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Kansas Becomes Fourth State Enact Earned Wage Access Law

PayrollOrg

Kansas is the fourth state to enact an earned wage access (EWA) law, following Missouri, Nevada, and Wisconsin. The new Kansas law requires EWA providers to be licensed in the state.

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Video: How Engaging with Research Firms Can Elevate Your Professional Journey

3Sixty Insights

Nicholas Biron of 3Sixty Insights delves into the critical role of end users and practitioners in today’s research ecosystem, marking the second installment of our enlightening series on working with analysts. This concise exploration not only demystifies the decision-making processes but also emphasizes the unique, unbiased perspectives that research firms provide to foster informed, strategic choices in technology and career advancement.

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The first step to solving the talent shortage

Business Management Daily

Let us infuse some fresh energy into the big issue facing leadership —the workforce—or, to be more specific, the shortage of talent. We all face a headwind regarding the people in our organizations—it is a perfect storm, and we must navigate with finesse. How long will the storm last? According to the latest U.S. census data, we are in for a dry spell until around 2030.

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15Five Wins 2024 HR Tech Award for Best Midsize Business-Focused Solution 

15Five

For the second consecutive year, 15Five has been named a winner of Lighthouse Research and Advisory’s HR Tech Awards in the Talent Management category as a Best Midsize Business-Focused Solution. The 2024 recognition includes a special emphasis on how organizations have benefitted from 15Five’s HR Outcomes Flywheel approach, our guiding philosophy that enables strategic HR by connecting its impact to the business through higher employee performance, retention, and engagement.

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We’re Here to Help! How to Navigate Your Top HR Priorities

Are you helping your people proactively plan for retirement? How are you prioritizing the mental health of your HR team? These are a few of the questions that HR professionals are seeking answers to today. Luckily, Gallagher’s consultants came together with four robust articles (and one infographic) that help address these pain points and provide you with proactive planning tips to help you simplify, personalize and create flexibility in your benefits offerings to help ensure your people thrive

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Compliance TV: DOL Finalizes Salary Thresholds for 'White Collar' Exemption; IRS Data Affirms Payroll's Vital Role in Nation's Tax System; and more

PayrollOrg

In this May 2024 edition of Compliance TV: DOL finalizes salary thresholds for 'White Collar' Exemption; IRS data affirms payroll's vital role in nation's tax system; and more.

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How 15Five Helped over 35% of Managers Improve Engagement, Performance, and Intent to Stay on Their Teams

15Five

Core Medical Group is shifting from reactive to strategic HR practices, leveraging 15Five to lead the way. In the competitive healthcare and staffing sector, managing employee engagement and performance with efficiency poses a significant challenge, particularly when relying on reactive, paper-based systems. Core Medical Group‘s transition from traditional methods to embracing 15Five’s continuous approach has revolutionized their approach to performance management The Challenge Lynn Como, the Di

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Does your company need a chief appreciation officer?

Employee Benefit News

Reward Gateway Edenred is so focused on supporting and uplifting employees, they gave their CPO a new role dedicated to the task.

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Tesco and Lidl GB shortlisted for Best healthcare and wellbeing benefits – large employer

Employee Benefits

Supermarkets Tesco and Lidl GB have been shortlisted in the category Best healthcare and wellbeing benefits at the Employee Benefits Awards 2024. This award was created to celebrate a successful health and wellbeing strategy that helps boost productivity or engagement through employee wellbeing. The full category shortlist is: Bank of America Barratt Developments Cadent Gas Centrica Citi Experian Lidl GB Sanofi South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board Tui UK Tesco Stores Last year, water management

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Unemployment on the rise as employers scale back hiring efforts

Employee Benefit News

April's unemployment rate rose, though wages also increased across sectors.

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4-Week Roadmap for New Hires

Nearly one-quarter of employees (23%) admit they’ve cried within the first week! Give new hires a positive start with this four-week onboarding roadmap. This schedule outlines all the turns, detours, and speedbumps new hires can expect in their first month. We’ve included suggestions for each week to help you make your new employees’ highway to success an easy road.

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Oxford rents poised to surge as office and lab space dwindles

Workplace Insight

Oxford’s thriving science and technology sector is facing a potential hurdle: a critical shortage of office and laboratory space. According to a new report by property consultancy Vail Williams , this scarcity could send rents spiralling upwards in the coming year. The report paints a concerning picture. The city, it suggests, has just about enough Grade A office and lab space to meet demand from life sciences and biotech companies for the next year.

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FinanceBuzz seeks Star Wars newcomer for paid role

Employee Benefits

Credit: Pavel Sneznyj/shutterstock Something for the weekend: A Star Wars newbie in the United States could be paid $1,000 (approximately £795) to watch all nine movies in the Skywalker saga. In celebration of Star Wars day, or May the 4 th , personal finance site FinanceBuzz is looking for an official Wookiee Rookie to rate and evaluate the films from a true outsider’s perspective.

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Effective Communication in Relationships: 10 Tips to Improve It

BetterUp

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Southampton City Council to cut redundancy pay

Employee Benefits

Shutterstock – Kit Leong Southampton City Council is to reduce its rate of redundancy pay in order to improve the affordability of restructuring. The council had offered both voluntary and compulsory redundancy pay levels above the statutory minimum. It previously calculated voluntary redundancy payments at 1.25 the rate for compulsory redundancy, which was also above the statutory minimum.

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Transform Employee Wellbeing and Control Costs Through Data-Driven Strategies

In today's dynamic business environment, HR leaders face immense pressure to optimize costs while maintaining a competitive edge to attract, retain and engage their workforce. Gallagher can help you meet that challenge head-on. Our proprietary data and people analytics platform, Gallagher Drive ® , provides the elevated insights you need to make impactful program decisions that are aligned with your organizational goals and set your strategy up for long-term success.

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Success stories: Companies excelling in employee engagement

Higginbotham

Employee engagement refers to the level of commitment and enthusiasm that workers bring to their jobs, as well as the degree to which they share the culture, values and goals of the employer organization. In a November 2023 Gallup poll , only 32 percent of US employees described themselves as engaged based on this definition. Even worse, 17 percent of the survey respondents said that they were actively disengaged.

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Break Out of the Robotic Mold—Learn How to Build Rapport With Employees

HR Digest

Being a leader is hard—being a leader at a new company where everyone is trying to decipher what to make of you, all while you do your best to build a rapport with employees, is even harder. Whether this is your first time leading or you’ve done it a hundred times before, employee rapport building doesn’t get easier because every time you have to start connecting with someone new, there are layers and layers of preconceived notions you need to break through.

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The top 10 most read articles between 25 April – 1 May 2024

Employee Benefits

The top 10 most read articles between 25 April – 1 May 2024 on employeebenefits.co.uk were: Tribunal finds woman who worked unpaid for 20 years was constructively unfairly dismissed. Department for Education to offer teachers up to £6,000 incentive. Central Co-op and Ikea UK shortlisted for Best benefits to support work-life balance. Unum UK receives Great Place to Work accreditation.

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TN: Tool Company Sales Rep is Statutory Employee of Tractor Supply Co.

The Workcomp Writer

Civil Action Against Tractor Supply Barred In a divided decision, a Tennessee appellate court affirmed a trial court’s decision granting summary judgment to a defendant corporation on the basis that it was the statutory employer of an injured vendor sales representative, based on the sales rep performing work that was part of the defendant’s regular business and work usually done by its own employees [ Coblentz v.

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

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Employee Reward Program: 5 Unique Ideas with Examples to Breed Engagement & Satisfaction

Empuls

What happens when employee reward programs and recognition initiatives are inconsistent in a company with thousands of employees spread across the country, all wanting to feel valued and appreciated for their hard work? Some departments would celebrate achievements and others would fall short. This was the reality for Luminous Power Technologies , India's leading home electrical specialist.

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Commercial real estate lending hits ten year low

Workplace Insight

New lending for commercial real estate fell 33 per cent last year to its lowest level since 2013, according to the latest bi-annual report from Bayes Business School, (formerly Cass). Researched and written by Dr Nicole Lux , Senior Research Fellow at Bayes Business School , City, University of London, the report also shows that a significant portion (42 per cent) of the £170 billion of loans outstanding will have to be refinanced within 12 months.

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Tribunal strikes equal pay from BBC presenter claims

Employee Benefits

An employment tribunal has ruled that four female BBC presenters who have taken legal action against the broadcaster cannot include equal pay as part of their claim. Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh have accused the organisation of conducting a “sham recruitment exercise” after they lost their jobs when it merged its domestic and global news channels last year.