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7 employee behaviors it pays to recognize

Achievers

Recognition is essential to retaining and engaging employees, but few organizations provide enough of it. A startling 82% of employees wish they received more recognition for their efforts. Before your company can implement an impactful recognition program, it must define what behaviors it wants to recognize. Ninety-two percent of employees agree that when they’re recognized for a specific action, they’re more likely to repeat the action again.

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Top 30 Employee Retention Strategies for the "New" Work World!

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Retain your best employees with these Top 30 Employee Retention Strategies and build a positive work atmosphere to promote engagement.

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Retirement Research Results and Recommendations

Money Talk

I recently attended several webinars and listened to several podcasts about issues related to retirement planning and personal finance issues in later life. Below are nine of my key take-aways: ¨ Plans Often Change - According to the 2021 Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), workers said they plan to retire at a median age of 65 and retirees said they actually did at age 62.

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Virtual Activities Have a Permanent Place in Onboarding

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. My local newspaper recently published an article “ Will virtual onboarding for new workers be the norm post-pandemic? Some experts think so.” My big takeaway from the article was that, just because we’ve started doing some virtual activities due to the pandemic, that doesn’t mean we have to stop doing those activities as we become more mobile and begin returning to the office.

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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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Using Social Media Marketing to Your Advantage

Take It Personel-ly

The digital age has been one characterized by rapidly advancing technology, and that has come with its fair share of advantages, surprises, and problems. From the perspective of a business owner, all of that cutting edge tech can be leveraged to optimize operations in numerous ways. However, the average person isn’t all that technologically savvy, […].

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6 important questions to guide your strategic HR plan

Insperity

Having moved from strictly administrative functioning toward a more strategic role long before the pandemic began, a strategic HR plan is increasingly regarded as a powerful factor in a company’s success. Indeed, leaders have been driven to depend on and value HR guidance more than ever before. HR no longer owns just the transactional and compliance-focused activities of organizations, but has stretched to take greater responsibility for: Employee experience and wellbeing Company culture E

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How Much Does Individual Health Insurance Cost?

PeopleKeep

Many people assume that individual health insurance is more expensive than group health insurance. Note: Individual health insurance is purchased by an individual for themselves or their family, and group health insurance is purchased by an employer for employees. So how much does individual health insurance cost? And how does it stack up against company-based group health insurance?

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La Dolce Vita: 4 Mindful Habits to Appreciate Your Everyday

Take It Personel-ly

Photo Credit: Jackson David via Unsplash Self-care has never been more important, especially at a time when everyone is so caught up with the struggles of juggling family responsibilities, work obligations, and everything in between. Add to that the COVID-19 pandemic that upended nearly every aspect of their lives and heightened anxieties about an uncertain […].

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How HR leaders can deliberately shape their worker-employer relationship?

HR Digest

The need for organizations to be attuned to their workforce’s values and needs has never been more critical. After reflecting on what’s most important to them throughout the pandemic, 40% of the global workforce is considering leaving their employer this year. [1] Organizations that are able to build a sustainable and differentiated worker-employer relationship will be able to stem attrition, traverse shifts in marketplace conditions, and thrive not just through the pandemic, but future disrupti

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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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Virtual leadership coaching: How to assess and coach for success

Insperity

With the widespread prevalence and acceptance of remote work , senior managers are confronting a fresh challenge with frontline managers: How to tackle virtual leadership coaching? For instance, you may be wondering: How can I help managers improve their performance and skills, and ultimately lead their teams better, in this not-so-temporary situation?

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The ADA’s Impact on Returning to the Office

BerniePortal

With companies becoming more vaccinated, workplaces look to be gearing up to return to the office soon. With this in mind, employers need to make sure their employees are prepared to return. Many employees may be in need of assistance or accommodations as they make the transition back into an office. Companies will need to begin familiarizing themselves with the ADA's accommodation regulations in order to ensure compliance.

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10 Math-Focused Jobs for Those Who Love Crunching Numbers

Take It Personel-ly

Math skills are in high demand and only set to increase in a wide range of American professions. The BLS predicts math employment will grow by almost 30 percent between now and 2030–a rate that’s much quicker than any other professional skill set. Of course, math is used in almost every job, but some professions demand a […].

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Improving the Benefits Enrollment Process Despite an Uncertain Future

PeopleStrategy

Elsa Glorioso is the Vice President of Insurance Services at PeopleStrategy, where her role is to broaden growth and expansion in the benefits broker space. She’s was recently featured in BenefitsPRO magazine’s Faces of Change, a spotlight on emerging and innovative leaders. Read the full article here. The post Improving the Benefits Enrollment Process Despite an Uncertain Future appeared first on PeopleStrategy.

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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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How HSA contribution limits work for spouses

PeopleKeep

As more employers move away from group health insurance plans, more married couples have begun maintaining separate individual health insurance coverage. Since many marketplace health insurance plans can be supplemented with a health savings account (HSA) , married couples can open two HSAs, one for each spouse, under certain conditions. If you and your spouse each have HSA-eligible insurance coverage, and you both plan on contributing to your HSAs, you must have separate accounts.

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Mental health insurance coverage is a must for modern employers

Business Management Daily

The prevalence of depression and anxiety in adults has skyrocketed since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, according to the most recent study by Mental Health America. Mental illness can affect anyone, regardless of their background, age, status, job role, or other personal factors. Whether you know it or not, you have employees that are currently experiencing mental health struggles.

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Benefits to a Virtual Office

Take It Personel-ly

Modern technology allows us to do a lot of things virtually, including work from home. Working from home often means you can make your own hours, or at the very least get tasks done in a comfortable environment. You can even have a virtual office. When choosing to work from home, there are several reasons […].

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Core HR: The Platform for Success

PeopleStrategy

As its name implies, an organization’s Core HR solution is at the very heart of its success through talent. Core HR refers to the essential processes, technology, and data that are required to make an organization function. When it comes to Core HR systems, most people think of the basics – the information needed to … Core HR: The Platform for Success Read More » The post Core HR: The Platform for Success appeared first on PeopleStrategy.

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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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Using Benefits to Trim Work Life Tension

HR Professionals Magazine

By Brad Federman. What is a benefit? Merriam-Webster defines it as “something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being.” We offer benefits for the well-being of our employees. So how are we doing? How would we score on a report card? Let’s take a look…. 83% of US workers suffer from work-related stress (Everest College) US businesses lose up to $300 billion yearly as a result of workplace stress (AIS) 57% of the stressed out are paralyzed by the stress (Everyd

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ERISA Compliance Checklist

BerniePortal

Have you noticed how many notices it takes to stay compliant with federal labor laws and regulations? Compliance requirements are so numerous that many HR pros might worry about what could slip between the cracks. A checklist can help, especially when it comes to ERISA compliance. So, what is ERISA and what do you need to know to stay compliant? Find out more.

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5 Health Benefits of Singing

Take It Personel-ly

Everyone sings from time to time. Whether in front of a live audience or alone in the shower, singing is a part of being human. Besides being fun, singing might improve certain aspects of your health. There is tangible evidence that your morning serenade in the shower is benefiting more than your imaginary audience. With […].

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Benefits Admin: Finding the Right Fit

PeopleStrategy

Job benefits like health insurance and retirement have been a staple of the American job market for a long time now. But as physical and mental health have been brought front and center with the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations are finding that their employees are paying more attention than ever when it comes to the benefits … Benefits Admin: Finding the Right Fit Read More » The post Benefits Admin: Finding the Right Fit appeared first on PeopleStrategy.

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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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Shhh! Most Brits prefer not to talk about their wages

cipHR

New research by HR software provider CIPHR suggests that most British adults are reluctant to talk about their salary with other people. Do you tell the people closest to you what you earn? Turns out, not many people do. A new poll by HR software provider CIPHR suggests that most British adults are reluctant to discuss their salary with friends and family, and even less so with their colleagues and co-workers.

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Are You Worried about the Quality of Your Benefits Offerings Post-COVID?

CorpStrat

During the pandemic shutdown, many employers had to get creative with how they delivered benefits. For the first time ever companies had fully remote teams, made work/life balance top priority, and ensured ample tele-health and mental health resources were available to their teams. As we return to the office, employees are now expecting these benefits and perks and feel more empowered than ever to ask for them.

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What is an association health plan (AHP)?

PeopleKeep

As a small business owner, deciding what health insurance plan is the best for your business is key to recruiting and retaining employees. One option is an association health plan (AHP), which is a type of health insurance that’s customized for people with a “commonality of interest,” meaning plan members must share the same industry or profession. But what does that really mean for small employers?

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3 common mental health challenges in the workplace

Pacific Prime

Did you know that mental health challenges are all around us? They affect pretty much everyone, no matter their status or background. Employees themselves are no exception, and employers are responsible for ensuring that any mental health challenges are dealt with right away. HR teams and managers can identify employees experiencing mental health challenges by.

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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.