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4 benefits that make your compensation package competitive in 2024

Employee Benefit News

Financial planning programs, expanded PTO and flexibility can attract and retain talent, according to this expert from ADP.

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Toxic work culture: Identifying the signs and addressing the causes

Achievers

Anyone who’s been part of a great company culture knows that it boosts productivity and wellness both on and off the job. And anyone who has experienced a toxic work culture knows that it leads to just the opposite: pervasive feelings of stress and disengagement that quickly lead to a search for other opportunities. If you’re concerned that your organizational culture is exhibiting signs of toxicity — and if you want to take steps to build a more positive culture that contributes to employee and

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What is Team Diversity and Why Is It Important?

HR Lineup

In today’s globalized world, the concept of diversity has gained significant traction across various sectors, including the workplace. Team diversity, a crucial aspect of this broader dialogue, refers to the inclusion of individuals with varied backgrounds, perspectives, skills, and experiences within a team. This article delves into the multifaceted nature of team diversity, its components, benefits, challenges, and strategies for fostering an inclusive environment, highlighting why diver

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HR Professionals Play a Key Role in Technology Strategy

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes One of my first roles in HR involved technology. The company I worked for had their own proprietary human resources information system (HRIS). When system users (aka the HR team) had requests to change the system, they would send their suggestions / ideas to me. I would collect them and forward them to the technology department.

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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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Is Quiet Quitting Becoming More Common in the Workplace?

Qandle

Have you ever heard of the term “quiet quitting”? If not, you’re about to become familiar with a concept that’s increasingly relevant in today’s workplace. Quiet quitting refers to employees disengaging from their jobs without officially resigning. Instead of walking out the door, they mentally check out, doing the bare minimum required to stay employed.

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How employers can support retirement-age employees

Employee Benefit News

A benefits expert offers actionable steps employers can take to equip older employees with financial wellness.

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Case Study Vignette: Transforming Recruitment – One Non-Profit’s Journey to Building the Best Onboarding

3Sixty Insights

Those Critical First Impressions – Recruitment and Onboarding The recruitment process is the first opportunity that candidate and employer have to size each other up; to see if they are a good fit and to get a sense of how they will work together in the future. Yet many businesses struggle to provide that all-important good first impression during their recruitment activities.

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Younger people put far less emphasis on flexible working than older colleagues

Workplace Insight

Demand for flexible working options surged during the pandemic but has since become less important to people, according to ADP Research Institute’s People at Work 2024: A Global Workforce View [registration]. Overall, the survey of nearly 35,000 people in 18 countries suggests flexible working hours are important to 25 percent of workers, while 15 percent value flexible locations.

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Poll: How high is your employee take-up of your employee assistance programme?

Employee Benefits

Take part in our latest readers’ poll on a current topical issue. Earlier this month, Employee Benefits reported that 79% of employers provide an employee assistance programme (EAP), according to research by HCML. The rehabilitation and case management provider also found that only 27% of employees realise that an EAP exists in their workplace. In light of this, how high is your employee take-up of your employee assistance programme?

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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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Proposed rule change threatens mental health care access

Employee Benefit News

Amending MHPAEA regulatory standards could lower the quality and safety bar for providers to join insurance networks, as well as undermine patient-focused treatment.

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Working Weekends—Greece Approves a Six-Day Workweek

HR Digest

As we debate the benefits of switching to a three-day or four-day workweek , Greece is adopting a six-day workweek to deal with the economic pressure that has been mounting in the country. Greece’s new workweek policy will allow employees to work six days a week with flexible working hours, opening up the option to work thirteen-hour days if they wish.

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Why You Deserve Better Employee Benefits

CorpStrat

Are your Employee Benefits bundled with one of the big payroll companies like Paychex, Gusto, ADP, or Zenefits? If so, there’s a good chance you’re not getting the service you deserve. These giants often push businesses into rolling their employee benefits with them, banking on the fact that most people aren’t fully aware of what they need or deserve.

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59% of staff rank financial wellbeing as most wanted support from employer

Employee Benefits

Three-fifths (59%) of employees ranked financial wellbeing as the area where they want the most support from their employer over the next three years, according to a new survey by Willis Towers Watson (WTW). The global advisory, broking and solutions firm surveyed 6,000 UK employees at medium and large private sector employers for its 2024 Global benefits attitudes survey.

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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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This COO shares how women can be smarter negotiators and get paid more

Employee Benefit News

Women need a boost of confidence before heading to the negotiating table. This C-suite executive shares what worked for her.

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Save the Knowledge Worker – insights and strategies for remote-work success

Workplace Insight

Undoubtedly, the remote work revolution is in full swing. But it’s messy. Kolekti’s new Save the Knowledge Worker report found a colossal 96 percent of workers desire some form of remote work, and one in three employees is willing to quit if forced to return to the office full-time. And yet, which business leader can say their organisation has perfected the strategy for remote work?

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Nitazenes are Worse

Florida Workers' Comp

We have become accustomed to news about Fentanyl. The street version of this synthetic broke on our collective consciousness Fentanyl is Killing, Still (November 2021); Drugs and Overdose (January 2022) Overdose in the News (June 2022); The Fourth Wave (September 2023); Kill Every American (December 2022); A Vaccine Against Being High (January 2023).

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The Evolution and Increasing Significance of Employee Wellbeing

Employee Benefits

If you attended the EE Summit in May, you would have seen Pluxee UK’s CEO, Burcin Ressamoglu, and HR Business Partner, Tom Nash, present their keynote session, “Fueling Success: The Impact of Wellbeing on Employee Performance.” In this blog, Pluxee UK revisit some of their key insights and delves into the evolution of employee wellbeing, and how you can leverage a wellbeing strategy to drive success.

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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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How health insurance may change, regardless of who wins the election

Employee Benefit News

Bipartisan support is building for allowing working Americans to purchase an individual health policy with pretax dollars without requiring an employer's permission.

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Financial Stress In 2024: Revealing Insights About Americans and Money

Best Money Moves

Financial stress in 2024: Revealing insights about Americans and Money. Financial stress is still a major struggle for employees across all industries. Here are the top statistics updated for 2024. Once again, employee financial stress is on the rise as Americans grapple with higher prices, uneven wage growth and record-high credit card debt. Globally, extremely high inflation has pushed food, fuel and housing costs higher.

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How to Keep Employees Engaged When You’re Short-Staffed

15Five

Short-staffed organizations don’t have enough people to handle all the work that needs to get done. When that goes on for too long, employees start taking notice and employee engagement suffers. Watching important tasks go undone, having to work through lunch to hit deadlines, and feeling like promotion opportunities have gone the way of the dodo all take their toll on your workforce.

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Working Side-by-Side With Target’s Generative AI

HR Digest

We’re now getting a closer look at how artificial intelligence is permeating into the workplace setting with news of Target’s generative AI endeavors to support store workers. Target’s AI chatbot, the Store Companion, is scheduled to benefit thousands of the company’s workers, arriving across 2,000 stores in the region by August. The chatbot is designed to help workers navigate their jobs more easily, allowing them to seek answers to questions about processes that are relevant to their work.

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

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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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As retirees rethink the future, many are heading back to work

Employee Benefit News

Employers and employees can both benefit when retirees return to work, as long as both sides keep an open mind around the experience.

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Will the QSEHRA work for my church?

PeopleKeep

With increasing healthcare costs , finding affordable health benefit options for your church staff can be a challenge. As a church leader working with a tight budget, you may be wondering if the qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangement (QSEHRA) is the right choice for your organization. Congress created the QSEHRA in 2016 as a way to help small businesses and nonprofits, including churches, offer affordable health coverage to their employees.

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How To Create a Workplace Culture That Truly Embraces Diversity

15Five

Diversity is strength. Period. The numbers show that diverse teams perform better than their more homogeneous counterparts. But just like any other objective, there are right and wrong ways to build a workplace culture that promotes diversity. I’m Andrew Adeniyi , CEO of AAA Solutions and author of The Circle of Leadership: A Framework for Creating & Leveraging Culture.

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FTC Amends Health Breach Notification Rule to Regulate Health Apps and Expand Breach Notification Requirements

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

On April 26, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule to amend its Health Breach Notification Rule (HBN Rule). The HBN Rule works as a compliment and counterpart to the breach notification requirements established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for HIPAA-regulated entities. Specifically, the HBN Rule requires that […] The post FTC Amends Health Breach Notification Rule to Regulate Health Apps and Expand Breach Notification Requirem

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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.