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Digital Transformation is Rewriting Work

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. I’m sure that the title of today’s article isn’t really a surprise to anyone. Technology has been disrupting business and the economy for quite some time. However, one of the things I’ve been hearing consistently since the pandemic became front page news is how unprepared organizations have been for digital transformation.

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Your 2021 payroll questions answered.

Business Management Daily

Although things are starting to calm just a little, the impacts of pandemic-related legislation, sudden moves to remote work, and more are still being felt. Now is when the flood of confusing legal questions arises as businesses start to try to return to normal (and perhaps realize that normal doesn’t quite exist anymore). Regardless, you can’t put payroll on hold simply because things are confusing.

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COVID-19: Where Do We Now Stand?

Money Talk

COVID-19 has impacted American families- and indeed the world- for about 18 months. In just the last seven months, we have gone from fierce “Hunger Games” style competitions for a limited number of vaccination slots to “vaccine hesitancy” and the use of various incentives, such as free donuts and million dollar lottery prizes, to get people vaxed. With federal government eviction moratoriums sent to expire for renters on July 31 and Delta variant transmission picking up speed, now is a good time

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Upcoming Webinar: How to Build a Recruitment Marketing Strategy for Your Home Care Agency

Hireology

Looking for advice on how to get in front of top talent at a time when hiring has never been harder? Join us on Thursday, July 29 for a Home Care Pulse webinar covering all things recruitment marketing. . Today’s applicants search for and research jobs much like they would shop for products or services. They spend time getting familiar with the company and they want to know how the job is going to meet their needs before taking time to apply.

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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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Employee Productivity Means Having a Healthy Relationship with Technology

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. I’ve been seeing a lot of articles about stress and burnou t lately. I’m sure you have too. All with some sort of advice on how to manage and minimize it. However, there is one consistent thread in all the articles – technology. Technology is an important part of our personal and professional lives. There are wonderful technology tools that can help us save time and money.

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FMLA and Holiday Pay: How Does a Holiday Impact Employee Leave?

Patriot Software

Do you know your Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) responsibilities? Now, throw in a holiday. Do you still know how FMLA and holidays work? Here are some popular questions when it comes to FMLA and holidays: Do holidays count toward an employee’s FMLA eligibility? Does a holiday count as an employee’s days of FMLA […] READ MORE.

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Employee learning curve: Ways to get employees up to speed fast

Insperity

Probationary periods and employee learning curves don’t always match. Sometimes a new hire catches on to everything like a speed demon. Other times, the learning curve is seemingly paved with mud. What can you do to ensure your employee learning curves are free from roadblocks? Set up employee for success – before they’re hired. To clear the way for employee success is to start the learning process early from your side of the road.

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Strategic Business Growth: Now Is the Time to Think Like a Startup

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at ChartHop , an organization focused on helping leaders in scaling transparent, productive, and intentional organizations. They recently raised $35 million in funding based on their strong business growth. You can read all about it on TechCrunch. Enjoy today’s article!).

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How to Select a Business Mobile Subscription Plan

Take It Personel-ly

Mobile subscription plans can be an important part of your business. If you have employees working away from the office, it’s something you should consider. Whether they work from home or in the field, they need to be properly connected. There’s a lot that goes into selecting the right plan for your company’s needs. Since […].

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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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HR’s role in managing pandemic-related burnout

HR Digest

The 2019 Coronavirus pandemic has brought about irrevocable changes in the way we work. Work from Home and remote working have become the accepted norm. However, this sudden transition from an office to a home office has come with its own challenges–keeping pace with technology, self-starting, communication, availability, a diffusion of work and home life.

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110 Funny Work Quotes To Jazz Up Your Workplace

Vantage Circle

Without lively chats and witty humor, the workplace might become the last place on earth where anybody would want to be. So how about making the environment a tad bit more lively? Amazingly enough, we may have just the thing for you. A hilarious list of funny work quotes that would be perfect for your workplace. Do you know that every chuckle or shared joke brings with it a slew of business benefits, according to research from prestigious schools like Wharton, MIT, and London Business School?

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Top challenges facing health insurance professionals

PeopleKeep

Health insurance in America is constantly changing; where it’s being sold, how much it costs, who’s participating in it, and so much more. As health insurance professionals look to the future of the healthcare industry, staying ahead of the oncoming challenges and changes is what will keep you afloat. We’ve identified five of the most common challenges today’s brokers, agents, and claims specialists face today, as well as outlined how you can overcome these challenges to better serve your client

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New $15 Minimum Wage for Independent Contractors by 2022 | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

Following an executive order issued by the White House in April 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced a proposed rule to raise the minimum wage for federal independent contractors to $15 per hour. Find out more about this proposal and how it could impact employers and the federal minimum wage.

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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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Pandemic Burnout is Rampant in Corporate America

HR Digest

We need to talk about pandemic burnout. There is an ongoing mental health crisis across the globe as an increasing number of workers report feeling unable to cope with social distancing and the countless coronavirus-related lockdowns. The situation is far from gravy in America – a nation that seems to have entered the last leg of the pandemic. According to Gallup , the average American’s assessment of their own mental health is “worse than it has been at any point in the last two decades.

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Don’t downsize your office before considering these key factors

Business Management Daily

Today we get to don our interior design hat, not something we often get to do in business. However, it’s an important topic of conversation right now for businesses returning to “normal operations.” Many employers are looking at how their workplaces are configured and assessing whether they can downsize since more employees will be working from home at least a few days a week.

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How to Attract Rockstar Talent for Your Business

PeopleStrategy

As hiring rates increase post-pandemic, companies are feeling the pressure to acquire talented employees to integrate into their teams. These new hires must be both highly skilled and committed to improving company performance in the long term, not just filling an open position. In fact, according to HR Exchange Network, the most common estimate shows … How to Attract Rockstar Talent for Your Business Read More » The post How to Attract Rockstar Talent for Your Business appeared first

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TikTok Resumes: TikTok’s New Tool is Helping Younger Generations Find Jobs | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

Social media platform TikTok introduced a brand new way for job seekers to pitch their resumes — through TikTok videos. This new way of resume-sharing comes at a time when companies are struggling to recruit and retain talent. Find out what HR teams should know about this new tool and how to use recruitment tools to brave this year’s high rate of turnover.

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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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Post-Pandemic, Workforce realignment is expected

HR Digest

As the vaccinated workforce considers joining work in offices, certain challenges need to be addressed. Foremost among them are: A safe and healthy environment. Work-life balance. Flexibility. Insuring against a future livelihood shock similar to the one posed by the pandemic. The workforce fallout from the coronavirus outbreak , in other words, may have only just begun in the post-pandemic scenario.

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Why men’s mental health needs to become a priority at work

cipHR

Ben Binder – founder of The Fitness Works – shares two ways HR can start to make men’s mental health a priority. “Man up.” How many times has this been said to you? How many times have you said this to a colleague, friend, or family member? It’s a phrase that’s been heavily used by many of us to dismiss how someone feels, but in today’s society, it’s time to stop using this phrase and time to start encouraging all people, especially men, to express their emotions and focus on their mental health

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9 tips for having a difficult conversation over Zoom

Business Management Daily

While far from anybody’s favorite part of the job, being a manager involves sometimes needing to talk to employees about unpleasant topics. From discussing a performance problem or customer complaint, to letting someone know she won’t receive a raise or didn’t get chosen for a prime assignment, nobody likes presenting news another person does not want to hear.

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How to Boost Retention in Your Organization in 2021 | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

How an employer approaches employee retention says a lot about how they view their workforce. Thanks to the pandemic, hybrid offices, and other vital factors, as many as half of all American workers intend to look for a new job in 2021. Yet small and mid-sized organizations can avoid a high employee turnover rate by focusing on boosting retention efforts that keep team members engaged and encourage professional development.

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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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How much does not offering health benefits cost me?

PeopleKeep

When it comes to government regulations on employer-sponsored health benefits, applicable large employers (ALEs) with more than 50 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees are legally required to offer their employees health insurance that meets minimum value. This requirement, also known as the employer mandate, is what ensures health coverage for millions of employees nationwide.

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Education Benefits: Underutilization And Ways To Make Them More Impactful

Wellable

Employers offer education benefits (e.g., tuition assistance and reimbursement) to help employees continue to learn and acquire new skills in an increasingly competitive and degree-demanding job market. These benefits provide the employees who use them with advantages in several dimensions of wellness. Most obviously, they are good for financial wellness.

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10 California Labor Laws Your Business Needs to Brush up On

Patriot Software

The Department of Labor (DOL) enforces more than 180 federal laws. These laws can vary depending on your business and employees. And, some states might have additional labor laws that business owners must follow. One state that has some unique regulations is California. Read on to learn about California labor laws and how they impact […] READ MORE.

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New Form 1095-C Draft Issued by IRS for Filing in 2022 | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

In July 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued an early release draft of Form 1095-C—an important ACA reporting document. While not ready for publication and use just yet, human resources departments should take note of a few updates to Form 1095-C—and prepare for potential changes to 1094-Cs. Read on to find out what HR needs to know.

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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.