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In a Benefits Plan Far, Far Away

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Over the past several years, May 4 has skyrocketed in popularity as Star Wars Day—as in, “May the Fourth be with you.” In honor of May the Fourth, we thought it. Read more > The post In a Benefits Plan Far, Far Away appeared first on Word on Benefits.

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High-Earning Employees Need Financial Help, Too

Best Money Moves

High-earning employees need financial help, too. A six-figure salary doesn’t always translate to financial security. Here are 4 ways high-earning employees can benefit from financial wellness programs. It’s a common misconception that a six-figure salary always translates to financial security and that high-earning employees have no need for financial wellness benefits.

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Frugal Spending Tips for Your Next Road Trip

Money Talk

This post is excepted from an article that I wrote for my brother Michael's website about preparing for a road trip during these challenging financial times with rising food, gas, and travel expenses. My brother Michael, a professional photographer and avid motorcyclist, started the website Roadcraft USA to share his passion for beautiful scenery and fun and interesting road trips, especially the two-wheeled kind.

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Building a compelling employee value proposition (EVP)

Achievers

Employers everywhere are familiar with the Great Resignation. The elevated quit rate among employees that began in 2021 is affecting organizations across industries. The Great Resignation is partially a response to the opportunity the pandemic gave employees to evaluate their job and its effect on their personal well-being, together with the new power employees have in a tight labor market.

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The Great Disruption: Leveraging AI To Better Your Benefits Strategy

Speaker: Joana Ardelean, MSHRM, PHR, SHRM-CP, CC

The benefits landscape is shifting rapidly, and AI is at the center of this transformation. From optimizing health and wellness programs to predicting future benefits needs, AI is empowering HR and total rewards leaders to make smarter, more proactive decisions. The challenge? Understanding where AI fits in your strategy and how to leverage it effectively while keeping employee well-being at the forefront.

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5 ways you can help employees prepare for retirement

Business Management Daily

Retirement security, or insecurity, has caught the eye of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh. He’s right. Fewer employees are covered by traditionally defined benefit plans. DB plans are retirement plans. The plan sponsor, most likely the employer, bears all the investment risk and pays you a fixed amount every month until you die. It’s a good deal, if you can get it.

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Sixth Circuit Rejects Arbitration for Proposed Fiduciary Breach Class Action

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

The Sixth Circuit, in a matter of first impression for that Circuit, held an arbitration clause contained in an individual employment agreement did not apply to ERISA fiduciary breach claims brought on behalf of a defined contribution plan. The case is Hawkins et al. v. Cintas Corp. , No. 21-2156, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 1236954 (6th Cir. 2022). Plaintiffs, former Cintas Corp. employees, sued the company and its investment committee under Section 502(a)(2) of ERISA on behalf of its 401(k) plan, al

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How to answer “What is your greatest strength” question during an interview

HR Digest

“What is your biggest strength?” is a common interview question that most of us have encountered during a job interview. Many candidates are stumped when it comes to answering this question. Establishing the appropriate context and being honest and professional are the best ways to respond. It’s critical that your skills complement the job description.

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Why Neurodiversity Should Be Part of Your DEIB Program

15Five

While the topic of neurodiversity in the workforce is becoming more widely discussed, it’s still a relatively new concept for many DEI and HR practitioners. In honor of April being Autism Acceptance Month, the 15Five team hosted a webinar for our HR Superstars Community called “Demystifying Neurodiversity.” . The talk was hosted by 15Five’s Sr. VP of Community, Adam Weber, and featured an all-star panel that included Cara Pelletier, 15Five Sr.

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Getting back to the future of work

Workplace Insight

Quoting George Orwell is the kind of thing that people who haven’t read George Orwell do. I have read Orwell, and even have a drunken story about Paul Shane signing my copy of the Collected Essays, which was the only autograph-able material I had on me at the time I met him in a pub in about 1990. For another time. In Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell describes Winston Smith’s realisation that the best books are those that tell you what you already know.

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10 HR Metrics for 2025: HR Data Toolkit

The right HR metrics can illuminate hidden trends, justify decisions to the C-suite, and give you an edge in this unpredictable economy. Download Paycor’s guide and learn how to calculate your: Cost-per-Hire Total Financial Impact of Absences Voluntary Turnover Rate And more!

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How Auto-Adjudication Affects Healthcare Costs | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

As organizations begin re-evaluating their benefits plans in hopes of saving more money, they will need to consider all options. The rising costs associated with healthcare benefits have only added further pressure to this search for better solutions. One factor that can affect the cost of premiums is auto-adjudication. Understanding auto-adjudication can help employers make better financial decisions for their organization.

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Why Do We Need Strong Change Management in the Way We Look at Remote Work Policies?

Qandle

A systematic strategy for dealing with the shift or transformation of corporate goals, fundamental values, procedures, or technology is known as change management. Every organizational change management endeavor has the goal of successfully implementing techniques and tactics for bringing about change and assisting people in accepting and adapting to it.

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Benefits you should offer a nanny or caregiver

PeopleKeep

As a household employer, providing your nanny or caregiver with competitive wages and a robust benefits package is essential. While not required, employee benefits show that you consider your nanny’s health and wellbeing a top priority. Offering benefits helps you attract and retain the perfect nanny to provide care for your loved ones. Not to mention they help your nanny avoid burnout, make their job more enticing, and encourage them to stick around for the long haul.

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Retrofit is essential for the UK’s stock of poor performing commercial property

Workplace Insight

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a guide that calls on businesses to retrofit the country’s poorly performing stock of commercial buildings. From 2025, every commercial building in the UK will require an energy performance certificate (EPC) which rates its energy efficiency from grade A to G. The Government is seeking to strengthen these standards and has proposed that all commercial properties being let have a minimum EPC rating of at least ‘B’ by 2030 and i

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Hybrid Work: The Recipe for Transforming Your Workplace

Darwinbox

The disruption caused due to the pandemic has brought about significant changes to work models. Employers have been thinking about ways to create, facilitate, and operationalize work from anywhere. Increasingly, organizations are realizing that a hybrid work approach may be the best work model to pursue. However, this does not come without challenges and must be implemented with care.

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Best HR Software for Enterprises and Large Companies | HRMS For Enterprises

Qandle

HR software has now become a must for any firm. If you operate a large or medium-sized firm, HR Software may be necessary to keep things running properly. HR software for large businesses provides customized solutions for all sorts of businesses, allowing them to improve their infrastructure and administration. HR enterprise solutions, on the other hand, provide a variety of advantages for businesses, and if chosen wisely, they may assist in fulfilling the company’s specific needs.

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UHG Data Reveals Half Of All Telehealth Visits Are For Behavioral Health

Wellable

In a conversation with HealthLeaders, UnitedHealth Group (UHG) Chief Medical Officer Donna O'Shea discussed the jaw-dropping utilization of telehealth in 2021. Based on findings from an internal report, she stated there were 28 million telemedicine visits in 2021, of which 14 million were for behavioral health.

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Flat organisations are handing out inflated job titles to hang on to staff

Workplace Insight

We’ve seen more talk of the glass ceiling in recent years than for some time, and part of the explanation is the way we’re creating false career ladders within businesses which don’t need to be there and don’t really lead anywhere. We are seeing companies trying to retain people in a time of skills shortages and one of the ways they are going about it is to accelerate ‘promotions’ within organisations for individuals to encourage them to stay.

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Where You Can and Absolutely Cannot Cut Costs Corners in Benefits Administration

Managing benefits administration is costly, and cutting corners in the wrong places can lead to disengaged workforces and the risk of non-compliance. This eBook from Selerix highlights areas where you can save without compromising the value of benefits. Proactively Thinking: Make decisions for the long run. Discover ways to be proactive in your decision-making to save money in the future, not just temporarily.

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9 Memorial Day Ideas For Work

Vantage Circle

Memorial Day is usually considered the unofficial start of summer when everyone starts to plan for long trips or family outings. However, it is much more important than celebrating the start of the summer. It’s a time to honor the military personnel who laid down their lives while serving the military. And if you are planning to celebrate it in the workplace, then this article will assist you in providing some fantastic memorial day ideas for work.

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How Many Job Interviews Are Too Many??

The Olson Group

With the job market being so competitive… How many job interviews are too many?? What is the right number of interviews? This is a burning question as recruiters continue to face challenges in the second year of an unprecedented labor market. Everyone wants the best candidates possible and to be confident in our hiring decisions. It sounds a little silly, but there is such a concept of too many interviews.

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The Rise of Fertility Benefits–A New Must-Have? | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

Attracting top talent has become increasingly difficult for organizations with too many open positions and too few candidates to fill them. This imbalance has caused competition, leading employers to offer more extensive benefits packages. As a result, one benefit that has been growing in popularity is egg-freezing. In-vitro fertilization treatments and egg-freezing benefits have increased dramatically in the past year.

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Offices Facilitate Unplanned Conversations (So Can Virtual Settings)

Wellable

The pandemic forced the world to run a collective field experiment in remote work. By and large, the results were surprisingly positive. Several studies found remote work results in higher productivity, job satisfaction, recruitment, and retention.

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4 HR Priorities for 2025 to Supercharge Your Employee Experience

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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Why the over 50s are leaving the workforce in huge numbers

Workplace Insight

The UK economy has a problem with its over 50s: following the COVID pandemic, they have been leaving the labour force en masse , causing headaches for businesses and the government. Roughly 300,000 more workers aged between 50 and 65 are now “economically inactive” than before the pandemic, leading a tabloid paper to dub the problem the “ silver exodus ”.

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Cal/OSHA’s New COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Loosens Some Requirements

InterWest Insurance Services

Cal/OSHA has issued new language that amends its current COVID-19 emergency temporary standard and pushes back the expiration date of the ETS until the end of the year. The extension of the ETS comes as Cal/OSHA pushes ahead on creating a permanent airborne infectious disease prevention standard for general industry, which is expected to be completed over the summer.

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Gender Pay Gap Narrows Down Women to Men Wage Ratio in 2022

HR Digest

With the exception of sexual harassment in the workplace , gender pay gap remains one of the most debtable topics when it comes to men and women at work. It’s pretty unfortunate that women who hold full time-time jobs still earn 79 cents for every dollar that men with full-time jobs earn ( U.S. Census Burea u). This gap widens as we traverse race and ethnicity – African-American and Latina women earn 64 cents and 56 cents respectively, for every dollar that white, non-Hispanic men earn.

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Agencies Provide Guidance on Impending Transparency in Coverage Rule Implementation

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

On April 19, 2022, the US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) released Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the implementation of certain reporting provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The FAQs were released to provide clarity on the required drug price disclosures identified in the Transparency in […].

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HR’s Blueprint for a Successful 2025

The HR industry is changing. Did you know… 1. There will be 4M more jobs than workers by 2033 ( BLS ). 2. For 84% of workers, flexibility is a top priority ( FlexJobs ). 3. 75% of employees have used AI at work ( CFO.com ). It’s time to meet the moment! Use Paycor’s guide to design a blueprint for success.