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Why flexible work benefits give women a strategic advantage

Employee Benefit News

Flexible work arrangements improve retention, boost productivity, and enhance diversity, empowering women and giving employers a competitive edge.

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Benefits of outsourcing your HR services to Enjoy Benefits

Enjoy Benefits

HR activities can become quite a burden for even modestly sized businesses, but Enjoy Benefits can lighten that load with our range of HR solutions. HR Solutions from Enjoy Benefits We offer the following services to companies of all sizes. Workplace pensions auto-enrolment We can source the best pension schemes for your employees, communicate the scheme’s benefits to employees, and implement and run auto-enrolment.

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10 Best One-on-One Meeting Software for HR in 2025

HR Lineup

One-on-one meetings are essential to maintaining alignment, boosting morale, and addressing individual employee concerns. For HR teams, these meetings offer a valuable channel to understand employee well-being, performance trends, and potential organizational risks. But running productive one-on-one meetings requires more than a calendar inviteit requires structure, documentation, and continuity.

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Hiring a Top-Performing Escrow Officer: Key Skills to Prioritize

Professionals Alternative

When it comes to the success of a mortgage or title company, hiring the right escrow officer can make all the difference. Escrow officers play a critical role in managing the financial and legal details of real estate transactions, acting as the central coordinator between buyers, sellers, lenders, and realtors. Their ability to handle complex documentation, ensure compliance, and close deals efficiently is what drives smooth and secure closings.

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Beyond Basic Coverage: Unlocking the Hidden Value of Group Medicare Plans for Your Retiring Workforce

Speaker: Dr. Hassan M. Abdulhaqq

As the baby boomer generation continues to retire in unprecedented numbers, HR leaders face the critical challenge of ensuring seamless healthcare transitions for their valued employees. While most professionals understand the basics of Medicare, the strategic advantages and enhanced benefits offered by Group Medicare plans remain largely unexplored territory.

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Mastering discipline in benefits consulting

Employee Benefit News

Achieving success isn't just about working hard it's about working smart, optimizing time and energy to focus on high-impact activities.

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Rewards and benefits in the U.K.: Why separate programs are essential

Achievers

Rewards and benefits often get tossed into the same bucket think pensions, holiday pay, and the occasional course on time management. But while both show your people that you value them, theyre not quite the same (despite what many job listings would have you believe). Benefits are the baseline the essentials that employees expect. Rewards, on the other hand, are your secret sauce.

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Little evidence that hybrid working has encouraged high skilled people to relocate to cheaper regions

Workplace Insight

A new report and series of policy briefings by a team of UK researchers suggest that the shift towards remote and hybrid working has not significantly changed where people live, nor has it helped to distribute talent more evenly across the country. Led by Professor Jackie Wahba OBE from the University of Southampton and Dr David McCollum from the University of St Andrews, the research was conducted by the ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations, in collaboration with academi

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How to tailor your financial wellness benefits to meet generational needs

Employee Benefit News

Gen Z, millennials and baby boomers all need different levels of support through their workplace benefits to manage money stress.

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Anatomy of a Decision Vignette: How isolved Strengthened the Onboarding and Payroll Experience for QSR Employees and Customers

3Sixty Insights

What You Need to Know To most Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) customers, front-line workers are the business. Whether its by providing quality service or resolving customer issues, theyre the ones who maintain the customer experience. That involves everything from taking orders and maintaining facilities to troubleshooting delivery delays and making sure a customers request for mayonnaise, not mustard is fulfilled.

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Protect Your Business and Stay On Top of Compliance

To keep your business running smoothly (and legally), HR needs to get compliance right every time. Our HR Compliance Checklist is your go-to guide to cover the basics and start your auditing processes, helping you identify and address any gaps in your HR functions. Remember, compliance rules can differ based on industry and location—you’ll still need to keep up with changing regulations, but our checklist can help you get started.

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Moran, Jacob Honored With 2025 PayrollOrg Special Recognition Awards

APA Congress Today

Two payroll professionals whove displayed outstanding leadership and who have continually gone above and beyond to help other payroll professionals were honored today during PayrollOrgs 43rd Annual Payroll Congress.

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Top 10 Mobile Workforce Management Software & Apps in 2025

HR Lineup

Managing a mobile workforce has become increasingly complex in 2025. Whether you’re in field services, construction, logistics, or healthcare, businesses now need robust tools that go beyond simple scheduling or time tracking. Todays mobile workforce management (MWM) software must provide real-time communication, GPS tracking, compliance features, and seamless mobile experiences.

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Voya reveals 'severe impact' on retirement savings due to tariffs

Employee Benefit News

A third of employees say they are struggling to save for retirement due to tariffs and other economic stressors.

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Tips for Employers on Navigating Anxiety in the Workplace

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

With so much going on in the world today, there is a sense of anxiousness regarding the economy, health, family, employment and finances. Three out of four people with stress and anxiety say these conditions interfere with their daily lives, including their […] The post Tips for Employers on Navigating Anxiety in the Workplace appeared first on Word on Benefits.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Microsoft Layoffs in 2025 Clear the Way for Heavy AI Investments

HR Digest

In another win for AI against its human counterparts, Microsoft has announced another round of layoffs in 2025. News of the Microsoft workforce cuts broke on Tuesday, with a 6,000-strong cut planned at the tech firm. Reports suggest that the company is slashing 3% of its workforce globally, despite strong sales and profits numbers reported for its last quarter that ended in March.

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Case Study Vignette: How isolved Simplified Payroll for QSR Operator Leemar United

3Sixty Insights

What You Need to Know Processing payroll is never easy, but it can be especially fraught when your workforce stretches across multiple states and changes jobs frequently. Thats the situation faced by many companies that run Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs). Primarily described as fast food outlets, these QSR chains face a number of common challenges, such as recruiting, hiring, and retention, while complying with the regulations of the different jurisdictions they serve.

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How are companies affording GLP-1 coverage?

Employee Benefit News

The increased popularity of GLP-1s for weight loss has pushed organizations to modify their healthcare plans.

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Thousands of civil service jobs to relocate away from London

Workplace Insight

The UK government has unveiled a significant restructuring of the public sector, aiming to relocate 12,000 civil service jobs from London to regional hubs across the country. This initiative is part of a broader effort to decentralise government operations, enhance efficiency, and bring decision-making closer to communities. As part of this plan, eleven government offices in London are slated for closure, including prominent sites such as the Ministry of Justice in Victoria, the Department of He

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New Data: How Pay Equity Gaps Impact Engagement, Retention and Risk

Perceptions of pay fairness influence engagement, trust, and turnover, making pay equity a strategic concern, not just a compliance issue. People at Work 2025: Pay Equity , a global research report from ADP Research, examines how workers in 34 markets view their compensation and why it matters. Based on responses from nearly 38,000 employees, the report highlights persistent gaps by gender, age, and job level, despite improving sentiment overall.

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SSA’s Full Retirement Age Criteria and Other Social Security Changes in 2025

HR Digest

Retiring early and with an optimistic outlook on the things to come may feel like a pipe dream for many, but the more you know about the Social Security system, the easier it will be to guarantee it. In 2025, there is still some uncertainty around the Full Retirement Age (FRA) and what the gradual increase means for retirees. A minor update can have lasting consequences for millions of Americans in the coming months, so it’s important to know the details so you can avoid early retirement p

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Council Guest Post: What If Everyone Has a Seat at the Table and a Voice?

3Sixty Insights

A thought experiment on the benefits and challenges of inclusive decision-making In recent years, I have been asked this question too frequently: How can I create a seat at the table? At first, this seemed like a normal question, but it has since made me think deeply. Why does this question even exist? I believe everyone has a seat at the table. Dont they?

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Chronic care insurance reimagined

Employee Benefit News

Eliminating chronic care from health insurance coverage would make healthcare affordable for 80% of employees who account for 20% of spending.

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7 things to know about HSA compliance

WEX Inc.

Health saving accounts (HSAs) offer an excellent opportunity for participants to save money on healthcare expenses and for employers to support their employees wellness needs in a cost-efficient way. But there are HSA rules and regulations you and your employees need to follow in order to stay compliant. Keep reading to learn more about HSA compliance topics including: rules for employees, designing an HSA program, and how to keep HSAs exempt from ERISA.

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Bringing Us Together Through Innovative Benefits

Speaker: Joe Fernandez, Chief Strategy Officer, Selerix & Sharlyn Lauby, Author & Publisher, HR Bartender

What if your benefits strategy could be more than just inclusive—what if it could actually bring your team closer together? In today’s evolving workplace, employees span a wide range of life stages, work arrangements, and cultural perspectives. That’s why offering one-size-fits-all benefits just doesn’t cut it anymore. It’s time to reimagine how we support our teams.

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EA return to office mandate: Financial pressures drive hybrid work shift

HR Digest

Electronic Arts (EA), a leading name in the gaming industry , has overhauled its work-from-home policy. EA has announced a hybrid work model that mandates at least three days of in-office work per week and will effectively terminate remote hiring. The move was announced by CEO Andrew Wilson and EA Entertainment president Laura Miele. The EA return to office policy aims to harness kinetic energy for creativity and streamline global operations.

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Understanding the landscape of AI for HR

3Sixty Insights

This article is a summary of a conversation with Loic Michel, CEO and Julie Asselin VP of Marketing from 365Talents and Pamela Stroko, HCM Thought Leader and HCM Principal Analyst affiliated with 3Sixty Insights. The Webinar recording was titled Whats Behind the Fluff of AI in HR. Highlights of a recent review of AI in HR AI in HR has been dominating the marketplace conversation since 2023yet we see that there is significant disparity in understanding and adoption.

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Relocation benefits may be the key to a successful RTO mandate

Employee Benefit News

Benefit managers should revisit their budgets and benefits to get out-of-state employees back to the office.

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Future-proof your business: Why now’s the time to digitize payments

WEX Inc.

Many businesses today are still stuck using outdated payment systems. Despite years of innovation in consumer payments think mobile wallets, tap-to-pay, and instant money transfers theres still some hesitation in adopting modern payment solutions in the B2B world. Why is that? Eric Frankovic, President of Corporate Payments at WEX, recently sat down with PYMNTS.com CEO Karen Webster to talk about this.

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More Than a Benefit: Group Medicare and the Psychology of Retirement

Speaker: Shae Noble

As the workforce ages, retirement is becoming a more complex and emotionally significant transition. For many employees, retiring marks not only a change in benefits and income but also a shift in identity, community, and purpose. This webinar explores how HR professionals can support aging and retiring employees through a trauma-informed lens—one that recognizes the emotional and psychological dimensions of leaving the workforce.