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Washington Long-Term Care Insurance Payroll Tax Delayed Until July 2023

PayrollOrg

Recent legislation delays the collection of the employee-paid payroll tax to fund the Washington long-term care insurance plan until July 1, 2023. Employers must refund the payroll tax already collected to employees.

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Simplifying Your Financial Life

Money Talk

After work, commuting, eating, sleeping, and/or exercise, many people have less than five hours on a typical weekday to manage everything in their life, including personal finances. Weekends are even more hectic with household chores and family activities. How do you take charge of your finances when time is at a premium? With “low-maintenance” strategies to simplify financial tasks and investment decision-making.

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Strategic Compliance: Making the Case for Change

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at ADP , a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based human capital management solutions. Industry analyst firm Nelson Hall recently identified ADP as a leader in both the small and medium business as well as mid to large market segments. Congrats to them!

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Gethin Nadin: How the future of work will affect employee wellbeing and engagement

Employee Benefits

The way employers care for and support their people has come under increasing focus over the last two years. But the long-term effects of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic will mean changing employee expectations and growing wellbeing issues are driving employers to have to commit more to employee wellbeing. We have seen a generational shift in attitudes to wellbeing because of the pandemic.

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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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7 Lesser-known ways HR technology can influence your business

Insperity

Leveraging the latest technology in human resource management can be game changing for your organization, offering immediate benefits like convenient access to HR documents, integrated employee information and powerful workforce analytics. But there are several lesser-known benefits many employers just don’t think about when first considering upgrading their HR technology.

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Learning & Development’s Role in Operational Efficiencies in 2022

HR Digest

The last two years have been traumatic and overwhelming for the whole world. The Pandemic changed the way the world functioned in many ways. 2021 was expected to ease things a bit, but the resurgence of variants of the virus put paid to any plans of return to normalcy. And as the Omicron variant spreads across the globe, all plans for a complete return to the office is anyone’s guess.

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Living wage would help mental health of 63% of low paid staff

Employee Benefits

More than six in 10 low-paid workers believe receiving the real living wage would improve their mental health , research has revealed. The poll of 1,702 adults in full-time employment but earning less than the real living wage , carried out by the Living Wage Foundation and market research agency Survation, also found that the same proportion (63%) believed their family lives would improve.

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Grain Bin Safety Requires Year-Round Effort

AssuredPartners

It’s well-known known that working in and around grain bins is dangerous. In 2020, there were 64 documented agricultural-confined space-related cases, including 35 grain-related entrapments and 12 equipment entanglements, according to a report by Purdue University’s Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department. Grain bin entrapment is the most often identified hazard, but equipment handling, collapsing bins, fires, toxic fumes, and ladders are among the other equally hazardous

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Mental Health in the Black Community: Access, safety, and well-being

BetterUp

Jump to section. Mental health in the Black community. 4 factors that affect mental health in Black communities. Barriers to mental health care in the Black community. What is the mental health stigma in Black communities? Groups challenging the mental health stigma in Black communities. Changing the stigma about mental health.

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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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The importance of emotional intelligence in a leader

HR Digest

In the modern corporate world, we need emotional intelligence in leaders more than ever before. During the Corona crisis, we are used to working from home and doing tasks in front of the computer screen rather than in front of people. A leader with high emotional intelligence is now needed to offer the right guidance and give the right motivation to the groups of workers. .

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38% of working parents plan to job search in 2022

Employee Benefits

Almost four in 10 working parents plan to look for a new job in the next 12 months, according to research. The 2022 Modern families index spotlight report found that 38% of workers with children under the age of 18 have jobhunting on the agenda this year. Back-up care and nursery provider Bright Horizons’ annual survey was completed by more than 1,000 working parents from across the UK.

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We’ve Converted to a Single Enterprise Technology Platform

PeopleStrategy

PRESS RELEASE: PeopleStrategy’s Integrated HR and Benefits Platform Becomes a One-Stop-Shop for Employee Management EDISON, N.J., February 8, 2021 – PeopleStrategy, a one-stop brokerage and provider of a cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions, is pleased to announce they have migrated their entire customer base to make a single, strategic, proprietary platform.

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What sports psychology can teach us about mental fitness

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is sports psychology? Sports psychology: a brief history. Why is sports psychology so important? Training requirements for sports psychologists. Key topics in sports psychology. How rest benefits physical and mental performance. Sport psychology blends peak performance and mental fitness.

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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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What to do if you if your group health plan doesn't qualify for an HSA

PeopleKeep

A health savings account (HSA) is an employee-owned account designed to set aside pre-tax money to pay for qualified medical expenses such as deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, and other out-of-pocket expenses included in IRS publication 502. HSAs are powerful savings vehicles, however, they require a high deductible health plan (HDHP) that meets specific requirements.

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Lynda Gratton: We need to understand how hybrid work motivates employees

Employee Benefits

I’ve been observing and researching the impact of the pandemic on work since mid-March 2020. It is clear to me that hybrid work, with flexibility about both where and when work is performed, is here to stay. This is in part because these new ways of working have captured and amplified a general feeling that the way we worked before – long commutes, limited time at home, endless face-to-face meetings, crowded ‘factory’ style office layouts – had all created a sense of brooding dissatisfaction tha

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5 Ways to Use Your Benefits for Self-Care

Honeybee

Self-care has been in the spotlight recently for good reason. Our lifestyles have been adjusted, re-adjusted and in some cases, halted altogether. The coping strategies people have relied on in the past may not have. Read more. The post 5 Ways to Use Your Benefits for Self-Care appeared first on Honeybee Benefits.

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8 ways to overcome self-doubt once and for all

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is self-doubt? The cause of self-doubt. Types of self-doubt. 4 signs that you're doubting yourself. How to overcome fear and self-doubt in 8 steps.

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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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COVID Paid Sick Leave May Be Coming Back

InterWest Insurance Services

Legislators in Sacramento have fast-tracked new legislation that will extend paid COVID-19 leave benefits for workers in California. AB 84, which Gov. Gavin Newsom has promised to sign, would require employers with 26 or more workers to provide up to 40 hours of supplemental paid sick leave for employees who are unable to work on site or remotely for one of a number of reasons.

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LGBT History Month: How Far Has the Workplace Come?

Employee Benefits

It’s LGBT History Month this February. A time to celebrate LGBTQ+ history. So, we thought it was the perfect moment to shed some light on whether the UK workplace has progressed in its fight towards a more equal workplace for those within the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus) community. According to the Office of National Statistics, 1.4 million Brits above 16 identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual.

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How To Develop Employee Handbook

HR Digest

Employee handbooks serve as an important player in a company’s success. They disclose the company standards and set expectations for employees to maintain and inform departing employees of all the professional benefits they are entitled to immediately after their departure. . This guide will teach you how to make an employee handbook and how your small business can benefit from one.

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How to stop comparing yourself to others: 10 things to do instead

BetterUp

Jump to section. Why do I compare myself to others? How does comparison affect my life? I want to stop comparing myself to others: what do I do? Inspiring quotations to defeat comparisons. The bottom line.

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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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3 Ways HR Technology Gives Employers an Edge

BerniePortal

From recruitment efforts to benefits packages, employers are continually looking for any way to have an advantage on their competitors in the workplace. This extra "edge" could be crucial to attracting and retaining top talent while turnover is at a high during the Great Resignation. Starting from the beginning of the employee lifecycle, here are three ways HR technology can give your organization the extra "edge" that will set you apart.

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The job where it pays to be single on Valentine’s Day

Employee Benefits

Something for the weekend: If you’re in a long-term relationship and wondering how to make your 27 th Valentine’s Day together special given that it falls on a Monday this year and your inbox and to-do list are overflowing, spare a thought for certain government employees in a particular municipality in the Philippines. Matt Erwin Florido, mayor of the municipal government of General Luna in the Quezon province of the Philippines, has reportedly announced that his staff can have the day off on 1

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Court Ruling Spurs Fears of Employer Liability From ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 Lawsuits

InterWest Insurance Services

Can someone recover damages from a business if they claim that a family member caught COVID-19 at work and spread it to them? For California businesses, a court recently said that they might be able to. And courts in other states may use the decision as guidance. A California appellate court in December ruled that a lawsuit filed by the widow of a 72-year-old man who died of COVID-19 in April 2020 could proceed.

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What is talent management? Strategies for the new world

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is meant by talent management? Why is talent management important? The role of employee experience in talent management. Talent management vs. talent acquisition. What are the key components of talent management? What is a talent management system? Developing a talent management strategy.

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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.