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Stay out of my Garage

Florida Workers' Comp

I purchased a shovel at the local hardware store a couple of years ago. It was a seemingly simple transaction in which I used hard-earned currency minted by the U.S. government, for which I had exchanged my labor. I handed that currency to this vendor, at a price it demanded, and I received my shovel. I transported that shovel home and used it for various tasks and challenges in my yard.

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This platform helps businesses identify gaps in working parent support

Employee Benefit News

With a three-minute assessment, employers can see where they're doing well, and where they need to make improvements to retain talent.

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How New Regulations Are Created

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Recently, we wrote about how laws are created in the blog “U.S. Legislative Process: How a Bill Becomes a Law.” After legislation is passed by both the House and the Senate and signed by the president, it becomes law. The next step […] The post How New Regulations Are Created appeared first on Word on Benefits.

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Supercharge your workforce: How tailored employee benefits win over Gen Z

Employee Benefit News

Each generation needs different benefits that connect with their individual needs. Here's what to offer the youngest age group in today's workforce.

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HR’s Complete 2025 Calendar of Important Dates

HR leaders can use this calendar from Paycor to track important HR and payroll tax dates. The 2025 calendar includes: Tax filing dates Federal reporting deadlines Bank holidays Links to relevant tax forms …and more! Get your 2025 HR calendar today!

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Search begins for Britain’s best office dog

Workplace Insight

Bath-based workplace design firm Interaction is inviting dog owners across the UK to nominate their canine colleagues and share a photo of their pets at work. The aim of the competition to find Britain’s best office dog is to highlight the important role that dogs play in workplace wellbeing. In the UK, households bought 3.2 million pets during lockdown – that’s a lot of new dogs for employees to consider.

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What is the Contingency Fee Structure?

HR Lineup

The contingency fee structure in recruitment is a widely used model for compensating recruitment agencies or headhunters based on their success in finding and placing candidates with employers. It is often preferred by both companies and recruiters for its performance-based nature. In this detailed article, we will explore what the contingency fee structure is, how it works, its advantages and disadvantages, and how it differs from other fee structures like retained search.

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Three quarters of recruiters think young people aren’t prepared for working life

Workplace Insight

A new poll from the the CIPD suggests that many UK employers believe young people aren’t ‘job-ready’ and lack important workplace skills, with a fall in earning and learning opportunities cited as a key reason. The new report, Changing Face of the Youth Labour Market , claims to uncover a number of worrying insights into employers’ perceptions of young workers and their readiness for working life.

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5 tips to help employees with FSA spend down

WEX Inc.

Medical flexible spending accounts (medical FSAs) are use-or-lose accounts. There are limits as to whether (or how much of) your employees’ FSA funds can be carried over into the next plan year. How well do your employees understand their FSA’s plan rules? If they don’t, they could risk forfeiting funds to the plan. And any forfeiture of funds would create a negative experience for them that may discourage future FSA participation, hurting their ability — and your ability — to save money.

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IRS Issues Proposed Regulations to Ensure Expanded Preventative Care Services Coverage

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

On November 18, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Internal Revenue Bulletin 2024-47, which includes proposed regulations designed to ensure that non-grandfathered group health plans and insurance issuers provide an accessible exceptions process for preventive services, allowing coverage without cost sharing if deemed medically necessary by an individual’s provider.

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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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Breakroom ideas to help boost office morale and productivity

Higginbotham

A thoughtfully designed breakroom is more than just a space to take a break; it’s a hub for connection, relaxation and recharging. In today’s fast-paced work environments, offering employees a dedicated space to step away from their desks can help enhance morale and foster a sense of community. Features of an Effective Breakroom An effective breakroom combines practicality with comfort while catering to diverse workforce needs.

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Recruitment and Selection Strategies for the Modern Workforce: A Guide by Abel HR

Abel HR

In today’s competitive job market, attracting and retaining top talent requires a strategic approach to recruitment and selection. At Abel HR, we help businesses optimize their HR processes, allowing them to focus on growth while we manage the complexities of hiring and compliance. This blog explores effective strategies for recruiting and selecting the best candidates for your modern workforce. 1.

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Once Again, Elon Musk’s Tesla Pay Package Is Rejected

HR Digest

Elon Musk’s Tesla pay package is still stuck in limbo as a judge has rejected all attempts to reinstate it. The Delaware court ruling over the Tesla CEO’s pay package upholds a previous ruling from January that had determined that the proposed compensation plan was unfairly determined. Tesla tried to sway the decision through a shareholder vote, but it was not enough to overturn the ruling.

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Working life in 2024 is defined by stress, poor management and loneliness

Workplace Insight

The 2024 State of the Global Workplace report by Gallup sets out to provide a comprehensive analysis of employee experiences worldwide, revealing a large number of people who feel they are under increasing strain. Despite living in an era of remarkable technological and economic advancements, workers face significant challenges, with stress, disengagement, and declining mental health prominent in people’s daily working life.

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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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NJ Court Finds Teacher’s COVID-19 Death Compensable Under State’s “Essential Employee” Presumption

The Workcomp Writer

A New Jersey appellate court has affirmed a compensation judge’s determination that a public school teacher who died from COVID-19 qualified as an “essential employee” under the state’s special pandemic legislation, thus triggering a presumption that her COVID-19 infection was work-related [ Amato v. Twp. of Ocean Sch. Dist. , 2024 N.J. Super. LEXIS 103 (Nov. 25, 2024)].

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Do you have leadership paralysis?

Workplace Insight

There are so many different theories on how to lead change. Tom Peters says we should not discuss change but organisational revolution (Peters,1991); Chris Argyris talks about change management as flawed advice (Argyris, 1985); Kotter puts forward a top down change transformation process (Kotter, 1995); Beer, Eisnestat and Spectors, discuss a bottom-up process (Eisnestat and Spectors, 1990) and that is just to name a few ways of looking at this aspect of leadership.

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Is there a cure for bad bosses?

Employee Benefit News

The first director of culture and learning at Pixar shares why companies cannot let bad leadership go untreated.

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eightfold Panel Discussion: It’s Time to Get Aligned – Bringing HR and Business Strategy Together | December 12th, 2024 @ 10am Eastern

3Sixty Insights

Struggling in the search for highly skilled talent? You’re not alone. Misalignment between the C-suite and HR is holding your organization back. According to our new survey, created with eightfold, just 44% of respondents believe their talent strategies are aligned with overall business goals. But there is a way to fix it. Join us for eighfold’s next Talent Table as we discuss: Where these misalignments are occurring in your business.

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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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US job openings pick up to 7.7 million

Employee Benefit News

U.S. job openings picked up in October while layoffs eased, suggesting demand for workers is stabilizing.

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Time off in lieu (TOIL) Is it right for your business?

Business Management Daily

Time off in lieu (TOIL): A guide to effective management Sometimes, you have to work late. Whether it’s a last-minute deadline or covering a shift during busy periods, more than 40 hours a week is needed to meet work demands. And extra work requires extra compensation. Employers typically compensate for extra work with overtime pay. The legal requirement for non- exempt employees is 1.5x their average hourly rate, which helps them feel better about staying late at the office.