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Why your benefits package isn’t very beneficial

Employee Benefits

A good workplace benefits package is the perfect way to show that your company cares about its employees both at work and during life outside the office. Attractive benefits help your business to stand out to new recruits, particularly among younger Millennial and Gen Z workers who look for more than just salary in return for their time and hard work.

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How to Surprise Employees on Christmas & New Year?

Empuls

Employees are the elemental force that steers a company to success. It is vital for them to remain happy and satisfied to be productive and focused. Their contribution and efficiency should be recognized and rewarded as this will create affinity, energy, and desire to work harder and perform better. Hard work, performance, achievement, excellence, and other positive traits in your employees must be appreciated.

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The secret to getting employees to save more for retirement? Auto enroll them into your plans

Employee Benefit News

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New Laws for 2023 part II

InterWest Insurance Services

This is the second half of a two-part article on the new laws and regulations affecting businesses in California. 6) Contractor workers’ comp. A new law will require almost all contractors in California to carry workers’ compensation coverage, regardless of if they have employees or not. Currently, only roofers are required to carry workers’ comp insurance even if they claim to have no employees.

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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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Demystifying Financial Jargon

Money Talk

No question about it: financial planning can be a high-maintenance activity. One factor that can be daunting to many people is the technical jargon used by professionals and financial media outlets. Below is a simple description of terms that are commonly used in financial reports and presentations: Inflation- This is the erosion of purchasing power over time.

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Awards, Recollections, and Hope

Florida Workers' Comp

I have known Jacob Schickel for a number of years. I will save us both the embarrassment of stating how long. I have known Judge Ralph Humphries for about as long. They were both "old hands" in the comp community of Jacksonville when I happened upon the scene some years ago. As old as I feel, it is some comfort that there are many who are older. The bar in those days was different than today.

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Employers are deflating salaries in job listings to keep pay down

Employee Benefit News

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How to Deal With Rejection: 7 Tips

BetterUp

Jump to section. Why it hurts to be rejected. What are the 5 stages of rejection? How to deal with rejection. You have work to do.

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25 Thoughtful and Adorable Valentine's Day Gifts For Coworkers

Vantage Circle

Whether it’s your family or colleagues, gifts are great for expressing gratitude, appreciation, and fondness to those who matter. However, Choosing the right valentine’s gift for your work buddy can be difficult. You need to pick out something thoughtful and meaningful that they would love. On top of that, you need to express your fondness in a professional way.

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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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22 of the best pulse survey questions to measure employee engagement

Employee Benefits

We view employee engagement simply as how committed an employee is to their work, and how willing they are to invest their time and energy into the success of the organisation. This is different from employee happiness, which can often make it difficult to accurately measure employee engagement. Why? Someone might be happy at work, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that they are working productively on behalf of the organisation.

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Ten years of Insight and a few things I think I know

Workplace Insight

This website started in late 2012 as a way for me to explore both a new media format and a new way of thinking about work and workplaces. I’d already been active in various roles in the workplace, design and facilities sector for twenty odd years, but needed a new challenge. And this was it. I was going for a ride with an idea to see where it went.

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Setting Goals for 2023 (With Examples)

BetterUp

Jump to section. Reflecting on past years. Building smarter goals. Setting goals for 2023. Stay motivated. Reaching your 2023 goals. Setting goals is like building a road map. It gives us a chance to consider where we’re at, what we want, and how to get there. Without a plan, we’re more likely to wander aimlessly or waste time on tactics that won’t work.

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19 Best Employee Engagement KPI You Need To Know In 2022

Vantage Circle

Employee engagement has become an integral part of people first work culture. It is directly proportional to the organization's prosperity, regardless of the type of industry you are involved in. By now, the leaders are well aware of the vital role engagement plays in the success of a business. Using employee engagement KPIs is now integral to measuring your organization's engagement level.

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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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YOUR 2023 AMBITIONS: HOW TO PROMOTE MENTAL WELLBEING AT WORK

Employee Benefits

We’re approaching January. A time when we start thinking about our good intentions for the year ahead. Unfortunately, new year’s resolutions are often broken, which is why the 19 th of January is dubbed ‘Quitters Day’. One of Sodexo Engage’s Mental Health First Aiders, Debbie Evans , talks about how we should ditch resolutions and instead make promises.

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Employee mental health will improve next year, say firms

Workplace Insight

Nearly three quarters of UK organisations expect employee mental health to improve in 2023 as they open up about mental wellbeing according to a new poll from Koa Health. The study, conducted in partnership with 3Gem Research and Insights , claims that half of employers say they plan to talk more about mental health in company communications as teams continue to struggle with the cost-of-living crisis and its impact on mental health.

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All About Human Resource Management System-Qandle

Qandle

HR System, also known as HRMS is a business application that is designed to streamline human resource management, improve HR-decision making, enable legislative compliance, and many more. In simple words, it helps the HR teams of a company to support managers and employees in their day-to-day work ranging from recruitment, and onboarding through core HR administration to employee engagement and performance management.

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8 Workplace Miscommunication Examples And Ways To Handle It

Vantage Circle

90% of all management problems are caused by miscommunication. ~Dale Carnegie. Miscommunication must have been a thing even before language came into existence. Interestingly, it still is common years after the advent of language. But, when it comes to guaranteeing success in the business world, the workforce must communicate without leaving room for miscommunication.

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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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IS STRESS PUSHING YOU TOO FAR? TAKE A BURNOUT SYMPTOMS TEST

Employee Benefits

It might surprise you to hear that in recent years over three-quarters of UK workers have suffered burnout in one form or another, with workplace stress quoted as the source. It would be easy to take these statistics as a reflection on the state of employee wellbeing, and a poor one at that, but while we know there’s so much more employers can do, stress isn’t always black and white.

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Three year hike in the number of one-to-one and ad hoc virtual meetings

Workplace Insight

A new study from Vyopta claims there has been a significant increase in the number of one-to-one virtual meetings and ad hoc collaboration on digital meeting platforms over the past three years. Its paper The Evolution of Hybrid Work: A Three-Year Analysis based on data from around 48 million meetings held in 2020, 2021, and 2022 measured engagement trends over time and studied how the workforce is adapting to remote-first and hybrid collaboration.

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Pre-employment screening: How to screen employees for a job

PeopleKeep

As a small business owner, human resources manager, or hiring manager, you’re likely responsible for vetting job candidates for your open positions. It’s crucial that you select the right person for the job. Selecting the wrong individual can be costly. After all, bad hires result in higher turnover. Pre-employment screening can help you reduce the risk of hiring the wrong candidate.

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5 lessons learned by employers in 2022 that you need to know

Business Management Daily

Many employers will look back at 2022 as the year the dust began to settle. Unlike in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, survival — both physically and of the company — no longer consumed every waking thought. Likewise, 2022 lacked much of the “What do we do now?” feeling that permeated 2021 as the world dealt with the pandemic’s aftermath. Despite companies generally no longer existing in crisis mode, 2022 still presented its share of challenges.

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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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5 top tips on how to keep your New Year’s resolution

Employee Benefits

Follow these tips to make your New Year’s resolution last longer than January. With January around the corner, it’s that time of year when people start making their New Year’s resolutions. Although sayings such as “new year, new me” start to circulate, in reality the majority of people will fail to achieve their resolutions. However, making plans and affirmations is still a great idea.

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20 Office Christmas Party Ideas for Large Groups

HR Digest

Office Christmas party games and events are a time-honored tradition that everyone looks forward to. It’s a chance for you and your coworkers to let loose, have fun, and get out of the office for an evening. But planning the perfect event can be stressful, especially when you’re working with a large group of people. If you’re planning a party for a large group of employees, then you are going to want to make sure that it is a memorable occasion.

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Grandma, Santa, and Tom Petty

Florida Workers' Comp

Randy Brooks wrote the song back in 1977, which has become a classic. Not too much from that era can be called "classic." In it, Mr. Brooks describes an untoward outcome of a forgetful matriarch struggling home from a holiday celebration. She somehow comes across a right jolly old elf and his team. In the process, she tragically meets her end. The song's lyrics are no doubt running through your head by now.

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6 of the best leadership books to help you get ahead

Business Management Daily

Leadership. The topic everyone knows a little about but can’t quite agree on. We’ve all had a great boss at some point in our lives, but pinning down what it was we liked about them can be a challenge. To complicate matters, great leaders come in all shapes and sizes, meaning that leadership skills don’t always translate to Fortune 500 notoriety. The scholarship surrounding good leadership isn’t particularly vast, but there are a few constants as to what makes someone easier to follow.

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.