it Enrolling in the program The verification process Using an employer agent.

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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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How To Address Caregiver Churn in the Home Care Industry Right Now

Hireology

This is a post from AlayaCare , a Hireology partner that offers cloud-based home health care software. . In 2021, as in years past, employee churn is a major pain point in the accelerating, competitive home care industry. It’s a challenge with many dimensions. Churn can cause staff shortages that compel an agency to turn away potential new clients. It raises the risk of missed visits, hurting client satisfaction and causing last-minute scheduling scrambles.

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Does COBRA apply to health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs)?

PeopleKeep

As alternative health benefits solutions like health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) grow, so do questions about how they work alongside existing programs, including the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). In this article, we’ll go over what COBRA is and how it works with three different types of HRAs: the qualified small employer HRA (QSEHRA), the individual coverage HRA (ICHRA), and the group coverage HRA (GCHRA).

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6 Tips to Help You Relax After Work

Take It Personel-ly

Work can be very stressful. Often, you come home, drag yourself through the door and find yourself on the couch three hours later, still dwelling on the office. Unwinding from a long day’s work is essential to a healthy work/life balance. Stress can cause all sorts of problems, from depression and insomnia to heart disease […].

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MOTIVATION AT WORK: How to walk those extra miles as a manager?

HR Digest

Management is nothing more than motivating other people–American automobile executive, Lido Anthony “Lee” Iacocca. What is makes organizations like Apple, Google, Facebook rule the market? It is not just the innovative ideas and the services they offer but the brains behind those plans. Human resource is the most valuable asset to any institution, though often undermined.

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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 Is an FEIN? What to Know When Starting a New Business

Patriot Software

Running a business means meeting a lot of government requirements and following a number of laws. One of the first things to do when starting your business is apply for an FEIN. But, what is an FEIN? And, do you have to have one? Keep reading to learn the answers to these questions and more. […] READ MORE.

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Biden White House Releases Tax Plan Green Book Details | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

In late May 2021, the Biden administration released the federal budget for the Fiscal Year 2022 as well as the White House’s proposed tax plans for the same time period. Find out what’s included in the U.S. Treasury “Green Book” and how it may impact American employers around the country.

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Focus on Velocity to Hire Faster

Hireology

Less than two weeks. That’s how fast nearly a third of today’s job seekers are able to research, apply to, interview for, and accept a new role — according to a new study from Hireology. In other words, top talent goes fast. Businesses are looking to staff up as the economy recovers and those that are equipped to hire folks quickly are able to bring on the best of the best.

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HP Hood and Flimp Collaborate on Juneteenth Employee Communication Campaign

Flimp Communications

This year, our client, HP Hood set out to create greater awareness and understanding of Juneteenth and to help their employees celebrate its lasting legacy. Hood works with Flimp Communications to support their year-round HR and benefits, and total rewards communication efforts. The Juneteenth campaign. The post HP Hood and Flimp Collaborate on Juneteenth Employee Communication Campaign appeared first on Flimp.

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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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Scenario planning for peak performance – Business lessons from high altitude mountaineering

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As T.S. Eliot once said, “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” You might ask yourself what scenario planning in business has to do with climbing, and I would not blame you. However, business leaders can find all kinds of lessons from the most unlikely […].

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Effective Time Management Tips to Work Less and Play More!

HR Digest

Time management is something that very few in this world seem to have conquered. If not so, life hack coaches would not be so popular. There are a certain number of hours in a day and the really organized ones have aced the art of turning them into good effect. The rest of us spend time looking for productivity hacks, how not to procrastinate, how to manage time—- we all know the drill!

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Is Juneteenth a Holiday? What Employers Need to Know

Patriot Software

Whether you offer time off or need to process direct deposit, staying on top of legal holidays is a must. And when it comes to Juneteenth, you need to keep updated with the latest federal and state holiday status changes. So, what is Juneteenth, and is it a legal holiday? Get out your reading glasses. […] READ MORE.

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How to Improve Talent Management Best Practices | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

A lot has changed in the HR industry over the past few years. From being simply the department in charge of keeping records, ensuring compliance, identifying proper wages, managing compensation packages, and monitoring leaves, the HR department is now expected to move beyond the paperwork and support the success of the organization through attracting—and retaining—top talent.

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Bridging the Gap: The Intersection of DEI Initiatives and Employee Benefits

Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP

Unlock the secrets to transforming your organization’s employee benefits into a strategic tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). During this informative session, we will discuss common pitfalls in traditional benefits and then delve into the essence of DEI in employee-centric benefit offerings. This involves not only defining DEI in the workplace but also understanding the pivotal role that employee benefits play in fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.