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10 leaders share how they prioritize well-being

Employee Benefit News

EBN's Excellence in Benefits winners set an example by prioritizing their own mental health and the well-being of their families.

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How HRMS Reshapes Payroll Management for Companies

Qandle

Managing payroll is a complex task that involves numerous calculations, compliance with regulations, and timely execution. Traditional payroll methods often lead to issues such as errors in calculations, delays in processing, and difficulties in ensuring compliance with changing laws. These challenges can result in financial discrepancies, legal complications, and decreased employee satisfaction.

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20 tech companies with the highest employee satisfaction

Employee Benefit News

Based on the ratio of positive to negative reviews on the workplace rating site Glassdoor, NetApp ranked at the top with 1,801 Glassdoor reviews having a 10.05% negative keyword frequency.

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Earning Your Payroll Certification Is a Journey Worth Taking

PayrollOrg

The Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) or Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation is more than just a credential—it's a badge of expertise, a commitment to your career, and a key to unlocking new opportunities.

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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 Integrating HRMS and Payroll Enhances Business Efficiency?

Qandle

In today’s fast-paced business environment, efficiency is the key to staying competitive and achieving sustainable growth. One of the most effective ways to enhance operational efficiency is by integrating your Human Resource Management System (HRMS) with your payroll system. This integration offers a seamless flow of information between HR and payroll functions, reducing errors, saving time, and ensuring compliance with various regulations.

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Train drivers accept pay deal

Employee Benefits

Train drivers across England, Scotland and Wales have accepted a pay deal made by the Department for Transport, ending a two-year pay dispute. The employees are members of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (Aslef) union. They have taken part in strike action since 2022 over pay, arguing that the previous government refused to let the train operating businesses negotiate freely and make a fair offer.

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One in four people have turned down a job because they hated its office environment

Workplace Insight

Almost a quarter (23 percent) of people say that they have turned down a job because they didn’t like the office environment, according to a new poll. This rose to almost a third (32 percent) for 18 – 24-year-olds indicating the need for a high-quality office environment for the younger generation. Geographically, workers in the capital are most likely to pass on a job based on the office surroundings, with a third (32 percent) of London based workers admitting to declining a role for this reaso

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Navigating family leave: How to balance parenthood, well-being and resilience

Employee Benefit News

Extended and intermittent leaves of absence that leverage state mandates allow new parents to ease their return to work and also improve talent management.

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What is the Small Business Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace?

PeopleKeep

Traditional group health insurance covers almost 153 million Americans 1. But even though it’s popular, many small employers have difficulty offering a group health plan due to the cost and strict participation requirements. To make it easier for these employers to provide group health insurance, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the Small Business Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace.

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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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49% of workers aged 50 and older are phasing into retirement

Employee Benefits

More than half (55%) of employees said a retirement plan is more important than ever as 49% of workers aged 50 and older have already started phasing into retirement, according to research by global advisory and broking firm Willis Towers Watson (WTW). Its 2024 Global benefits attitudes survey, which surveyed 6,000 UK employees working at medium and large private sector employers, also found that 17% of respondents in this age group have either already started phasing into retirement by reducin

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Hybrid working may just be a kink in the road to something better

Workplace Insight

When you fixate on deciding precisely how much time everybody has to spend in an office, somebody is going to decide the answer is five days. The peculiar obsession with pronouncing the answer to be two days or three days can be dated back to 2020 when a load of people who had never previously taken much interest in the matter decided to reinvent a world that had never existed, by replacing it with something that couldn’t exist.

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What (Most) Decision-Support Tools Get Wrong

Flimp Communications

The number of benefits decision-support tools available to HR teams has multiplied considerably over the past few years. It shouldn’t be surprising. As benefits — particularly healthcare plans — become more complex, and employees have less and less time to consider their options, the market demands solutions that simplify and streamline the benefits enrollment process while guiding employees toward satisfying, cost-effective selections.

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Vision expenses piling up? Use your HSA or FSA

WEX Inc.

Visual health is a vital component of overall well-being, and unexpected eye-related expenses can put a strain on your finances. However, for participants of health savings accounts (HSAs) or medical flexible spending accounts (FSAs) , there are ways to alleviate the financial burden associated with vision-related costs. Let’s explore a few common vision-related questions as it relates to your HSA or medical FSA.

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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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50 Relationship Goals To Strive For With Your Partner

BetterUp

Jump to section The importance of relationship goals 10 relationship goals examples to strengthen your relationships 40 relationship goal examples for different stages of life How to set and achieve relationship goals Set relationship goals for long-term success

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Graduates don’t offer employers enough creativity in the workplace

Workplace Insight

A new report claims that UK graduates are falling short when it comes to offering organisations the creativity they need in the workplace. The poll from Canva of around 1,000 recent university graduates, educators, and hiring managers in the UK, suggests that over three quarters (77 percent) of graduates and 66 percent of hiring managers consider creativity essential for landing a job and succeeding in the workplace.

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Remembering

Florida Workers' Comp

I am an irrepressible history nerd. That has driven my adult forays across Europe. Vacations are odysseys, not placid rests. I have been privileged to view amazing vistas, see astounding places, experience grand hikes, and interact with many interesting people. My experiential trail includes a parade of museums, landmarks, and superlatives. Only one ever asked to be remembered.

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Majority of UK adults have moderate expectations for pension returns

Employee Benefits

The majority of UK adults admitted they only have moderate expectations for their pension returns, and prioritise stability in their retirement savings over higher-risk investments, a new survey by PensionBee has revealed. The consumer retirement market service’s survey, of both workplace and private pensions, included 1,000 UK residents aged 18-66.

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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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Let Your Payroll Education Soar During EIPC

PayrollOrg

PayrollOrg’s Educational Institutions Payroll Conference (EIPC) returns for its 36th year with exciting educational and networking opportunities curated for the payroll professionals who work within our nation’s colleges and universities.

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How employers are bringing more benefits to working parents

Employee Benefit News

Employers are updating parental leave policies and adding supplemental child disability insurance to help support parents.

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Psychedelic Mushrooms

Florida Workers' Comp

We are facing a mental health challenge in this country, and any element of a person's life can be brought to work (intentionally or not). Two recent news stories reminded me of the challenges we might encounter in the workplace and the potential impacts. About one , most will remember last October (2023) when an off-duty pilot made the news. He was riding in the cockpit of the aircraft, but as a passenger.

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What is Underrepresented Talent and Best Strategies for Sourcing the Talent

HR Lineup

In today’s business environment, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have become central to the success and sustainability of organizations. As part of this transformation, the need to tap into underrepresented talent pools has gained importance. But what exactly is underrepresented talent, and how can organizations source this talent effectively?

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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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Majority of IT managers think AI is coming for people’s jobs

Workplace Insight

Two thirds of UK organisations say they are prioritising AI in their IT and customer service thinking, according to a new poll from 8×8. As a result they are starting to assess the roles and working hours of employees. The Future of Work: 2030 Vision Report [registration], surveyed the opinions of over 400 IT and Customer Experience (CX) managers.

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Where the best HR leaders see themselves in five years

Employee Benefit News

Shaping future leadership, building the best benefits and staying ahead of the tech curve — these executives are excited for what's to come.

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Global Workforce Cuts at Samsung to Slash Numbers by 30%

HR Digest

Samsung Electronics is looking at global workforce cuts adding to over 30% of its overseas staff. Despite the launch of multiple successful products over the last few years, the company has seen tough competition from outside and resistance from workers from the inside in recent months. Samsung’s workforce reduction plans for 2024 will affect employees in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa.

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How to Scale Hiring for an Early-Stage Startup?

HR Lineup

Scaling a startup is a challenging but exciting process, where founders and early team members need to transition from wearing multiple hats to building specialized roles that will allow the business to grow. One of the key factors in this transition is hiring. For an early-stage startup, scaling hiring can be a daunting task that requires balancing speed, cost, quality of candidates, and cultural fit.

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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.