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HOW TO DEAL WITH EMPLOYEE BURNOUT

Employee Benefits

The World Health Organisation has officially recognised employee burnout as a major health risk, but in the past, burnout symptoms have often been misinterpreted as tiredness, disengagement or even laziness. A Gallup survey has found that the top five reasons for employee burnout are actually: Unfair treatment at work. Unmanageable workload. Lack of role clarity.

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What Is a Floating Holiday?

Patriot Software

There are a variety of ways you may give your employees time off from work. Some of these include paid time off such as vacation, sick, or holiday time. And if you offer holiday time, there may come an instance when a holiday overlaps with a day an employee would already have off from work. […] READ MORE.

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Thirteen Tax Topics for Older Adults

Money Talk

Personal finances can get complex for many older adults with multiple streams of income, the need to create a retirement “paycheck,” Social Security benefits, required minimum distributions, and more. All of these events impact income taxes. This post describes thirteen tax-related topics (in no particular order) that people should be familiar with in later life.

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Dynamic Teams Create Organizational Agility

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. One of the biggest business lessons we’ve learned in the past couple of years is that agility is beneficial for success. Agility is more than simply being flexible. Don’t get me wrong – flexibility is important. I like to think of flexibility in terms of being able to address last minute changes or adjustments. It might be a situation that we knew was within the realm of possibilities, but we just didn’t think it would happen or happen at this particular time.

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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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Agile project management: A straightforward guide

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is agile project management? Agile vs. waterfall project management. What are the 4 core values of agile project management? What are the 12 principles of agile project management? Benefits of agile project management. Agile project management methodologies. How to implement agile project management.

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6 tips for employers in an employee’s market

Insperity

It’s one of the biggest challenges for company leaders for the foreseeable future: being an employer in an employee’s market. Post-pandemic, many people are reassessing their priorities and personal goals. Some employees are switching to companies that better align with their preferences, while others are changing careers entirely and starting over fresh.

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The Top 10 HR Best Practices for 2022

Darwinbox

Read away to all about the best HR practices that all the winning organizations in the industry religiously put to use, and you just might find some that will benefit your org just the same!

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33 positive affirmations for mental strength

BetterUp

Jump to section. What are positive affirmations? How do positive affirmations work? 30 daily affirmations for positive change. How to use positive affirmations.

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Philippa Cornish: How can reward and CSR strategies contribute to the levelling-up agenda?

Employee Benefits

With an authentic social purpose, businesses can contribute to levelling up communities, which also furthers their organisation’s aims. Social purpose should be aligned with the overall business strategy to truly achieve social impact. The Edelman Trust Barometer, published in January 2022, found that businesses and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are seen as competent and effective drivers of change.

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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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What is Employee Financial Wellness?

Best Money Moves

What is employee financial wellness? With financial stress on the rise among employees, what can employers offer to help? Here’s what to know about employee financial wellness benefits. . Sixty-three percent of employees feel their financial stress has increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to PwC’s 2021 Employee Financial Wellness Survey.

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Want to see me get a performance review LIVE for the first time in 6+ years?

UpstartHR

Recently I had the pleasure of joining Troy Vermillion on Eight Hour Grind , a show that looks at work trends. The topic? Performance management. . After sharing with Troy some of the best ideas from our research, he sprung a surprise on me: my very own performance review! If you click to watch the video below, it will auto-jump to the time where the performance review begins.

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Code-switching at work: What it is and why you need to understand it

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is code-switching? Why do people code-switch? How code-switching impacts employees. Addressing code-switching in the workplace.

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Top tips for moving staff to a four-day working week

Employee Benefits

Nearly a third (31%) of UK workers are actively looking for a four-day work week in 2022 or have already agreed to one with their current employer, according to research published by productivity platform ClickUp in January. With fierce competition in the market for talent many employers have already obliged, with the likes of component supplier Accu, insurer iGO4 and data migration provider Wandisco recently announcing plans to move staff to a condensed working week.

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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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5 Reasons HR Leaders Are Struggling Right Now

15Five

While incredibly rewarding, being a people and culture leader can also be a very tough job. But the last few years especially, the gig has been pretty… extra. Extra work, extra stress, extra uncertainty. To better understand this uniquely challenging time for our HR heroes, we decided to dig into more about what you’re struggling with most, and uncovered five themes that show up again and again.

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What HR Needs to Know About Personality and Skills Tests in Hiring

BerniePortal

In 2000, Jeff Bezos famously shared Amazon’s approach to executive recruiting, which included SAT scores and obscure Socratic-style questions like “How many gas stations are there in the United States?” It’s unclear how this was adapted for other roles or whether it’s even current practice. But it’s hard to imagine this unusual approach would be useful for warehouse hiring in 2022.

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5 Ways to Clear Your Mind in the Best Possible Way

BetterUp

Jump to section. What are the positive effects of clearing the mind? Things that can clutter the mind without you noticing. How to have a clear mind and be at ease. The bottom line.

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Pet sitter jobs highly sought after in the UK

Employee Benefits

Something for the weekend: After a turbulent two years resulting from the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, some employees are re-evaluating what they want out of life and are retraining for different roles or completely switching industries. Since the explosion of the great resignation, many are scouring jobs boards for their dream role. Pet sitter positions are currently among the most sought after UK jobs, with advertised salaries averaging £24,210, according to research by jobs search engine

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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Support Your DE&I Initiatives With This Free Women’s History Postcard

Flimp Communications

My wife and I could not be more excited to welcome our baby daughter this March, which also happens to be Women’s History Month. As a soon-to-be first-time parent, I’m constantly thinking about the world in which she’ll grow up and, eventually, have a career. The post Support Your DE&I Initiatives With This Free Women’s History Postcard appeared first on Flimp.

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Is Learning & Development a Solution to Declining Retention Rates?

BerniePortal

As the Great Resignation continues, retention rates are trending in the wrong direction. For this reason, upskilling, training, and learning & development are more critical than ever before. Organizations must begin rethinking their strategies to integrate necessary knowledge and skills into the workplace. Continue reading to see how learning & development can impact your retention rates and what steps you can take to establish these measures effectively.

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How to calm anxiety? A guide to help you cope with it better

BetterUp

Jump to section. What's anxiety and where does it come from? Common anxiety symptoms. Panic versus anxiety attacks: what are the differences? How can you calm anxiety? The bottom line.

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60% of employees feel their work is acknowledged by managers

Employee Benefits

More UK organisations are recognising the importance of saying thank you or well done to their employees, with 60% of employees saying they feel their work is now being acknowledged by their managers and leaders, up 4% on 2021, according to research by staff recognition and HR consultancy OC Tanner. Its 2022 Global culture report, which carried out a combination of qualitative research through focus groups and interviews with employees and leaders and a survey of 38,177 workers globally, of whic

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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.

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California Supreme Court Decision Places Higher Burden on Employers in Whistleblowing Retaliation Claims

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

On January 27, 2022, the California Supreme Court provided clarification in Lawson v. PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc. to lower California courts reviewing whistleblower retaliation claims. In what it calls an “unsurprising” decision, the California Supreme Court concluded that the framework prescribed by California Labor Code section 1102.6, rather than the McDonnell Douglas test, must be […].

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What is Evidence of Insurability (EOI)?

BerniePortal

Due to HR’s prominent role in open enrollment , employees often turn to you with insurance questions even after you’ve handed off responsibility to brokers and carriers. That means you’ve likely been asked about the Evidence of Insurability process without really knowing much about it. So, here’s what HR pros need to know about Evidence of Insurability.

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26 unique employee appreciation ideas to boost retention

BetterUp

Jump to section. Types of employee recognition. Why is employee recognition important? Virtual employee appreciation ideas. Employee gift ideas. Free employee appreciation ideas. Employee appreciation ideas for teams. Company culture and employee appreciation.

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Vatican introduces three days of paid paternity leave

Employee Benefits

Pope Francis has granted three days of paid paternity leave to the hundreds of lay staff who work in the Holy See bureaucracy and at the Vatican Museums as of this month (March). The three leave days, which the Pope initially approved back in December 2021, are fully paid. These can be used continuously, divided into whole days and must be taken no later than 30 days after a child is born, adopted or fostered, or they face a penalty of forfeiting the right to do so.

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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.