Money Talk
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Two years ago this month, we all knew something really bad was coming. On February 2, 2020, global air travel was restricted and, on February 3, a public health emergency was declared in the U.S. three days after the World Health Organization (WHO) did the same. By February 25, 2020, a CDC official was predicting that COVID-19 was heading toward pandemic status, which was officially declared by the WHO a few weeks later on March 11.
PayrollOrg
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
The American Payroll Association (APA) is thrilled to announce the launch of a new online community for payroll professionals: Comp & Benefits Today.
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Vantage Circle
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Do you work in an environment where some coworkers seem to go out of their way to draw everyone's attention to themselves? If that's the case, you're most likely dealing with a textbook case of narcissism at work. You might not notice narcissism. However, if it goes unnoticed, it can severely influence your culture, people, and engagement levels in a negative manner.
HR Bartender
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes. (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Criteria , a leading provider of pre-employment testing services. To learn more about how pre-employment testing can benefit your talent acquisition strategy, check out Criteria’s “ Definitive Guide to Pre-Employment Testing ”. I’ve found it to be a comprehensive guide that I keep handy all the time.
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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.
BetterUp
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Jump to section. What are red flags in a relationship? 13 red flags in a relationship to look out for. Yellow flags vs. red flags. How to approach red flags in a relationship.
Comp and Benefits Today brings together the best content for compensation and benefits professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Florida Workers' Comp
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
In March 2022, the American Bar Association Trial and Insurance Practice (TIPS) section is bringing back its mid-year meeting. This annual tradition has come to have special meaning for the workers' compensation attorney community because of the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers (CWCL). TIPS was crucial to the formation of the CWCL. And, each year the CWCL has traditionally held its induction dinner at the mid-year.
Employee Benefits
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
Two-thirds of workers do not know how much money they have saved towards retirement, research has revealed. Of 500 people surveyed by online pension provider PensionBee, 66% said they were unaware of the total value of their pension pots. The research found that PensionBee’s working customers over the age of 40 have saved an average of £37,100 for retirement , accumulated by consolidating an average of two pension pots and making extra contributions.
Best Money Moves
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
3 reasons y ou need financial wellness in the workplace. Morgan Stanley’s new study, The State of the Workplace finds employees in need of financial wellness support and looking to their employers for help. COVID has caused huge changes for employers and employees alike. That’s why Morgan Stanley at Work conducted a first-of-its-kind financial benefits study, called The State of the Workplace.
PayrollOrg
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
The American Payroll Association’s (APA) most recent “PayTalk” podcast episodes, new one to be released February 4, provide insight from a C-suite executive in how and why “payroll is sexy.” Be sure to subscribe to “PayTalk” on your favorite podcast app so you don’t miss a single episode.
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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
Qandle
JANUARY 31, 2022
Thanking employees is a nice approach to convey that you appreciate them and are glad to have them on your team. Your thanks for their commitment to your company can be expressed in a formal appreciation letter or email to your staff. It is a sort of company expectation that should be followed by all managers and executives. It aids in employees ’ motivation and the development of strong team relationships and a positive business culture.
Employee Benefits
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
A heating engineer who claimed he was owed holiday pay by Pimlico Plumbers after the Supreme Court ruled that he was a worker and not self-employed, has successfully appealed against a ruling made by the Employment Appeal Tribunal last year that his claim was out of time. Legal experts are warning that the ruling could have “huge” implications for organisations that wrongly engage workers as contractors, as well as employers whose staff receive any kind of variable pay.
Take It Personel-ly
JANUARY 29, 2022
Email marketing is one of the most effective ways for businesses to engage with their target audiences regularly. It’s also a great avenue for tapping directly into various customer segments – especially those with high sales conversion potential. The start of a new year is the best time to think about freshening up your email […]. The post How to Freshen Up Your Email Marketing Strategy appeared first on Take It Personel-ly.
PayrollOrg
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Read APA’s article, “Collecting Child Support from Independent Contractors,” in the January 2022 edition of the Child Support Report, published by the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement.
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HR Digest
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
HR professionals understand mental health and employment go hand-in-hand. The problem is that many companies don’t take employee wellbeing seriously enough. They assume that employees should be able to handle their workload without worrying about their mental health. Workplace stress and burnout are common problems. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 60% of workers suffer from some form of mental illness.
Employee Benefits
JANUARY 31, 2022
Employers can help by constructing a manageable timeline of changes they may want to implement, such as changing names or pronouns at work. Employers may want to look at how a transitioning employee would like their transition to be communicated to other staff. Ultimately by having effective and meaningful wellbeing support in place will create a healthier business, both culturally and commercially.
Take It Personel-ly
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Putting up fences throughout your property is not cheap. It also requires maintenance from time to time to make sure that it lasts for an extended period. If you don’t have any idea about fencing, you might not also be aware of the advantages they offer. Nonetheless, there are things about fencing that make property […]. The post Reasons Why Your Property Needs Fencing appeared first on Take It Personel-ly.
PayrollOrg
JANUARY 31, 2022
Each year, APA chapters celebrate their successes and see how their efforts stack up against other APA chapters by entering in the APA’s annual chapter contests. Participating in an annual chapter contest gives each chapter the chance to tout its accomplishments, ideas, and activities from the prior year. Enter today!
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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?
HR Digest
JANUARY 31, 2022
My first day at work was Halloween. My boss asked some of us to dress up for the occasion: “Feel free to dress up if you’d like.” I went to work dressed as a bagel/avocado. It was hard not to miss me in a sea full grey-blue shirts. Talk about making a great first impression at work! By the end of the day, I had earned the reputation of being all juiced up for holidays.
Employee Benefits
JANUARY 31, 2022
Soaring numbers of UK workers looked for support from an employee assistance programme (EAP) last year, research has revealed. The Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) found that 347,000 more employees used an EAP in October 2021 than they did a year earlier. Its data is based on evidence from information provided by 3,200 HR professionals using the association’s UK Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator to analyse EAP usage, impact and financial returns.
Wellable
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Silicon Valley is hard at work creating the building blocks for the metaverse—an immersive digital world with the capacity to replicate every aspect of our physical existences, from interacting with coworkers to traveling the world to owning items and property.
Business Management Daily
JANUARY 31, 2022
Team building activities are a great way to bring your work teams together to get to know one another better and improve collaboration. Employees tend to be happier, more productive, and more engaged when they have healthy and meaningful relationships with their colleagues. MIT’s Human Dynamics laboratory noted in their study on building great teams that successful teams communicate with one another directly rather than solely through management, carry on side conversations with team members, co
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HR Digest
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
How do you plan to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to HR issues? What are some of the biggest challenges facing HR professionals today? As the workforce continues to change, human resources departments face new challenges daily. From managing the changing demographics of the workforce to dealing with the rise of artificial intelligence, HR professionals are constantly faced with new challenges.
Employee Benefits
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Co-op has agreed that its shop floor workers can compare their roles to that of their colleagues in distribution centres for the purposes of assessing equal pay claims. More than 1,600 people represented by law firm Leigh Day have brought equal pay claims against the supermarket, arguing that their work is as demanding as distribution centre roles. Comparability is the first stage in a three-step legal process for equal pay claims, according to the law firm, with Co-op now required to show that
BetterUp
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Jump to section. What are the benefits of being an entrepreneur? What are the tips to succeed as an entrepreneur? How hard is entrepreneurship? Is it worth it?
Business Management Daily
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Most of OSHA’s covid vaccinate-or-test-and-mask mandate is officially dead. Nevertheless, OSHA is still encouraging employers to institute their own shot mandates. And many have obliged. But issues regarding the circumstances under which you must pay employees and whether you must extend FMLA leave continue to linger. Let’s see if we can clear up some of the confusion.
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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.
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