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Mental Health at Work: Lean Into It

Achievers

We live in an era of shattered stereotypes and new frontiers. Monumental demographic shifts, the evolving women’s movement, heightened cultural sensitivities and, of course, the ubiquity of new technologies have fundamentally altered our culture. More specifically these sweeping changes in a short amount of time have changed the places that we work.

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Use the Right Technology Tool For the Job

HR Bartender

The word “hack” is often used instead of tips. For example, here’s a blog post on “ 100 Incredible Life Hacks that Make Life So Much Easier ”. The first one is “Tie a small piece of fabric to your luggage. Saves a lot of time to check if it’s your bag or not.” I like to think of hacks as discovering new ways to use common items. For example, when I travel, I always have a small binder clip with me in case since the curtains won’t close right.

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Part 1: How To Boost Productivity Through Intrinsic Motivation

15Five

In life and in business, motivation bleeds into everything we do and it helps us choose where to focus in our busy lives. We have certain motivations for why we’re in relationships, listen to certain podcasts, choose which books to read, and even navigate how we work. Where we derive our motivation is connected to how we expend our energy both short-term and long.

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Why people are your greatest asset

Insperity

“People are your greatest asset.”. You’ve probably heard this at some point, but what does it really mean? Is it just a recruiting slogan, or is it a viable approach to building a stronger business? And how can you tell when a company is serious about valuing employees and when it’s just window dressing? And most importantly, why should valuing employees matter to a business owner?

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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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Achievers CARES: Celebrating We Care Week

Achievers

Change the way the world works. The Achievers mission statement resonates deeply with all its employees and has been the foundation of our corporate culture since its inception. It’s a statement that is proudly displayed above the lunch tables at our flagship office in Toronto, and is a statement that employees humbly walk by – and live by ­­­– every single day.

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Slot Or Casino Games: Which Is Best?

Take It Personel-ly

Punters tend to fall in between two categories when it comes to playing in a casino. They either love the exhilarating and immersive experience of slots or prefer the strategic and heart stopping thrill of table games. There’s nothing wrong with sticking to what you know and of course everyone is allowed to have a […].

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6 Trending Voluntary Benefits Your Employees Want

Corporate Synergies

These 6 trending voluntary benefits could reshape your core plan. The post 6 Trending Voluntary Benefits Your Employees Want appeared first on Corporate Synergies.

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Standing Ovation: Recognizing Exceptional Employees| Ashlee Jackson

WEX Inc.

benefitexpress is proud to be a company that honors exceptional performance. That's why we created the Standing Ovation Award —an award given to several employees each quarter to honor and recognize their efforts that go above and beyond to fulfill our Community Pillars. Nominations are submitted by fellow peers, and are tallied, read and carefully considered before being awarded at our company-wide 'Town Hall' meetings each quarter.

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How to be an HR department of one

Insperity

Serving as a human resource (HR) professional is challenging work – even more so when you’re an HR department of one. A solitary HR professional’s job description may include: Overseeing legal compliance and handling employee relations concerns Coordinating recruitment and strategizing on plans for retention Overseeing payroll and benefits Implementing and reviewing employee performance reviews Creating and enforcing company policies.

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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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Road to Productivity: 7 Ways to Improve Employee Efficiency

Take It Personel-ly

Improving employee efficiency depends directly on your ability to engage team members. And this can do wonders for your bottom line as a business owner. In fact, teams that report being highly engaged at work result in 21 percent greater profitability on average. How do you make sure your employees are doing all they can? In the […].

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Single Touch Payroll Phase 2: What to expect

Ascender

Single Touch Payroll (STP) left the Australian payroll world abuzz in the past year, with how it changed the way business reported their payroll information to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). By 1 July 2019, all businesses across Australia should be compliant to STP regardless of their total headcount, requiring huge efforts from employers and payroll solutions providers to work together to prepare their payroll data and ensure their payroll systems are STP-enabled for smooth compliance.

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New-Hire Orientation Questions to Answer for Improved Employee Retention

Flimp Communications

The employee experience is exactly what it sounds like. It describes how employees experience working for your company, and it’s too large to be seen as wholly positive or wholly negative. Frequently, there are positive aspects of miserable employee experiences and negative aspects to happy ones. There are too many factors that cause employees to become engaged or disengaged, to be more or less productive, and to stay or leave.

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How to get your seasonal job search strategy right

HR Digest

A lot of companies are preparing for making their big push for seasonal hiring. If you’re thinking that means only retail and holiday-related jobs, then you’re wrong. Many of these companies are preparing for year-end events such as tax season or open enrollment or gearing up for their big tourism push. Most companies – especially in the retail, tourism, and transportation sector – hire seasonal workers for Christmas, which is the busiest season of the year.

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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.

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How to Make Your Lunch Hour More Productive

Take It Personel-ly

There are many ways in which people decide to spend their lunch break. Some people take the opportunity to catch up with their friends at work. Others leave the office to visit local shops or eat their lunch at their desk. How people spend their lunch break may not seem that important, but it can […].

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New Resource – Saving the Lost Applicant: Automotive Hiring Trends to Watch

Hireology

Hireology and NADA are excited to share a joint research report, Saving the Lost Applicant: Hiring Trends to Watch. This first-of-its-kind report analyzes hiring activity and automotive hiring trends across 4,000+ dealerships representing all major brands and markets. The scope of the research includes every open role, application submitted, candidate considered, and hire made across our network in the first half of 2019, which represents 20 percent of all dealerships across the U.S.

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ICHRA and the employer mandate. What are the penalties?

PeopleKeep

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) employer shared responsibility provision defines employers with an average of 50 or more full-time employees during the previous year as applicable large employers, or ALEs. They must offer minimum essential coverage to 95% or more of full-time equivalent employees and their dependents. They’re also required to provide coverage that provides minimum value and is affordable to all full-time employees.

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The Digital Employee Experience: Where HR and Employee Videos Fit

Flimp Communications

You’re probably familiar with HR and corporate terms like change management , talent acquisition, corporate culture or diversity and inclusion. You know how HR and employee videos drive some of these concepts. You’re aware of what CEO, IT and HR stand for. But are you ready for a new acronym? DEX. It stands for digital employee experience. DEX is used to describe how employees work, what tools and technology they use to accomplish their work, and the corporate culture they inhabit.

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7 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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How Minimalist Living Can Help You Spend Less

Take It Personel-ly

The minimalist lifestyle trend has been around longer than you think — it’s just recently soared in popularity due to shows like Marie Kondo’s tidying up and Tiny House Living. You may be slightly interested or possibly very turned off by the idea of having to cleanout your home and simplify. However, minimalist living can […].

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Employee Spotlight: How Hireology Employees Strike a Balance of Hard Work and Fun

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: Joe Manglardi . Team: Customer Success. Role: Manager of Customer Development. Introduction. I joined Hireology in November of 2018 – it’s hard to believe it’s almost been almost a year! I was the first external hire to join our newly established upsell team and was recently promoted to Manager of Customer Development.

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10 Ways To Rebuild Team Morale At Workplace

Vantage Circle

“Morale and attitude are fundamentals to success.”. ? Bud Wilkinson. Team morale refers to the optimism, enthusiasm and excitement within a group of co-workers with common business goals. It is a collection of attitudes and feelings that creates a positive working environment , where people support each other to work confidently. Studies have proved that a higher team morale increases employee engagement which has a clear impression on productivity.

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Why the Benefits Broker You Choose Matters

PeopleStrategy

Today, it’s rare for an employee to celebrate a milestone work anniversary. My friend’s dad just celebrated 45 years of working at the same organization. He said as the years went by, he always found that the next better opportunity came in the form of a promotion or transfer and never considered leaving because the company invested in him, his career, and his life goals.

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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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How Can An Applicant Tracking System Enhance Workplace Morale?

Take It Personel-ly

For any business, the recruitment process is one of the most crucial steps to success. Not only do your recruitment strategies determine the quality of candidates who join your team, they can also affect employee confidence after they become part of your workforce. You may already be aware of how using an ATS or Applicant […].

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Audit Your Employer Brand Now to Get Ahead in 2020

Hireology

To stand out and attract top talent in today’s competitive hiring market, you need a strong employer brand. In fact, recent data found that 69 percent of job seekers would reject a job offer from a company with a bad employer brand. Hireology data also found that a strong employer brand can boost applicant-to-hire conversion tenfold, compared to organizations that don’t have an employer brand strategy in place. .

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Problem Solving Skills That Managers Need To Have

Vantage Circle

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ? Albert Einstein. Being a part of an organization has always been an overwhelming and exciting experience for the employees. During the job life-cycle , from the start of orientation to leaving a job learning new things and gaining skills has always been a part of it.

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CMS Announces Wellness Program Demonstration Project

Wellable

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last week that it is beginning a pilot program for state-based health-contingent wellness programs. The agency is now accepting applications from the states to participate in one of two options. In the issuer-based demonstration project, healthcare payers who want to offer a wellness program on the individual insurance market will be able to design a plan and submit it to the state for approval.

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7 Common ACA Compliance Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

Managing ACA compliance is a major headache, especially in industries with complex schedules and regulations. Errors can lead to fines, legal battles, and strained employee relationships. Ways to Avoid Penalties & Fines: Non-compliance with Hours of Service (HOS) or misclassifying employees can lead to fines and legal issues. We offer tools to avoid these penalties and ensure regulatory alignment.