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10 Essential Remote Working Tips

Achievers

Remote work can be an unexplored territory for many people. If you’re new to remote work , make sure you’re well-equipped with the right tips and tools in place. We dive into 10 essential remote working tips. . 1. Practice frequent recognition . Recognition is a key takeaway when it comes to remote working tips. Remote workers can feel isolated and Gallup shared that 21 percent named “loneliness” as the biggest struggle with working remotely.

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Product Webinar: Making Recruiting and Hiring Easier with New Digital Tools

Hireology

This year, businesses of all types have never felt more pressure to deliver. With health and safety challenges, along with the economic downturn related to COVID-19, traditional recruitment methods are simply not working to meet the demand of today’s small and medium businesses. Join one of our webinars below to learn about new ways to attract applicants, get a process in place to manage an influx of candidate activity and roster the right professionals – within one unified platform.

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6 Key Principles for Organizational Decision Making

HR Bartender

Organizations are always making decisions. And when faced with unique circumstances, they might have to make some more – including some really tough ones. Decision making isn’t easy. Some people avoid making decisions at all costs. And avoidance is a decision in itself. There are times when the outcome from no decision can be worse. At some point last year, I attended a conference where the speaker shared six principles for decision making.

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What Percent of Health Insurance is Paid by Employers?

PeopleKeep

When evaluating a new or existing health insurance program, your organization's contribution strategy is an important consideration. In simple terms, how much will individual employees pitch in for coverage, and what percent of health insurance is paid by the employer?

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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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Use of Social Media in the Workplace- Advantages and Disadvantages

Vantage Circle

Social media in the workplace- Should you allow it or not? It is a relevant but debatable topic. Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are well-known examples of social media platforms, but social media can be of different types. Such channels may include Internet forums, online profiles, podcasts, blogs, photos and video, text, instant messages, music streaming applications, and audio services (audio over IP) based on the Internet, to name a few.

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6 Workplace Changes HR Should Plan for After COVID-19 | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

With a coronavirus vaccine still out of reach, what should HR expect for life after the pandemic—and how can it prepare now?

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Most Important Basic Concepts of Economics You Need to Know

Take It Personel-ly

Just recently, it has been reported that the total assets held by U.S households are over $113 trillion. If this number were divided up by the total population of the United States, it would equal out to over $343,000 for every person. However, this isn’t how the economy works. The economy is much more complex than that […].

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5 Useful Employee Communication Tips For Remote Workforce

Vantage Circle

Employee communication is the key to organizational success. It is the sharing of information and ideas between employees and the management and vice versa. How management and employees connect tells a lot about the fate of the organization. If communication is not your top priority, all of your other priorities are at risk. ~Bob Aronson. Today millions of corporates all around the world are working from home due to the covid crisis.

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Labor Code of the Philippines

Global People Strategist

The Labor Code of the Philippines is a legal code that determines all employment practices and labor relations in the Philippines. This is to help protect employees and employers- while ensuring that neither is subject to unfair treatment or exploitation. Below are sets of rules that make up the Labor Code: Working Hours in the Philippines. No employee in the Philippines must work for over 8 hours a day.

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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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IRS Updates to New Form 1094-C and 1095-C Drafts | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

In mid-July, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced an early release draft of tax forms for 1094-C and 1095-C filings. While not ready for publication and use just yet, HR should take note of a few updates to 1095-Cs—and prepare for potential changes to 1094-Cs.

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Taking Care of Your Medical Bills After an Accident That Keeps You From Working

Take It Personel-ly

When you’ve been injured and can no longer work, income is naturally one of your greatest concerns. The increased anxiety and stress over medical bills and financial security can even negatively impact your recovery. Exploring your options for compensation is the first priority. If you’ve been injured in a car accident, then you should explore […].

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Remote Workforce could Double to 10% after the Pandemic

HR Digest

Brett White, the CEO of Cushman & Wakefield, in a recent interview, said that he believes the remote workforce size had chances of doubling after the coronavirus pandemic. According to him, as much as 10% of the workforce in the U.S. could be permanently working from home. . This comment by White was made just after it was reported by Cushman & Wakefield that there was an 18% year over year decline in the quarterly revenues.

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Employees Need Time Off, Even In A Pandemic

Wellable

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many employees have transitioned into working remotely from home. Some employees now enjoy increased flexibility with schedules and project timelines. Unfortunately, this has complicated workers’ abilities to disengage from work tasks, which can often be done at any time of day and virtually. After all, what is the point of using up hard-earned paid time off, when an employee can easily change around their schedule to fit in any other obligations?

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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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Employee Autonomy: Things to Keep in Mind

Vantage Circle

The employees are the stronghold of an organization, and without them, success is always a distant dream. And to achieve the goals and objectives, you must maintain your employees’ satisfaction levels. One of the likeliest contenders that will help elevate satisfaction and engagement levels is employee autonomy. Without autonomy, the chances are likely that your employees will find their work monotonous, which will hinder their full potential.

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5 Cyber Security Threats and how to Defend Your Company Against Them

Take It Personel-ly

Small business owners tend to make the common mistake of thinking that their company is not at risk of a cyber-attack, or that an online scammer won’t try to gain access to sensitive customer or business information. Of course, this couldn’t be further from the truth, because small businesses are at risk much in the […].

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Is an outsourced payroll approach beneficial for your business?

Ascender

This question seems simple enough: do you keep your payroll services in-house, or do you outsource this function to a third-party provider? Despite the simplicity, however, this also tends to be a question that lingers in the “I will think about it later” box, most especially when your payroll does not seem to be broken. But waiting for a breakdown is a fraught proposition ­–­ you don’t want to be left standing on the side of the road.

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Automotive News Retail Forum Recap

Hireology

What’s ahead for Dealers for the rest of 2020. The final installment of the Automotive News Retail Forum: Dealer Discussions virtual series wrapped up this week, showcasing how dealers and industry partners have weathered the staffing and inventory challenges this summer. Hireology CEO Adam Robinson was among the panelists who shared tactics on what dealers can do today to help their dealerships adapt to the changing landscape created by COVID-19. .

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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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What the ADA and EEOC Say About Telework and COVID-19 | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

More and more teams are returning to the workplace. Yet with COVID-19 still spreading across the country, employees may request telework as a reasonable accommodation if they’re at higher risk of severe illness. Find out what you need to know about how working remotely applies to the ADA.

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5 Easy & Healthy Recipes to Make with Your Kids

Take It Personel-ly

Finding healthy recipes for your family can be difficult, especially with the convenience that picking up fast food on the way home offers. Teaching your children how to incorporate healthier foods into their lifestyle while they’re young can help them to develop skills for cooking their own healthy recipes in the future. But what should […].

Food 101
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Going Virtual: The future of child care during COVID-19?

Benefit Resource Inc.

Child care during COVID-19 has been one of the most discussed topics after the pandemic itself, alongside shifting work environments and how companies and the economy are responding. Many parents are expecting to go back to work in offices, albeit a limited number of days a week in some cases, when the last quarter of 2020 rolls around. Inevitably, some companies and parents, both eager for a solution, are carefully weighing the pros and cons of new solutions, such as virtual care.

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Accurate timekeeping: Pay attention to the Portal-to-Portal Act

Business Management Daily

An employer must know how many hours an employee worked during a pay period in order to calculate the person’s paycheck. While this basic tenant of timekeeping sounds simple, it can prove quite tricky in reality. For example, should reading work-related emails on the commute into the office be compensated? How about the time spent putting on safety apparel before heading onto the work floor?

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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 to Build Remote Work Culture to Support Virtual Teams

Best Money Moves

How to build remote work culture to support virtual teams. Four key factors employers should focus on when building a remote work culture. Employees aren’t ready to rush back into the office just yet. Half of them, understandably, are still worried about the risks of COVID-19 , according to a recent survey by Korn Ferry. . The good news is that nearly 65 percent of workers think they’re more productive at home anyways.

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4 Tips for Preparing Your House for an Addition

Take It Personel-ly

When it comes to the livable space in our homes, it tends to decrease as time goes on. We get more and more items that take up precious space. If your budget can’t afford upgrading to a new home or you just really like your existing home, an addition is the way to go. This […].

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What the Executive Orders Mean for Your Business: Payroll Tax Deferral & More

Patriot Software

As the coronavirus continues to rock businesses’ and individuals’ worlds nationwide, the government is scrambling to find ways to provide additional relief. To help with the negative effects of the coronavirus, the president issued multiple executive orders on August 8, 2020, with one relating to a payroll tax deferral. Read on to learn what the […] READ MORE.

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The Human Experience: HR’s Next Frontier

eni

Our CEO Gene Raymondi discusses holistic wellbeing solutions on Hr.com’s webinar. The days of “What happens at home stays at home” are gone. Employers are coming to term with the fact that the lives of their employees’ spill over into the office, and employees are beginning to look to their employers for holistic solutions to address their lives as they happen and enhance their total well-being.

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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.