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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Three-quarters (75%) of Generation Z employees have advocated for benefits to be inclusive of better mental health support, have flexibility around working hours and greater accessibility, according to research by sleep and meditation app Calm. Its Voice of the workplace report 2024, which surveyed more than 4,000 employees and HR leaders, also found that Generation X and Boomer staff are the least proactive when advocating for benefits or changes in the workplace, with Gen Z and millennials 47%

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Employee Benefit News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Working parents spend 20% of their income on child care — if they can even find it. Employers can offer a helping hand, and better benefits and workplace support.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

There are lots of products and services out there that claim to change your life — coaching might be the one thing that actually delivers on this promise. The benefits of coaching reach beyond the superficial and are as flexible as you need them to be. A friend of mine was ready to quit her job. Two months after coming back from maternity leave, she was stressed and unhappy.

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Two-fifths (42%) of working parents admitted to looking for alternative work in 2024 with higher pay and better family life support, an increase of four percentage points on 2023, according to research by childcare provider Bright Horizons. Its annual Modern families index, which surveyed more than 3,000 working families, found that the number of employees who feel their employer is supportive of family life has dropped, from 77% last year to 72% this year.

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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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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Financial wellbeing has a key role to play in supporting HR goals such as recruiting and retaining employees and improving productivity. However, the factors influencing financial wellbeing strategies are changing. With insight from its latest Financial Wellbeing Research 2023 [1] in association with Reward & Employee Benefits Association, WEALTH at work reveals some of the key topics set to shape future financial wellbeing strategies.

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3Sixty Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What Happened Workday, which provides enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, and Insperity, a professional employer organization (PEO) that develops its own HR and business performance technology and services, announced a strategic partnership and plans to jointly develop, brand, market, and sell a full-service HR solution for small and midsize businesses.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

The need for reskilling and upskilling in the working environment has been at the forefront of many HR conversations and employee reskilling especially is likely to require considerable investments in the upcoming years. While keeping up with changing times has always been a necessary consideration regardless of the industry, the rapid upsurge of technology recently has really highlighted the need for reskilling programs in order to understand how to do a job you might have been doing for years

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Workplace Insight

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Gulliver’s Travels is one of those books we assume we know. But what we tend to recall is some stuff about Lilliput, giants, talking horses and possibly something about scientists trying to extract sunbeams from cucumbers. It’s really about one man’s descent into disillusion with the human race. It is acerbic, occasionally tediously detailed, and offers insight into some aspects of the human condition, which makes it timeless.

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Darwinbox

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Time is a precious resource, especially within the realm of human resources (HR). Effective time management is vital for organizations to run smoothly and efficiently. This is where time and attendance management comes into play. This article provides an overview of the importance of time and attendance management in HR. It discusses the benefits of implementing a time and attendance management system and the various features that can be utilized.

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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.

Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Almost seven in 10 (68%) employees have reported suffering from health problems at work, according to research by Simplyhealth. The employee health plan provider, which surveyed 4,000 UK adults about their workplace health and wellbeing , and employer practice, also found that a total of almost 19 million days are taken off for physical health problems alone, while 25% of respondents who experienced a health problem said their workplace was not supportive in managing their pain.

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HR Bartender

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Case IQ , a leading provider of case management solutions that helps companies manage the process and workflow of investigators collecting and analyzing information related to a case, with the goal of resolving issues, managing risk, and identifying opportunities for improvement.

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3Sixty Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The Unique Value of ADP ReThink ADP recently wrapped its annual ADP ReThink client event, where over 300 attendees came together in London, England for the largest turnout in ADP ReThink’s 15-year history. If you haven’t had the privilege of attending this unique global HR event, ADP ReThink differentiates itself from other HR technology provider conferences in subtle yet high-value ways.

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Employee Benefit News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Employers that contribute to HSAs must monitor contributions, satisfy comparability rules, determine which financial organizations to work with and meet reporting requirements.

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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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Workplace Insight

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

After a challenging environment for commercial real estate in 2023, its fallout provides investors, developers and corporate occupiers with significant opportunities for value creation and transformational organisational change in 2024, says leading property management and investment firm, Colliers (EMEA) in its new market commentary: ‘ Engage, activate and accelerate performance: next generation real estate strategies’ [registration].

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A California district court recently denied a motion to dismiss claims that the fiduciaries of a 401(k) plan breached their ERISA fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty by selecting underperforming, high-cost investments and causing the plan to pay excessive fees for services. The decision is notable for illustrating how pleading standards in investment performance and excessive fee litigation vary depending on jurisdiction.

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Credit: sematadesign / Shutterstock.com Workers employed on the London Underground by Transport for London have accepted an improved pay offer following a long-running dispute over wages. The employees, who are members of trade union Unite, overwhelmingly accepted the increase, and will see their pay for the 2023 financial year rise by between 5.8% and 11%, with the lowest- paid grades receiving the largest increases.

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HR Bartender

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I received a reader question recently that I’ve honestly never heard anyone ask before. It’s about doing your own social media background check. Hello. I need a referral for a company that will do a normal employment type background check on me. I’m over age 50 and have a lot of good consistent experience. I have been sending my resume around and had a couple call backs but no offers to hire yet.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

We’ve seen multiple reports regarding the HR trends of 2024 and there is concern across the board regarding job security and whether specific jobs will become redundant in the next few years. Whether you work in a broad HR role that covers multiple tasks and responsibilities or your role gets more streamlined into one area such as recruitment or talent retention, you should find some comfort in knowing that HR roles will never become entirely obsolete.

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3Sixty Insights

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

On this episode, Pete and Julie welcome HR operations executive Keith Christensen to the show to share his knowledge and tips for navigating and mastering the complex world of leave-of-absence orchestration! Keith shares his experience and lessons learned from his tenure as the former SVP of HR Corporate Services for CVS Health, where he led HR operations and, with his team, transformed a highly complex leave of absence management and orchestration program for the Fortune 10 organization.

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Workplace Insight

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A new poll claims that nearly 50 percent of respondents would reject a substantial 15 percent pay increase if it meant forfeiting workplace flexibility, even in a challenging financial climate. Despite attractive flexible working policies outweighing the need for increased remuneration, the research – conducted by PayFit – claims that a sizable 83 percent of those surveyed felt improvement was needed to their current workplace’s flexible policies.

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Employee Benefit News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Using Comparably's Happiest Employees 2023 report, Flexjobs ranked which companies have the best cultures and are still hiring remote workers.

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2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

One-third (34%) of mothers in England said they are unable to return to work on a full-time basis due to childcare costs or availability, compared to just 12% of fathers, according to new Pregnant Then Screwed and Women In Data research. The former surveyed 35,800 parents in England, and the latter then extracted a nationally representative sample of 5,870 parents to create the 2024 State of the nation childcare report.

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Wellable

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The secret behind the best wellness programs? Wellness champions. Learn how to integrate these champions for boosted engagement and improved health outcomes. The post Wellness Champions 101: The Key To Optimizing Employee Wellness Programs appeared first on Wellable.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

What are the major risks and rewards of artificial intelligence’s healthcare transformation? In this AHLA podcast episode, Alya Sulaiman offers insight into how healthcare organizations should manage AI governance and examines related legislative and regulatory issues. Access episode. The post How Healthcare Organizations Should Manage AI appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

With a goal to drive efficiency forward this year, Expedia layoffs are moving ahead with a target of 9 percent job cuts in the upcoming weeks. Reports indicate that the company will soon lay off up to 1,500 employees of their current active workforce. News of the restructuring efforts followed the fourth quarter and full-year 2023 Expedia earnings call where the company actually presented pretty strong performance numbers.

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Amidst rising cancer prevalence and soaring costs, new cancer technologies and innovations are emerging to support the early detection, treatment, and surveillance of cancer. Read this guide to understand how to evaluate these solutions for your employees and members – and to learn more about the current state of coverage, clinical and cost effectiveness, and impact on quality and outcomes.

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