August, 2020

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Core Company Values: 12 Inspiring Examples

Achievers

Have you ever walked into work knowing without a doubt that what you did mattered? What an exhilarating feeling. Your company likely nailed the art of making their employees feel welcomed, appreciated, and motivated to do their best work. These companies stand apart because of their exceptionally powerful core values that resonate with everyone in their workforce.

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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 to Expect from this Year’s All-Virtual Elevate Event

Hireology

Elevate 2020 — the only retail automotive event focused on building your best-in-class people operations — is right around the corner, slated to kickoff September 15th as an all-virtual event that’s free to attend. Click here to register! We’re thrilled to rethink the format this year to help you connect with other retail automotive leaders and learn how to combat the challenges you may face as the industry evolves.

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Being a leader right now is tough

Take It Personel-ly

Being a leader right now is tough. Luckily, we’re here to share some key tips on how you can lead through a global pandemic below. Follow this advice and you are sure to: Help reduce team stress and overwhelm. Create a deeper connection with the people reporting to you; they will see you as a […].

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Payroll Tax vs. Income Tax

Patriot Software

Tax withholding comes with the territory of being an employer. Employment taxes can be broken down into payroll taxes and income taxes. Most people use the terms interchangeably. But when you hear about a payroll tax deferral, you probably want to know the exact difference between payroll tax vs. income tax. Income tax vs. payroll […] READ MORE.

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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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Working From Home Version 2.0: 5 Things to Consider

HR Bartender

When COVID-19 started making headlines and employees were working from home, the idea was that this was all temporary. In a few weeks (or months), life would return to normal and we’d all be back in the workplace. That hasn’t exactly happened. In fact, many organizations are telling employees they can stay home for the rest of the summer, year, or forever.

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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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5 Ways CEOs Can Increase Employee Engagement

HR Digest

CEOs are the prime leaders running an organization, and it is their responsibility to ensure the smooth functioning of the departments and communicate with the employees. However, most leaders falsely believe that it is upon only the HR to communicate with the employees. . The executive team too, and especially the CEO also has an active role in engaging with the employees and know the people supporting and running their business.

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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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Remote work is here to stay – so, you’d better build a policy

Insperity

As some employers start to bring their employees back to work and others mull it over, leaders and managers may be eager to put 2020’s massive, sudden work from home experiment behind them. However, the era of everyone working full-time in centralized work spaces appears to be gone for good. Organizations competing for talent will need to offer a mix of in-office and remote work – or a fully remote workforce.

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Improve Your Business’s Digital Presence

Take It Personel-ly

The most important thing that ensures the profit of a business is the proper marketing of the business. In modern times, the most vital type of marketing for your business is digital marketing. Digital marketing is cheaper and a better solution than any other kind of marketing. It builds the digital presence of your company. […].

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Key Insights: Employees Review Their Company’s Response to COVID-19

Achievers

The COVID-19 pandemic blindsided businesses and economies all around the world. In such uncertain times, how employers respond to times of crisis and communicate with their staff matters. Whether leaders took control over what they could or avoided anything pandemic-related, how did employees rate their company’s handling of COVID-19? In a new study , team improvement software developer Nulab asked 1,002 Americans who had a job during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak about their company’s res

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Working From Home 2.0 – 5 Skills for Success

HR Bartender

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article on “ Working from Home Version 2.0: 5 Things to Consider ” and honestly, it was very focused on setting up a work environment that helps you to be productive. While I believe those things are important, it occurred to me after the article published that creating a good work environment is only half of the story.

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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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NEW FEATURE: Offer Letters from Hireology

Hireology

You can now add offer letters as a hiring step. Offer letters have always been the critical, final step of the hiring process. And now you can create, send and have candidates accept offers from your Hireology account. This means you’ll no longer have to manually manage the offer letter process outside of your hiring platform – saving time, inbox clutter and ensuring that your offer details are 100% accurate for your final-round candidates.

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Organizational Restructuring- Meaning, Reasons, Types & More

Vantage Circle

The changes in the business world are some of the most testing times for a company to withstand. It is for this reason why adaptability is one of the crucial attributes in the corporate space today. To survive, you must be able to swiftly change course whenever things go bust. Of these many changes that a company may have to endure, one of the hardest is organizational restructuring.

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4 common-sense reasons to encourage sick employees to stay home

Insperity

Perhaps one lesson to take away from the COVID-19 pandemic is the need for encouraging sick employees to stay home. From the time you’re in elementary school, perfect attendance is rewarded. After years of reinforcement, this mindset tends to permeate our culture. Perhaps your company tends to prize employees who don’t take sick days, or maybe you’ve had people take advantage of your sick policy to get an extra day off work.

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5 15Five Integrations That Will Improve Your Company’s Workflow

15Five

As we continue navigating the shift to the new normal, and our margin for error shrinks, workplace inefficiencies are becoming more evident and especially damaging. When inefficiencies aren’t quickly caught and corrected, even small disruptions, like toggling in and out of apps, can add up to massive amounts of productivity loss. 15Five has integrations with several platforms to help your workforce stay in flow and continue doing their best work every day. 1.

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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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The Caregiver Crisis at Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Best Money Moves

The caregiver crisis at work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents need flexibility from employers to balance work duties and caretaking as many districts continue with virtual learning. More than half of parents who quit their jobs and filed for unemployment benefits this spring said closures of schools and daycare facilities due to the developing COVID-19 pandemic forced them to quit, according to research by Morning Consult for the Bipartisan Policy Center.

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Employee Experience: Digital Transformation Can Improve It

HR Bartender

Digital transformation is the concept of using technology to solve business problems. As business strategies become more global and organizations need to be more agile, it only makes sense to use technology to our greatest advantage. Over the past few months, I’ve shared with you a few articles that I worked on with our friends at Paycom about digital transformation and how it can positively impact the employee experience.

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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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Disadvantages Of Working From Home

Vantage Circle

Table of Contents. The Top 7 Disadvantages of Working from Home at a glance. Lack of Community and Team Work. Lack of Motivation. Unmonitored Performance and those Frequent Breaks. Lack of Office Equipment and Security Concerns. Distractions and Lack of a Good Working Environment. Burnout. Risk to Productivity. As the world is going through a big crisis, everyone had to make several adjustments to cope with it, one being organizations switching to the work from home culture and coming to terms w

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The Diversity Reckoning: Can HR Survive Without New Perspectives?

Speaker: Jeremy York

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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Why Individual Health Insurance is More Affordable Than Group

PeopleKeep

Individual health insurance is more affordable than group health insurance. Also, under the Affordable Care Act, individual health plans must cover all individuals regardless of health , which was not previously the case. Tax credits are also available for qualifying employees.

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How Does Employee Engagement Impact Your Bottom Line?

15Five

Click here to download the PDF! Check out 15Five’s employee engagement feature, Engagement+ , to learn how you can boost the type of engagement that drives performance. Baili Bigham is the Content Manager at 15Five , continuous performance management software that includes weekly check-ins, OKR tracking, peer recognition, 1-on-1s, and 360° reviews. When Baili isn’t writing, you can find her binge-reading a new book or strategizing ways to pet every dog in San Francisco.

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5 Effective Ways to Build Trust in Virtual Teams

HR Digest

The remote working arrangement is a growing working trend nowadays, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and people being restricted to their homes. Workers and employees across the globe are working from home and reporting their tasks from home. While working remotely helps in building more teams through virtual connections, it also has its own set of challenges.

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COVID-19 Retirement Impact: Early Withdrawals and Reduced Contributions

Best Money Moves

COVID-19 retirement impact: early withdrawals and reduced contributions. How employees are using their retirement savings during the coronavirus pandemic. Retirement savings were identified as a source of financial relief in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic when the CARES Act expanded distribution options and favorable tax treatment for up to $100,000 of coronavirus-related distributions from eligible retirement plans.

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Testing Innovations in Cancer: How to evaluate and use new technologies

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.