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12 Ways to Improve Your Workforce’s Work-Life Balance

Achievers

You want your employees to be engaged in what they’re doing, so the first step is making sure they’re not overwhelmed with outside commitments. Silicon Valley CEO Raj Narajanaswamy makes a strong case for how fostering a healthy work-life balance throughout your company will contribute to better financial outcomes. He points out that work-related stress routinely costs American businesses $200 to $300 billion annually — and that doesn’t even begin to address the less quantifiable ways in which a

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3 Tools to Help You Manage Your Digital Life

HR Bartender

I recently published a list of cybersecurity resources from TechCrunch and Google. If you haven’t seen them, it’s worth checking out. Technology continues to fill our lives, which means we need to find ways to manage it. I’m not talking about taking digital vacations, although establishing boundaries is a good idea. When we use technology, we open ourselves up to risk.

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How Self-Care Can Help You Achieve Your Career Goals

Take It Personel-ly

Advancing your career takes hard work and a tremendous amount of effort. At times, it’s likely you may have to put in hours outside of your scheduled work day in order to complete the tasks at hand. However, going above and beyond can lead to exhaustion which in turn causes us to “let ourselves go.” […].

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Using Mindfulness To Infinitely Increase Your Capacity At Work

15Five

What can you do to take control of your nervous system when your schedule feels jam packed, you work in an open office, and there are dings and whistles from your phones and emails all day? Perhaps you’ve heard of the term, mindfulness , but don’t know exactly how to be more mindful. Aren’t you using your mind all the time? The answer? Meditate my friend.

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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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6 Biggest Mistakes New Managers Make

Achievers

So you’ve been promoted to a new management role: Congratulations! As a supervisor, you’re now accountable for employee retention, an indicator considered “important” or “urgent” by 78 percent of business leaders. To start out on the right foot in your new leadership role, take a quick look through this list of what NOT to do. You undoubtedly have some great skills going for you already or you wouldn’t have achieved your new position; to strengthen your leadership aptitude, avoid making any of t

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Tips for Finding the Right Mentor

Take It Personel-ly

No matter what industry you’re in, or how long you’ve been in that industry, it’s likely there’s a lot you could learn. Seeking out and successfully finding a mentor could make you better at whatever it is that you do. If you’re feeling stuck in a rut, your mentor could help reinvigorate your passion. Here […].

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Company Culture Metrics Employers Must Track In The Digital Age

HR Digest

Company culture has been intrinsically tied to the success of every business across the globe. But then, it has often been difficult to align company cultures with business objectives. This is because, for long, culture has been considered as abstract, subjective and insubstantial to be measured. Basically, everything about company culture and the measurement of its effectiveness is handled by the company’s HR manager.

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12 Ways to Improve Your Workforce’s Work-Life Balance

Achievers

You want your employees to be engaged in what they’re doing, so the first step is making sure they’re not overwhelmed with outside commitments. Silicon Valley CEO Raj Narajanaswamy makes a strong case for how fostering a healthy work-life balance throughout your company will contribute to better financial outcomes. He points out that work-related stress routinely costs American businesses $200 to $300 billion annually — and that doesn’t even begin to address the less quan

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30 Thought-Provoking Company Culture Quotes

Vantage Circle

For any organization to thrive it requires vision and strong company culture. If you observe all the big companies like Apple or Amazon, the common thread you would come across is its strong company culture. Since employees are the building block of an organization, their vision must align with yours. It is therefore important to build a foundation where employees work collaboratively and help build a strong culture.

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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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The aging workforce: Give older workers a boost and avoid age discrimination

Business Management Daily

Consider these tips for giving your most seasoned talent a boost. Time to cut ties? Keep these lessons from the courtroom on age discrimination in mind. The post The aging workforce: Give older workers a boost and avoid age discrimination appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Free Time, Wellness Most Preferred Employee Benefits

Wellable

While employees are often offered a variety of benefits, the one they crave most is free time. That’s the result from a survey that asked more than 1,200 employees what benefits were most important. Survey participants were given a list of 15 perks, which did not include insurance or retirement benefits, and asked to rank their top five. More so than onsite gyms, health coaching, or pet friendly offices, employees said their top need was more time away from the office.

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Standing Ovation Award - Tasbir Singh | benefitexpress

WEX Inc.

A Standing Ovation is a special reward program at benefitexpress that honors employees who have gone above and beyond in fulfilling our Community Pillars. Each quarter, nominations are tallied, read, and carefully considered before being awarded to two employees. We announce this recognition at our company “Town Hall” all-staff meetings where the final nominations are read aloud to highlight just how much the winners have done to deserve the award.

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Integration between CIPHR and feedback tool Thymometrics helps The Cambridge listen to its staff

cipHR

159-year-old independent mutual society opts for modern technology partnership to increase employee engagement. The Cambridge Building Society – a CIPHR customer since 2013 – has recently integrated always-on feedback tool Thymometrics with CIPHR to help the organisation better listen to and engage with its employees. “We have always had an annual employee engagement survey; the problem is that it’s at ‘one point in time’, and any proactive action is six months too late,” explains Victoria Fille

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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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Talent Mobility: How to Get Line Managers On Board

UpstartHR

In the last few years, it seems like I’ve become the expert on internal talent mobility (the process of moving people inside the organization via promotions, transfers, etc.). I’ve published multiple pieces on the topic, written several white papers (one linked below if you want to check it out), and spoken about it to various audiences as well.

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BerniePortal March 2019 Dynamic Duo Spotlight

BerniePortal

Broker Partner + Client Success. BerniePortal is more than just a software platform to its licensees—it’s a partnership! In order to demonstrate our commitment to this partnership approach, we’ve asked broker partner Teresa Marble, Golsan Scruggs Insurance & Risk Management and her Client Success Team Member, Eric Wolfenbarger to share their experience as a team.

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Redefining jargon: What these 9 confusing pre-tax terms really mean

Benefit Resource Inc.

This may be the shortest blog on pre-tax benefits you will ever read. We can’t say for sure, but once you finish it, you can be the judge. We’re going to take 5 minutes to redefine 9 confusing pre-tax phrases used in pre-tax benefits. Witness the transformation. Pre-tax benefits. Not kidding. If you haven’t heard of these before, they can seem odd.

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Nutrition Tracking To Lose Weight: Easier, More Effective Than Commonly Thought

Wellable

Losing weight requires a multi-pronged approach. Exercise is important. So is a healthy diet. A third component that can be a critical link in the weight loss journey is the tracking of a healthy diet, but many people are reluctant to track their food because they think it is too onerous to record every salad, chicken breast, or potato chip consumed.

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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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Public Sector Payroll Demands Innovation

Ascender

The post Public Sector Payroll Demands Innovation appeared first on Ascender HCM.

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Firing after FMLA leave? Expect lawsuit

Business Management Daily

Warning: Firing an employee while referencing use of FMLA leave may trigger a retaliation lawsuit. The post Firing after FMLA leave? Expect lawsuit appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Your Tax Guide to Pre-tax Benefit Accounts

Benefit Resource Inc.

The name alone – “pre- tax benefit accounts” – implies there might be tax implications. You might be surprised to learn there are no tax implications for most of these benefits. Use these simple tips as your tax guide to pre-tax benefit accounts. (And how much effort you’ll have to put in before April 15). Commuter Benefit Accounts—Don’t stress it.

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Hireology COO Julie Brinkman Featured in Automotive News Piece on Women Impacting Dealerships

Hireology

Automotive News released a special supplement on March 13, focused on “Women Impacting Dealerships.” As part of the feature, Automotive News spoke with Julie Brinkman, Chief Operating Officer at Hireology, who shared her expertise about attracting and hiring women in automotive. As outlined in the supplement, only 19.2 percent of current dealership employees are women, while only 5 percent of general managers and fewer than 1 percent of service technicians are women.

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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

Speaker: Speakers:

HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?

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4 Modern Office Design Trends to Watch

Best Money Moves

4 Modern Office Design Trends to Watch in 2019. The future of office design will focus on sustainability, incorporating artificial intelligence and mobilizing the global workforce. The digital revolution is changing the priorities of office design. Forget the long-fought battle between the open office and the cubicle. The future of office design will focus on sustainability, incorporating artificial intelligence and mobilizing a global workforce, according to Future Offices. .

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Rise and shine: 7 tips to make you a better boss

Business Management Daily

Make these tweaks to how you approach each day, and you may just find yourself attaining that holy grail of working smarter instead of harder. The post Rise and shine: 7 tips to make you a better boss appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Look In From The Outside. What Do Prospective Hires See?

Abel HR

If you’ve been in the HR game for a while, you know that human resources folks love nothing more than a new buzz word. The latest one? “New joiner experience.”. This term basically captures everything that your employee faces when they come on board with your company. From the very first interview to making their first sale, the experience of your newbies is important because it is directly linked to their performance on the job and even how long they stay with your company.

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Hireology Employee Spotlight: Drew Barlow

Hireology

This post is part of our Hireology employee spotlight series. Continue reading to learn more about a day in the life as a Hireologist! Name: Drew Barlow. Team: Sales, Automotive. Role: Business Development Representative II. Drew joined Hireology in September 2018 and has already received a promotion. Read on to learn more about Drew and his impact on our automotive sales team.

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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.