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The complexities of the gender pay gap: What do you need to know?

LACE Partners

How much of the gender pay gap discussion is related to pay? And why should businesses focus on more than just pay? How much of the gender pay gap challenge is industry-specifically related? How much does size and geography play in issues surrounding the gender pay gap? In this latest LACE Partners podcast we talk to Josh Harmston-Gething, who undertook extensive work in his previous employment and shares our story.

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SCOTUS Overturns Roe v. Wade: Implications for Employers

Griffin Benefits

As has been widely reported, the Supreme Court has overturned the 1973 decision Roe v. Wade. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the Supreme Court concluded there is no directly embedded Constitutional right to an abortion. Instead, the Court ruled that individual states can now regulate abortion. So what will this mean for medical plan sponsors?

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How Do 3401(a) Wages Work?

Patriot Software

As an employer, you’re probably familiar with W-2 wages and how they work. But, have you ever heard of 3401(a) wages? If you offer retirement plans, it’s time for your crash course. Get the lowdown on what 3401(a) wages are, how they work, and other 3401(a)-specific rules. What are 3401(a) wages? The 3401(a) compensation definition […] READ MORE.

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It’s Time for a Mid-Year Financial Check-Up

Money Talk

It’s that time again…time for a mid-year financial check-up! We are almost at the halfway mark of 2022, which makes this a perfect time to assess your financial progress and take action over the next six months. Last year, I wrote a blog post about mid-year financial check-up s for the OneOp Personal Finance team. In it, I urged a review of tax deductions/credits, tax withholding, budgeting/cash flow, flexible spending accounts, financial goal progress, and investment portfolio status.

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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 key things employers must know about HIPAA law

Business Management Daily

Compliance is a top concern for small business owners. There is a variety of sensitive data that business owners need to safeguard including proprietary business information, customer data, and employment records. After all, a data breach can have a lot of negative consequences from both a PR and compliance standpoint. But what happens when employers need to access and store employee health information?

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Candidate Experience: What It Is and 9 Ways to Improve It

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is meant by candidate experience? What a positive candidate experience looks like. Why is the candidate experience important? How do you measure candidate experience? 4 tools to help build a positive candidate experience.

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Supreme Court’s New Dobbs Decision: What Employers Need to Know

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

The following has been excerpted from Morgan Lewis. The full text can be found at DOBBS V. JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH: IMPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYER PLAN SPONSORS and at CONSIDERATIONS. Read more > The post Supreme Court’s New Dobbs Decision: What Employers Need to Know appeared first on Word on Benefits.

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3 ways to attract Gen Z and Millennial employees

Best Money Moves

3 ways to attract Gen Z and Millennial employees. Gen Z and Millennials are the next generation of American workers. Here are three top benefits to help attract these key employees. Gen Z and Millennial employees now comprise roughly 46% of the U.S. workforce, according to data from Gallup, and with them comes a new way to think about benefits. LinkedIn research shows that young employees demand new talent strategies. .

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CIPHR is now Ciphr: HR tech firm reveals new logo

cipHR

Ciphr, the UK’s leading SaaS HR provider, has completed its brand refresh for 2022 with the introduction of a new look logo. The updated Ciphr logo features crisp new typography and colours, with the company name written in lowercase letters as one word (pronounced sy-fuh). It replaces the capitalised wordmark (CIPHR) that has been in use for the past ten years.

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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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Deepfake job interviews; the most disproportionately popular jobs; and the Burger King worker who went viral: The most interesting HR stories of the week

TLNT

FBI warns employers about ‘Deepfake’ avatars in job interviews. Deepfake videos – where a person’s face head is typically replaced with someone else’s likeness – have been doing the rounds for years now – mostly people pretending to be Tom Cruise, Barak Obama or the like. But according to the FBI, the AI technology it uses is now being seen in online job interviews for jobs where the person works remotely.

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Key Takeaways from Weekdays with Bernie 2022 | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

Each year, HRIS platform and company BerniePortal convenes hundreds of HR industry leaders and innovative thinkers for best-in-class learning opportunities, networking, and strategic solution-oriented sessions—plus the chance to earn CE credits for attending. This year’s Weekdays with Bernie was BerniePortal’s second hybrid conference, which included both in-person and virtual experiences.

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5 Ways the Emotion Wheel Can Help You Navigate Stressful Work Situations

HR Digest

As human beings, sometimes we find it hard to control our emotions, which often has consequences. The emotion wheel is an excellent tool to use to identify and manage our emotions both at home, in the workplace, and anywhere we find ourselves. . According to research, humans have 34,000 emotions and we find it hard to identify and express what we could be feeling at a particular moment. .

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California Supreme Court Clarifies Whether Missed-Break Premiums Are ‘Wages’ That Trigger Derivative Penalties

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

On May 23, 2022, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Naranjo v. Spectrum Sec. Servs. Inc. (Naranjo), holding that meal and rest break premiums (also known as extra pay or premium pay) constitute “wages” that: (1) must be accurately reported on employee wage statements pursuant to Labor Code section 226 and (2) must be […]. The post California Supreme Court Clarifies Whether Missed-Break Premiums Are ‘Wages’ That Trigger Derivative Penalties appeared first on EMP

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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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Improve Team Dynamics With These 6 Steps

BetterUp

Jump to section. What are team dynamics? What factors contribute to team dynamics? What makes a good team dynamic? 11 common causes of poor team dynamics. 6 ways to improve team dynamics.

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An Overview of Lewin’s Change Management Model

Business Management Daily

If you’ve ever attempted to roll out new changes for an organization, you likely know how challenging the change management process can be — even for the smallest of alterations to the status quo. That’s because change inevitably brings about resistance, as some employees will be hesitant to adapt to new behaviors and tasks. For this reason, you’ll need a winning step change model to act as a template for successful change.

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Study: HSA Utilization Differs By Race, Gender, Ethnicity, And Income

Wellable

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), which allow individuals to store and withdraw funds for certain qualified medical expenses, are frequently offered as part of an employer’s benefits package. According to one report , nearly 40% of companies offered an HSA-qualified health option in 2021.

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Healthcare Enforcement in the Post-Pandemic Era

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare fraud enforcement remains a top priority for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and other government agencies with enforcement authority. In this Westlaw Today article, McDermott Partners Laura McLane, Tony Maida and Dana M. McSherry describe some of the areas that have assumed particularly high enforcement […].

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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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Efficient, Error-Free Paydays with BerniePortal’s Payroll

BerniePortal

There are many moving pieces when it comes to payday. From managing employee hours, PTO , and deductions to ensuring your organization is withholding the correct taxes from each paycheck—running payroll can be time-consuming. But it doesn’t have to be. Many organizations are moving their payroll onto HRIS platforms for a more seamless process, making spreadsheets a thing of the past.

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How to fill out an I-9

Business Management Daily

The COVID-19 pandemic greatly changed how many businesses operate. But whether your organization remains remote, brought everyone back on site, or adopted a hybrid arrangement, I-9 form compliance remains a must. Form I-9 has been an onboarding staple in the United States since the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 mandated its usage. An employer must use an I-9 form (also known as an Employment Eligibility Verification Form) to confirm identity and employment authorization for each per

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Infection Dilemma

Florida Workers' Comp

Malaria infected 227 million people worldwide in 2019, and killed 558,000 people. This, according to the World Malaria Report published by the World Health Organization. With COVID-19 garnering much attention, the WHO reports that in 2020 Malaria infected 241 million people, and killed 627,000. And, it is a "preventable and curable" disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control , "An estimated 690,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses in 2019.

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Study: Watching Virtual Avatars Exercise Is Good For The Body And Mind

Wellable

While there has been much talk regarding the rise of virtual reality (VR) in the workplace, how to utilize it in corporate wellness programs has remained elusive.

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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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WWB Recap: Keynote Speaker Heather Younger - Seize the Opportunity

BerniePortal

To kick off BerniePortal’s 5th annual users conference, Weekdays with Bernie, Heather Younger—bestselling author of The 7 Intuitive Laws of Employee Loyalty and founder of Customer Fanatix —gave a dynamic presentation titled, Seize the Opportunity: Reimagining a Better Workplace in a Post Covid-19 World , where she shared her expertise and offered solutions to improving the workplace.

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The impact of Dobbs on employer provided healthcare

Business Management Daily

This is not a post about politics. You can figure that out by yourself. This is a post about the options employers have in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 24 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which reversed Roe v. Wade. Group health plans are the natural place to start when thinking about reimbursing expenses related to female employees’ family planning decisions.

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Is there a Doctor in the House?

Florida Workers' Comp

The news brings us another example of the power of words. Defining them and deploying them are of significant effect at times. In The League of Extraordinary Gentleman (20th Century, 2003, Sean Connery headlines an extraordinary cast that includes various fine actors. One whose performance has stuck with me, however, is Stuart Townsend playing Dorian Grey (originally an Oscar Wilde character ).

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8 answers to the question: How to become a great leader?

Insperity

Great leaders aren’t always found with the title of CEO or manager on their business card. Anyone can demonstrate leadership qualities. It’s not about winning a popularity contest. You don’t have to be liked to be respected. It’s about serving and influencing others regardless of their job title in the effort to achieve a certain goal.

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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.