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Preview our Summer Release Roadmap

Hireology

As businesses across the country continue to deal with the challenges faced by COVID-19, our product team has spent the year prioritizing features and all-new functionality to help our customers overcome the hiring challenges that we’ve seen over the past few months. . We’d like to share a few features we recently launched and preview upcoming updates to our core platform to directly address the pain points we know businesses are feeling due to the business realities COVID-19 has created. .

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Contact Tracing for #COVID19: What HR Needs to Know

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. Kronos and Ultimate Software have announced the formation of the Equity at Work Council (EWC) , a group of innovators and practitioners working together to understand diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

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Onboarding remote employees: how to get it right

Insperity

If your company is embracing work-from-home options for your team, you may find yourself needing some sensible strategies for new staff onboarding – namely, a process for onboarding remote employees. While it takes a bit of extra effort and creativity, onboarding remote employees doesn’t have to be as difficult as it may sound. After all, plenty of all-remote companies have been making employees feel welcome and included from a distance for several years.

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Learn how to set boundaries at work without being mean

HR Digest

Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you learned how to set boundaries at work? After all, boundaries are the building blocks of self-respect. Boundaries. We all need them in our lives. It can be a fine line between befriending a client and taking their phone calls at 2 a.m. in the night. How you set boundaries at work is essential, as is having contracts in place to clearly outline what is and what isn’t included in your role.

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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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70 Best Compliments For Coworkers

Vantage Circle

Do you compliment your coworkers for their good job? Or, when you are in a team, do you recognize your coworker’s efforts? If you do, then how often? We invest most of our time and energy at work, yet more often we treat each other like outsiders. And when it comes to verbal compliments, most of us lack in that effort, even though we know that it doesn’t cost us any money.

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Challenges of Working From Home During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Best Money Moves

Challenges of working from home during the coronavirus pandemic and what employers can do to help employees feel less stressed and be more productive. Many employers are pushing back timelines for employees to return to the workplace as the number of new cases of COVID-19 surges in the U.S. . Working from home is the best way to keep employees who have the capability to do so safe.

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How to Implement SMART Management of Performance System

HR Digest

The performance management system is the process used to measure the performance of employees in an organization. It is widely used in majority organizations as management of performance for employees. The performance management system helps an organization arrange its mission, goals, and objectives with the available resources. Nowadays, organizations ask supervisors to evaluate the Management of Performance outcomes of employees, focusing on SMART goals.

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Do I need an HR degree to apply for an HR job? [Reader Question]

UpstartHR

I get a lot of questions from readers about HR careers, job searching, HR certification, and more. If you have a question you’d like to see answered here, please send it over ! See other questions I’ve answered here. Is an HR degree required to apply for a job in HR, or are graduates with other degrees also considered for these roles? -Dominique.

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Trim Your Grocery Bill by Using a Coupon Database and These Other Savings Hacks

Take It Personel-ly

The average US household will spend thousands of dollars on groceries this year. That number will continue to trickle up on the back of inflation. If you’re seeing your grocery bills rise beyond what you can handle, the good news is that there are levers you can pull to get your food expenses in check. From understanding […].

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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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COVID-19: What Might be Included in a New Relief Bill? | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

With the U.S. in the middle of rising COVID-19 cases, Congress returned to Washington to work on passing another relief package for workers and employers. Find out what might be on the new bill—and how it could impact your team.

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Mental Health Most Common Reason For Lying About Taking Sick Days

HR Digest

In a survey of 1,000 office-based employees in the U.S., the U.K., Singapore, and the UAE, 35.8% admitted to lying about taking a sick day, with the most common reason being because of stress (32.1%). Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and isolation efforts in March, people across the world have been reporting increasing pressure on mental health.

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Malaysia Labor Law Changes

Global People Strategist

Over the past decade, the Malaysian government has introduced a number of legislative measures and Acts to strengthen the labor market in the country further. The Personal Data Protection Act, the Minimum Wage Act 2018, and the Minimum retirement age act have all brought additional stability. In this article, we look at Malaysian labor law changes in 2020.

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Tips on How to Improve Your Office

Take It Personel-ly

Many companies are realizing the importance of physical office spaces more so than ever before. The impact that physical premises can have on a business, employee productivity and employee satisfaction are factors that are being taken into consideration during physical space planning. Companies are looking to create more aesthetically appealing areas to conduct their businesses. […].

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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 Testing Workplace Scenarios Approved by the CDC | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

Workplaces continue to reopen during coronavirus. Now, employers are tasked not only with resuming normal operations but also with keeping employees safe from potential COVID-19 outbreaks. To help organizations around the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently weighed in on the appropriate use of testing with five different scenarios for non-healthcare workplaces.

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What to know about managing remote employee conduct

Business Management Daily

Monitoring remote employee conduct is just as important as keeping an eye out for improper behavior in a physical office. Regardless of the setting, poor employee conduct creates a toxic atmosphere that hurts productivity and morale. Managers must take swift action that clearly demonstrates the company will not tolerate people being uncivil to one another.

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Creating a compensation philosophy and policy document

Insperity

When it comes to compensation, it’s good to have a plan – ideally, before you need it. A philosophy that explains why your organization pays the way it does can guide you as you write compensation policies. It can also help you ensure alignment with equal pay laws and with your company’s vision and values around pay equity. Formalizing your compensation philosophy and policies gives your HR team and managers guidance when they post jobs, make offers, negotiate with candidates and give promotions

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How to Look and Feel More Confident

Take It Personel-ly

Did you know that people who are truly confident tend to exhibit more signs of success in life and business? The reason why is obvious — people who are confident are more likely to try new things and push themselves further because they believe their efforts will have a positive outcome. This concept, known as […].

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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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Four tips for improving employee satisfaction through benefits

cipHR

CIPHR’s head of HR, Gwenan West, shares how employers can put together a benefits package that makes all employees feel valued. How can an employer show its employees that it values them? Part of the answer lies with employee benefits. A workplace pension scheme, a health cash plan, and other benefits can show employees that they matter to their organisation.

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The Role of Benefits Decision Support in the New Normal

Flimp Communications

Benefits decision support has come a long way since employees had to fill out endless forms while reading nearly inscrutable jargon explaining what their benefit options were. Health insurance is still difficult for employees to understand and use efficiently. But thanks to new technology and products building on video communications, employees are getting more information about their benefit options faster.

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What Is the EEO-1 Report, and Which Employers Need to File it?

Patriot Software

When your business grows, you may need to hire additional employees. But, hiring more employees comes with additional responsibilities. Depending on the number of employees you have and some other factors, you may be responsible for filing an EEO-1 report. So … what is EEO-1, anyways? What is an EEO-1 report? An EEO-1 report (equal […]. The post What Is the EEO-1 Report, and Which Employers Need to File it?

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How to Make Your Company Stand Out in a Crowd

Take It Personel-ly

Starting a business is a great way to put your entrepreneurial skills to use while making money and being your own boss. However, so many businesses exist today that it’s hard to stand out. Use these tips to make your company the first one in your industry that customers turn to. Invest in Marketing Early […].

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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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Unexpected Healthcare Services that are FSA-Eligible | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

From service animal training to sleep deprivation treatment, these six medical products and services are eligible to be purchased using a wide variety of flexible spending accounts (FSAs).

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Types Of Rewards: A Quick Guide For HRs

Vantage Circle

When we talk about the types of rewards, we are essentially classifying the multiple ways through which you can appreciate your employees better. Typically, the types of rewards can be divided into three main categories- intrinsic versus extrinsic rewards, non-financial versus financial rewards, membership versus performance-based rewards. Unlike popular perceptions, you can reward employees without breaking the bank.

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Podcast Recap: Leading Organizational Transformation

15Five

In recent years, we’ve seen the employee engagement/performance management software market explode. Along the way, we’ve come to realize that success takes more than just providing people with the software tools they need. It’s education and training that makes the difference, and a deep commitment to organizational transformation. Meaningful transformation only comes when the deep and difficult work happens.

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7 Effective Tips To Better Manage Time For Students

Take It Personel-ly

Introduction What is the biggest issue that most college students will tell you that they face? Fighting against the clock. As assignments pile up, invitations to social events increase, and pressure to spend time with family mounts, it becomes a challenge for students to juggle their time and allocate the appropriate amount to each. Plus, […].

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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.