Sat.Jun 02, 2018 - Fri.Jun 08, 2018

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How to Address Early Signs of Employee Disengagement

Achievers

According to the Work Institute’s 2017 Retention Report, 75% of the causes of employee turnover are preventable. That’s excellent news for your HR budget, as the cost of replacing entry-level employees alone hovers near $4,000 per position. A small change in human behavior can be enough to indicate damage in employee motivation. Yet, detecting early signs of employee disengagement is never an easy task.

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Organizations Need Good Data to Make Good Decisions

HR Bartender

When it comes to making organizational decisions, good data is essential. Especially when we’re talking about decisions that impact the entire organization like technology investments or HR strategy. One of the best ways to get good data is to participate in surveys. I’m not going to sugar-coat it. Participating in a survey takes time. But the payoff is HUGE because the data is valuable.

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Is it time for your first HR software?

cipHR

Divya Shankar explores five signs that your small or medium-sized business is ready to introduce a people management system. It’s good business sense to use specially designed software to help you manage functions such as marketing and accountancy – so why wouldn’t you want to find a digital solution that’ll help you refine and automate your HR processes?

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The surprising reason behind cliques at work and what you can do

Insperity

When you see your employees breaking off in clumps, it’s likely they’re drawn to each other based on a common interest, work style, work location or personality. But what happens when those clumps turn into cliques at work? Let’s be clear: People tend to gravitate to others who understand them and where they feel safe. This isn’t a bad thing. Lifetime friendships can be born out of workplace relationships.

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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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Benefits Tech Connect: Windy City Event Recap

WEX Inc.

We would like to give a big thank-you to everyone involved in last week’s Benefits Tech Connect event in Chicago! Brought to you by benefitexpress, Benefits Tech Connect is designed to bring together leading benefits insurance professionals for idea exchange and networking opportunities.

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Six reasons not to ban social media at work

cipHR

Social media can boost culture, collaborative, and give your business a competitive edge. Here are six compelling reasons why your organisation should plug into social networks. Employers can be quick to crack down on social media usage in the office when they are looking for a quick boost to staff productivity, or to prevent adverse publicity. But with an estimated 40% of people worldwide now actively using social media platforms, we’re rapidly reaching the point where their use should be accep

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6 leadership lessons for successfully working with family

Insperity

Working with family and friends is a common practice for many small and medium-sized businesses, especially when a company is just starting out. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy, almost 20 percent of U.S. businesses are family-owned. And many innovative companies got their start with two friends sharing a good idea.

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10 Ways to Create an Effective Work Space

Take It Personel-ly

Work spaces are only effective if they’re optimized for productivity and work flow. With a good work space, you can get more work done with less stress. Here are the 10 ways I’ve optimized my work space: 1. Make Distractions Harder to Access Little distractions are all it takes to break my focus and make […].

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3 Strategies for Investing in Yourself

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Capella University. Capella is an accredited online university dedicated to providing an exceptional, professionally-aligned education that puts you a position to succeed in your field. They offer bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees as well as certificate programs for human resources and business professionals.

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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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A Simple Guide: How to Plan the Best Open Enrollment Communication Strategy

WEX Inc.

With annual enrollment quickly approaching, you've probably been hard at work drafting and finalizing plan design, but have you taken time to review and set your enrollment communication strategy (ECS) goals? First, take some time to reflect on last year’s efforts, then set goals for the enrollment. As corporate influence and direction change, so too will the scope and direction of your ECS goals.

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The New State of Benefits Technology

Winston Benefits

The fifth annual Guardian Workplace Benefits Study says employers are accelerating adoption of benefits technology to meet the needs of tomorrow’s workplace. In the past five years, most employers have increased the amount of money spent on benefits technology, and half of companies expect to spend even more within the next three years. Three primary factors have contributed to this increase in spending on benefits tech.

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Life on the Road: 5 Tips for Travelling Freelance Writers

Take It Personel-ly

Freelance writing has rapidly become one of the modern-day career choices for people all over the world. With the ability to work with just a simple laptop and your mind, more and more people are choosing to leave the traditional confines of a house and office and set up their office in some of the […].

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Management Is Not Helping Me – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

Today’s reader note is a toughie. What do you do when it doesn’t look like anyone is supporting you? I have been a nurse for 32 years. I’m being harassed by a new manager reporting false allegations against me. I think he has an instant dislike for me. I have been intimidated by HR, harassed previously by my director, and now given a formal final disciplinary warning.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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5 Simple Ways To Really Engage Employees

Hppy

Why is employee engagement critical to an organization? Many think “getting more employees involved” is the end game. That’s true, but for what purpose? To make every person feel like they are making a contribution? To make them happier? To make them more supportive of leadership? If the purpose of employee engagement isn’t clearly defined, and a disciplined process to achieve that purpose isn’t established, the best that can happen is busyness and dysfunction.

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The Executive Assistant’s Guide: Tips for Getting a Promotion or Raise

SnackNation

The Executive Assistant’s Guide: Tips for Getting a Promotion or Raise. “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.” – Oprah Winfrey. At some point, we’ve all had to grow up and learn that wishes don’t simply come true. We have to make them true. If you wish for a raise or a promotion, then you’ve come to the right place. We’ll do more than just tell you how to get a raise or a promotion.

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5 Tips For Updating Your Digital Marketing Strategy

Take It Personel-ly

In today’s digital landscape, the nature of marketing is constantly evolving and the success of your business depends on how you stay ahead of that digital marketing curve and engage prospective customers. The online world provides a lot of opportunities for different marketing strategies and ways to reach out to different groups of people. Here […].

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According to Harvard Researchers, This Trait Makes Exceptional Leaders Stand Out

Hireology

Note: This post originally appeared on Inc.com , where Hireology co-founder and CEO Adam Robinson is a regular contributor. When researchers Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter looked at the factors that separated exceptional leaders from the pack, one trait stood out above the rest: compassion. In surveying over 1,000 business leaders across more than 800 organizations, they found that leaders who exhibited (or were perceived by the team to exhibit) high levels of compassion had teams who sc

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Bridging the Gap: The Intersection of DEI Initiatives and Employee Benefits

Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP

Unlock the secrets to transforming your organization’s employee benefits into a strategic tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). During this informative session, we will discuss common pitfalls in traditional benefits and then delve into the essence of DEI in employee-centric benefit offerings. This involves not only defining DEI in the workplace but also understanding the pivotal role that employee benefits play in fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

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Can Artificial Intelligence Solve the Pay Gap Problem?

UpstartHR

Note: if this concept interests you then you definitely need to click here and sign up to get a heads up when my new book is coming out later this year. In the book I tell dozens of similar stories along with leveraging research and examples of AI technology to support HR, recruiting, and talent. It’s written in my usual, down-to-earth style and will introduce you to a wide variety of use cases, vendors in the HR tech space that are doing interesting work with AI, algorithms, machine learning, a

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Boost Your Employee Recognition Skills and Words (Templates Included)

SnackNation

Boost Your Employee Recognition Skills and Words (Templates Included). Sometimes the right words are hard to find. It’s why there’s an entire industry devoted to professionally written, mass-produced cards to say everything from “thank you,” to “happy birthday,” to “I’m sorry”. Finding the right employee recognition words presents its own unique set of challenges.

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How to fund your next business venture

Take It Personel-ly

It seems more and more people are taking the plunge into entrepreneurship. With the rise of the internet, the popularity of online shopping and the ability to dropship, launching a business has never looked easier, though there will always be challenges to face. One of the largest and most common of these challenges is funding […].

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Too small for FMLA to apply? Don’t count on it

Business Management Daily

Employers don’t have to comply with the FMLA unless they employ 50 or more employees. However, they can’t escape being covered by creating smaller, wholly owned enterprises. The post Too small for FMLA to apply? Don’t count on it appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

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What does the introduction of GDPR mean for Payroll?

Ascender

On the 25th May, the European Union (EU) brought the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into force. This is one of the biggest changes to data protection rules over the last two decades and will change the way businesses collect, process, store, transmit and use two types of data: personal data and, its subset, sensitive data. Although it is an EU regulation, its scope is far-reaching and will include many businesses and organisations operating outside of the EU.

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Why You Should Hire Interns (And Let Them Do More Than Make Coffee)

Hppy

Millennials have been successfully entering the global workforce over the last decade—according to stats from LinkedIn, they’ll make up 50% of workers by 2020 ( Global Recruiting Trends 2018 ). Generation Z-ers are also well on their way—in another 10 years, they’ll be in place alongside your Millennial workers! Times change. But this new generation of workers is different—technologically savvy, creative, and tuned into the world as never before.

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Survey: Company Loyalty Linked To Impact Of Benefits On Personal Lives

Wellable

New data suggests that delivering a paycheck and “standard” benefits is no longer enough to retain employees. According to the Global Employee Benefits Watch report from Thomsons Online Benefits, employees want to feel personally cared about. Specifically, the survey found that employees who feel that their employer-provided benefits actually have a positive impact on their lives are 40%+ more likely to declare themselves loyal to the company.

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In #MeToo era, accused harassers may seek injunctions to stop internal investigations

Business Management Daily

Sexual harassment claims are on the rise, in the wake of the #MeToo social media movement. Some alleged harassers are fighting back, arguing that the accusations do irreparable harm to their reputations. And they’re not just threatening to file lawsuits. The post In #MeToo era, accused harassers may seek injunctions to stop internal investigations appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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How to Implement Pay Transparency: A Comprehensive Guide

With pay transparency legislation on the rise globally, it can be difficult for organizations to navigate how to share salary ranges due to administrative complexities, lack of clear job architecture, employee reactions, and more. To help make this process easier, Barley's comprehensive guide shares how to begin implementing pay transparency while staying true to your compensation philosophy.