September, 2022

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9 Companies Offering the Best Job Benefits in 2022 (and What They Are)

BetterUp

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Short-term Disability vs. Long-term Disability

Patriot Software

As an employer, you recognize that your employees contribute to smooth business operations. What happens if an employee gets injured or ill and can’t work for an extended period of time? You and your employees need to know about short-term vs. long-term disability insurance. You can offer short-term and long-term disability insurance options for your […] READ MORE.

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Long story short: Are you taking advantage of your recruitment tools?

Employee Benefit News

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How to engage lower-paid staff with pensions during the cost-of-living crisis

Employee Benefits

Need to know: Illustrating the future pension payback to staff can incentivise saving and lessen the sense of giving up money today. Employees should be fully informed of the risks of reducing pension contributions through simple projections and calculations that show the impact on their long-term financial security. Face-to-face and email communication channels can be the most effective when engaging employees with the importance of their workplace pension.

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Combatting the Effects of Inflation: Keeping Benefits Competitive While Cutting Cost

Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP - Employee Benefits and Total Rewards Leader, World at Work Content Author, and Speaker

After years of facing the global pandemic, we are now struggling with a new problem: inflation. No one could have predicted the impact of inflation on employee benefits and how it affects both employees and employers. Employers are now trying to maintain or lower the cost of benefits while competing for talent in a competitive and tight labor market, but the rising costs of consumer goods and healthcare make it extremely difficult to consider increasing their benefit offerings.

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How Does the FMLA Apply to a Remote Workforce?

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was enacted in 1993, a year when the idea of working a corporate job from a living room was rare. When the law was passed, the FMLA didn’t contemplate a remote workforce. Now, and especially post-pandemic, many companies are embracing a fully remote workforce (e.g., sales representatives, healthcare […].

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27 employee appreciation messages and the meaning behind them

Achievers

There are so many opportunities to say thanks at work, from a team member bringing in a great new coffee blend to a coworker going above and beyond on their latest project. Employee appreciation messages can make the difference between a motivated, high performing workforce and one that’s disengaged and looking for opportunities elsewhere. The best messages include specific details, come from the heart, and are delivered using a platform that allows other employees to double down on the initial

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What Is Self-Awareness, and Why Is It Important?

BetterUp

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How EAPs are turning to technology to support employee mental health

Employee Benefit News

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58% say flexible working helps with living costs

Employee Benefits

Almost six in 10 (58%) hybrid workers said flexible working has helped them to manage the increased cost of living, according to research from Glassdoor. Around 2,000 UK office workers were surveyed to further understand the impact of successful hybrid working patterns on employees, and found that 23% admitted commuting has made it harder to cope with the cost of living.

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Unleashing AI in Recruitment: The Ultimate Guide

Discover the power of AI in recruitment with Paycor’s complete guide. Learn how to streamline your hiring process, increase interview pipeline, uncover candidates other tools miss, and save time. Get ready to revolutionize your talent acquisition strategy today!

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Should more employers call time on college degrees?

TLNT

College degrees. It’s no wonder they’ve long been coveted. As recently as 2017 not having one was a serious impediment to employment and opportunity. Some 51% of all US jobs required one [according to data by Emsi Burning Glass, a labor-market analytics firm]. And some employers still prize them above anything else. Even last year, Microsoft required a college degree for 70% of its total job postings.

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Your one-stop guide for business resilience planning

Business Management Daily

If the COVID-19 crisis taught us one thing, it’s the need for businesses to be resilient during uncertain times. After all, disruptive events can happen at any time — and they don’t always take the form of a global pandemic. Cyber attacks, supply chain issues, and other disruptions may be on a smaller scale, but they can still tank your business operations if you aren’t adequately prepared.

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New Achievers Employee Experience Platform delivers best-in-class features

Achievers

“Making a strategic effort to leverage the right resources to build a culture of inclusion is imperative in the business arena today.” ~Dr. Natalie Baumgartner, Achievers Workforce Institute. In the latest Achievers Workforce Institute research, belonging is shown to triple the success of business outcomes relating to productivity, job commitment, and engagement.

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Employee Wellness: Ideas, and Best Practices for a Healthier Workplace

BetterUp

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HR and Employee Healthcare Reform: Keys to Increasing Employee Wellness and Retention

Speaker: Mallory Herrin, CEO & Principal HR Consultant at HerrinHR

Your employees are your most valuable resource. If you want to retain employees and keep them happy, you want to make the incentives more valuable. With a full-stack employee experience, culture, health, wellness and benefits navigation solution, you can provide employees with the wellbeing support they need. The results? Employees who are happier, healthier, and more engaged, as well as a business that is thriving both internally and externally, every day.

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How employers can transition to a new 401(k) service provider

Employee Benefit News

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Ipsos supports culture of financial wellbeing with suite of savings schemes

Employee Benefits

With a background as a pensions consultant, Michaela O’Reilly, head of reward, was keen to develop a culture of financial wellbeing when she joined market research firm Ipsos six years ago. Initially the focus was on pensions , with the employer hosting sessions to raise awareness among staff around the need to save for retirement and ensure they did not opt out of auto-enrolment.

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Employee Relations: Give it the attention it deserves

TLNT

With all the calls for HR to be more strategic and more influential on the board, it’s sometimes easy to forget, that it’s a subset of HR people – employee relations (ER) professionals – that really make the day-to-day difference when it comes to impacting the employee experience.

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Clarification on Extension of Amendment Deadlines for CARES Act Provisions

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

On September 26, 2022, the IRS released IRS Notice 2022-45 , which corrected a potential oversight in IRS Notice 2022-33, discussed in detail here. Notice 2022-33 had extended the deadline to adopt certain retirement and savings plan amendments required by the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (“ SECURE Act ”) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“ CARES Act ”) from December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2025, but the extension did not apply for

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Cancel Quiet Quitting: Detoxing Corporate Culture & Engaging Top Talent

Speaker: Jennifer Brick, Career Strategist and Author

Your employees have checked out. The last few years have been a wild ride, with countless changes to how we work and our workplace cultures, like the sudden shift to remote work, the return to office, and trends like quiet quitting. With productivity, profitability, and your employer brand on the line, leadership is turning to HR to engage employees and recreate your culture in different working models.

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How to lead an employee resource group (ERG) for your organization

Achievers

A treasure trove of advice from co-chairs of Achievers Proud: Trevor Cull, implementation manager, professional services, and Chantal Primeau, senior account manager, customer success. When you realize you don’t have all the answers, it’s the perfect time to begin. The DEI committee at Achievers strives to be known for its inclusive, adaptable, and socially equitable culture of belonging.

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Mental Exhaustion Symptoms, Causes, and Ways to Cope

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is mental exhaustion? What are the symptoms of mental exhaustion? Side effects of being mentally exhausted. What are the causes of mental exhaustion? How is mental exhaustion different from other conditions? 11 ways to overcome mental exhaustion.

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To solve the mental health crisis, this platform is helping therapists get licensed virtually

Employee Benefit News

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Are employers doing enough to support employees’ mental health in today’s climate?

Employee Benefits

There are a range of measures that employers can implement to help break the stigma surrounding mental health and offer support to their workforce. Identifying a wellbeing lead or training employees as mental health first aiders can be a first step to creating a support strategy. As cost-of-living increases continue to affect employees’ wellbeing, employers can help by providing access to financial aid and resources.

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Leveling the Playing Field: How HR Can Equitably Improve Health Outcomes Through Fertility Benefits

Speaker: Julie B. Chavez - VP, Strategy & Alliances at Carrot

As HR and total rewards professionals, we are often seeking opportunities to foster a better sense of community and belonging amongst employees - ensuring that all employees have an equitable opportunity to receive fertility treatments is one of the many ways this can be achieved. Fertility benefits make it possible for employees to access treatments like IVF.

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Pay them well, educate them – then let them quit

TLNT

At a time when employees hold the balance of power, there is an almost instinctive desire by HRDs to want to keep people, especially their top executive teams – those that have the most experience and knowledge. But should this be the case? Dr. David Lenihan CEO of Ponce Health Sciences University thinks otherwise.

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Spotting the Best Management Careers in 2022

HR Digest

It’s never too early to start thinking about your career, so we’ve put together a list of the best management careers in 2022. Don’t worry if your first job isn’t where you want to be – the important thing to remember is that you’re in a role that makes the best of our strengths for workplace success. If you’re thinking of breaking into one of the best business management careers then we have some advice for you.

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Your definitive guide to employee training: Why, when and how

Insperity

Employee training is one of the most significant investments in time and money that your organization may make, but it’s also one of the most critical initiatives impacting the long-term success of any business. After all, employees don’t just walk in the office door initially with all the information they need to do their jobs well. Maybe they’re experienced and highly knowledgeable, but there are still unique factors at your workplace that can impact their performance.

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Best Leadership Books: 21 of the Most Impactful Reads

BetterUp

Jump to section. Best leadership books for personal development. Best leadership books for people managers. Best leadership books for organizational leaders.

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Creating Benefits Flexibility Your Employees Will Value

Speaker: Alex Anderson - Total Rewards Strategist at Lockton Companies | Leo Tokar - President, People Solutions and Partner at Lockton Companies

The workforce of today has a completely different perspective on total rewards, and it's time for businesses to adjust to meet their requirements. Employees want more personalization. In fact, the most common inquiry that total rewards experts receive from workers in all fields is how much control they should have over their compensation and benefits.