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How to Build an Engaging Social Responsibility Strategy Into Your Culture

Achievers

I’ve always had a passion for giving back and caring for others, but I always struggled with the idea of choosing to go down that path as my career. I never wanted it to lose the meaning by becoming a job that I was required to do. So, I made the choice early on in my career to give back to my community in parallel with my career and that idea has never felt more supported than it does at Achievers.

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Transform Company Culture with Good Communication Analytics

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is sponsored by Microsoft, whose mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. They have a website dedicated to Modern HR , a content collection focused on digital transformation. Check it out when you have a moment. Enjoy the post!). I’m starting to hear more people use the phrase “Culture is the new currency.” as a way to describe how important it is for companies to have a culture that attracts, engages, and r

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SDTF Annual Status Report Filed

Florida Regulatory Workers' Compensation News

The Special Disability Trust Fund, within the Department of Financial Services – Division of Workers’ Compensation, is required by Section 440.49(8)(d), Florida Statutes, to report, annually, on the status of the Fund to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President of the Senate. This report is required to be produced by an independent actuary and is now available on the reports page of the DWC website along with all prior annual reports.

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Why humanizing your business drives profitability

Business Management Daily

In an increasingly digital and impersonal environment, a company culture truly focused on its people is the foundation for driving sustained success. The post Why humanizing your business drives profitability appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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4 Ways to Boost Workplace Productivity (And Workplace Happiness) Through Better Communication

Achievers

Between group texts and always-on social media networks, your employees already consider screens and keyboards as vital means to ongoing conversations outside of the workplace. And your company likely uses social channels to build brand awareness, target users with focused messages, handle customer service conversations and more. Now, increasing evidence shows that better communication and using social tools within the workplace can foster increased connection and productivity.

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Performance Management 2.0: Improving Your Employee Motivation Strategy

15Five

How do you address employees who aren’t performing? How do you use work goals to improve employee motivation, and decide what goal to work on? Are certain types of goals better than others for increasing motivation? These are all excellent questions and I’ll get to them in a moment, but first, some context. I joined 15Five’s Director of People Science, Courtney Bigony and Chief Culture Officer, Shane Metcalf, in a recent webinar where we addressed ratings and compensation as they relate to perfo

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Worst interview questions ever: 10 to avoid at all costs

Insperity

Believe it or not, some of the worst interview questions are the ones hiring managers ask without even realizing they shouldn’t. For instance, if you find out someone attended the same high school you attended, what’s wrong with asking them what year they graduated? Everything. This seemingly innocent mistake, along with countless others, can put you in legal hot water.

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Achievers CARES: How We Engage Employees Through Giving Back

Achievers

Modern workplaces struggle to attract and retain top talent. We all know this, and if you look around today it’s easy to see that workers are demanding more alignment of values in their workplace. The competition for the best-of-the-best, coupled with a growing pool of opportunities, has companies spinning to look for new and exciting ways to connect with their workers.

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5 Tools That Can Help You Plan Better

HR Bartender

I admit that I’m a planner. But more important than admitting that I plan everything is that I really like to plan. I believe it’s because I invest in planning tools. Tools to help you plan do not have to be expensive. They do need to work. For you. Someone else’s planning tools may or may not be the best for you. In addition, while it would be awesome to have one planning tool that does everything, I haven’t found that to be the case.

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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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Strategies that Businesses Can Incorporate to Give Back to the Community

Take It Personel-ly

Corporate social responsibility is a strategy that requires business organizations to give back to the communities where they are based, or to the regions they have been operating. Helping the community helps an organization to create a harmonious relationship with its customers. Although business social responsibility is seen as a strategy to enhance the reputation […].

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Managing needy employees: 7 tips to avoid a wrecked workflow

Insperity

As a leader, you walk the tightrope between being available to your employees and focusing on work that has to get done. So, how do you manage the needy employee who seems to always be in your office looking for direction or reassurance? Identifying a needy employee. Certainly, a positive company culture provides opportunities for your staff to seek input and feedback.

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Achievers CARES: How We Engage Employees Through Giving Back

Achievers

Modern workplaces struggle to attract and retain top talent. We all know this, and if you look around today it’s easy to see that workers are demanding more alignment of values in their workplace. The competition for the best-of-the-best, coupled with a growing pool of opportunities, has companies spinning to look for new and exciting ways to connect with their workers.

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Early symptoms of Breast Cancer and how to tackle them

Bayzat

Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer in women worldwide. Some of the most developed countries in the world face the highest incidence rates of breast cancer with Belgium in the first place, followed by Denmark and France.

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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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Standing Ovation: Recognizing Exceptional Employees | Alyssa Newswanger

WEX Inc.

A Standing Ovation is a special reward program at benefitexpress that honors employees who have gone above and beyond in fulfilling our Community Pillars. Each quarter, nominations are tallied, read, and carefully considered before being awarded to two employees. We announce this recognition at our company “Town Hall” all-staff meetings where the final nominations are read aloud to highlight just how much the winners have done to deserve the award.

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Best Farm Shares For Healthy Employee Diets

Wellable

Due to the widespread availability and convenience of junk food in workplaces, office employees have notoriously unhealthy diets, an occurrence that threatens individual health and workplace productivity. This trend suggests that employers should intervene and encourage healthier eating in the workplace and at home. Corporate farm-sharing, a newly emerging idea, seems like a viable solution to mitigate this problem.

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Over half of working parents feel unfairly judged for balancing work and kids

cipHR

Despite all workers having the right to request flexible hours since 2014, striking a work-life balance is causing stress and anxiety for working parents, a new study by CIPHR finds. The term ‘work-life balance’ is quite a modern concept, having only been around since the 1980s. As technology advances and workplaces change, it seems as though striking a work-life balance is becoming more difficult than ever.

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Everything You Need To Know About Employee Motivation

Vantage Circle

Employee Motivation is crucial to your organisation. It is the root from which stems both the progress and the downfall of your company. . Employee Motivation can be defined as the attitude employees have towards their work. It is the desire and energy that makes people continually interested and committed to a job. It is what drives them, pushes them or “motivates” them to achieve or even show up at work everyday. .

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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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3 Benefits of Automating the Work Opportunity Tax Credit

WEX Inc.

HR pros, if you follow our blog, you may already know that the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a valuable employer incentive. As outlined by the United States Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA), it allows for an employer credit for hiring employees who may face barriers to employment. Compliance with the requirements to earn the incentive – up to $9,600 over one to two years – can be challenging; however, automation can make it easy.

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Financial Wellness Research Warrants Worry

Best Money Moves

Research from Prudential reveals just how far Americans are from reaching financial goals, like having enough savings to get through retirement years, as well as how optimistic or pessimistic they are about their financial future. More than half of Americans believe their financial wellness is below average based on their level of income, savings, assets and debts, according to Prudential’s first-ever Financial Wellness Census.

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Your go-to checklist for the renewal of group health insurance!

Bayzat

Health insurance policies are generally renewed every year. This gives you an option to either continue with the same plan for another year or switch to a new one.

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How to dress like a boss is an eternal question!

HR Digest

You must dress like a boss to be treated like one. And for everyone moving to a management position from being a team member, dressing like a boss is a major step in climbing the ladder. It guarantees the odds necessary to bypass all levels of scrutiny from executive members and outlines visual evidence in distinguishing you from your former peers.

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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

Speaker: Speakers:

HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?

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benefitexpress Releases Best Practices for an Effective Open Enrollment Communication Strategy

WEX Inc.

benefitexpress , the leading provider of cloud-based technology solutions and services for employee benefits administration, releases best practices for an effective enrollment communication strategy ahead of open enrollment planning season. As featured in benefitexpress’ Annual Enrollment Survival Guide , these practical ideas and tips are designed to assist benefits professionals in human resources roles with a successful open enrollment season.

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5 Common Questions About Open Enrollment

Winston Benefits

Employee benefits are a major part of your company’s compensation plan and an integral piece in your strategy to recruit and retain top talent. To help maximize your company’s benefit offerings, you need to make the enrollment process as efficient and effective as possible. That means taking time to properly plan and communicate before and during the enrollment period.

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Podcast: Sat Bir Singh Khalsa On Yoga And The Workplace

Wellable

While yoga as a practice has been around for more than 5,000 years, the prevalence of yoga in the U.S. is relatively recent. The popularity of the practice in the U.S. is also increasing with the number of Americans that practice yoga growing by 76% from 20.4 million in 2012 to over 36 million in 2016. Nearly 10% of the U.S. population practiced yoga at least once in the past 12 months.

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The Ultimate Guide to Employee Offboarding: Exit Checklist, Interview Qs and Timeline

SnackNation

The Ultimate Guide to Employee Offboarding: Exit Checklist, Interview Qs and Timeline. There are countless benefits to a thorough new hire orientation from employee retention and loyalty to boosted morale and productivity. But what about the employee offboarding process? Why should that matter? Believe it or not, an employee’s last days at a company can be just as crucial as their first.

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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.