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10 Essential Remote Working Tips

Achievers

Remote work can be an unexplored territory for many people. If you’re new to remote work , make sure you’re well-equipped with the right tips and tools in place. We dive into 10 essential remote working tips. . 1. Practice frequent recognition . Recognition is a key takeaway when it comes to remote working tips. Remote workers can feel isolated and Gallup shared that 21 percent named “loneliness” as the biggest struggle with working remotely.

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6 Key Principles for Organizational Decision Making

HR Bartender

Organizations are always making decisions. And when faced with unique circumstances, they might have to make some more – including some really tough ones. Decision making isn’t easy. Some people avoid making decisions at all costs. And avoidance is a decision in itself. There are times when the outcome from no decision can be worse. At some point last year, I attended a conference where the speaker shared six principles for decision making.

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Product Webinar: Making Recruiting and Hiring Easier with New Digital Tools

Hireology

This year, businesses of all types have never felt more pressure to deliver. With health and safety challenges, along with the economic downturn related to COVID-19, traditional recruitment methods are simply not working to meet the demand of today’s small and medium businesses. Join one of our webinars below to learn about new ways to attract applicants, get a process in place to manage an influx of candidate activity and roster the right professionals – within one unified platform.

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What Percent of Health Insurance is Paid by Employers?

PeopleKeep

When evaluating a new or existing health insurance program, your organization's contribution strategy is an important consideration. In simple terms, how much will individual employees pitch in for coverage, and what percent of health insurance is paid by the employer?

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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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Remote work is here to stay – so, you’d better build a policy

Insperity

As some employers start to bring their employees back to work and others mull it over, leaders and managers may be eager to put 2020’s massive, sudden work from home experiment behind them. However, the era of everyone working full-time in centralized work spaces appears to be gone for good. Organizations competing for talent will need to offer a mix of in-office and remote work – or a fully remote workforce.

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Most Important Basic Concepts of Economics You Need to Know

Take It Personel-ly

Just recently, it has been reported that the total assets held by U.S households are over $113 trillion. If this number were divided up by the total population of the United States, it would equal out to over $343,000 for every person. However, this isn’t how the economy works. The economy is much more complex than that […].

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5 Useful Employee Communication Tips For Remote Workforce

Vantage Circle

Employee communication is the key to organizational success. It is the sharing of information and ideas between employees and the management and vice versa. How management and employees connect tells a lot about the fate of the organization. If communication is not your top priority, all of your other priorities are at risk. ~Bob Aronson. Today millions of corporates all around the world are working from home due to the covid crisis.

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5 Qualities of Non-Toxic Employees

HR Digest

A good, suitable, and non-toxic hire can make all the difference to the company’s culture and bring out the most productive and progressive results. As a company or business owner, out of all the choices to be made, hiring an employee can be seen as one of the most important decisions. Every employee has something or the other to contribute to the company culture, whether they add to it or detract from it.

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Employees Need Time Off, Even In A Pandemic

Wellable

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many employees have transitioned into working remotely from home. Some employees now enjoy increased flexibility with schedules and project timelines. Unfortunately, this has complicated workers’ abilities to disengage from work tasks, which can often be done at any time of day and virtually. After all, what is the point of using up hard-earned paid time off, when an employee can easily change around their schedule to fit in any other obligations?

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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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Taking Care of Your Medical Bills After an Accident That Keeps You From Working

Take It Personel-ly

When you’ve been injured and can no longer work, income is naturally one of your greatest concerns. The increased anxiety and stress over medical bills and financial security can even negatively impact your recovery. Exploring your options for compensation is the first priority. If you’ve been injured in a car accident, then you should explore […].

Medical 101
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IRS Updates to New Form 1094-C and 1095-C Drafts | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

In mid-July, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced an early release draft of tax forms for 1094-C and 1095-C filings. While not ready for publication and use just yet, HR should take note of a few updates to 1095-Cs—and prepare for potential changes to 1094-Cs.

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Labor Code of the Philippines

Global People Strategist

The Labor Code of the Philippines is a legal code that determines all employment practices and labor relations in the Philippines. This is to help protect employees and employers- while ensuring that neither is subject to unfair treatment or exploitation. Below are sets of rules that make up the Labor Code: Working Hours in the Philippines. No employee in the Philippines must work for over 8 hours a day.

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Remote Workforce could Double to 10% after the Pandemic

HR Digest

Brett White, the CEO of Cushman & Wakefield, in a recent interview, said that he believes the remote workforce size had chances of doubling after the coronavirus pandemic. According to him, as much as 10% of the workforce in the U.S. could be permanently working from home. . This comment by White was made just after it was reported by Cushman & Wakefield that there was an 18% year over year decline in the quarterly revenues.

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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 Cyber Security Threats and how to Defend Your Company Against Them

Take It Personel-ly

Small business owners tend to make the common mistake of thinking that their company is not at risk of a cyber-attack, or that an online scammer won’t try to gain access to sensitive customer or business information. Of course, this couldn’t be further from the truth, because small businesses are at risk much in the […].

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Use of Social Media in the Workplace- Advantages and Disadvantages

Vantage Circle

Social media in the workplace- Should you allow it or not? It is a relevant but debatable topic. Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are well-known examples of social media platforms, but social media can be of different types. Such channels may include Internet forums, online profiles, podcasts, blogs, photos and video, text, instant messages, music streaming applications, and audio services (audio over IP) based on the Internet, to name a few.

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Hiring again after wide-scale layoffs

Insperity

Whether it’s a pandemic such as COVID-19 , an economic downturn or a major market or industry shift that has challenged your business, letting valued team members go is always a tough decision to make. If you’ve had to lay off a significant portion of your workforce recently, you’re all too familiar with this unfortunate situation. However, the conditions that force your business to reduce its headcount can evolve and improve over time.

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3 Ways to Redefine Your Organization for a New Era

HR Digest

With the world on lockdown, organizations everywhere have had to rethink how they operate. But in the midst of the crisis, some have discovered something unexpected: productivity has gone up, not down. A crisis like a global pandemic naturally triggers extreme anxiety and stress, but it also unleashes tremendous energy and motivation. If leaders keep threat levels low, they can harness that sense of urgency to achieve work results that would normally seem impossible.

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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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5 Easy & Healthy Recipes to Make with Your Kids

Take It Personel-ly

Finding healthy recipes for your family can be difficult, especially with the convenience that picking up fast food on the way home offers. Teaching your children how to incorporate healthier foods into their lifestyle while they’re young can help them to develop skills for cooking their own healthy recipes in the future. But what should […].

Food 101
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Is an outsourced payroll approach beneficial for your business?

Ascender

This question seems simple enough: do you keep your payroll services in-house, or do you outsource this function to a third-party provider? Despite the simplicity, however, this also tends to be a question that lingers in the “I will think about it later” box, most especially when your payroll does not seem to be broken. But waiting for a breakdown is a fraught proposition ­–­ you don’t want to be left standing on the side of the road.

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Automotive News Retail Forum Recap

Hireology

What’s ahead for Dealers for the rest of 2020. The final installment of the Automotive News Retail Forum: Dealer Discussions virtual series wrapped up this week, showcasing how dealers and industry partners have weathered the staffing and inventory challenges this summer. Hireology CEO Adam Robinson was among the panelists who shared tactics on what dealers can do today to help their dealerships adapt to the changing landscape created by COVID-19. .

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How to Build Remote Work Culture to Support Virtual Teams

Best Money Moves

How to build remote work culture to support virtual teams. Four key factors employers should focus on when building a remote work culture. Employees aren’t ready to rush back into the office just yet. Half of them, understandably, are still worried about the risks of COVID-19 , according to a recent survey by Korn Ferry. . The good news is that nearly 65 percent of workers think they’re more productive at home anyways.

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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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4 Tips for Preparing Your House for an Addition

Take It Personel-ly

When it comes to the livable space in our homes, it tends to decrease as time goes on. We get more and more items that take up precious space. If your budget can’t afford upgrading to a new home or you just really like your existing home, an addition is the way to go. This […].

Finance 101
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What the ADA and EEOC Say About Telework and COVID-19 | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

More and more teams are returning to the workplace. Yet with COVID-19 still spreading across the country, employees may request telework as a reasonable accommodation if they’re at higher risk of severe illness. Find out what you need to know about how working remotely applies to the ADA.

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What the Executive Orders Mean for Your Business: Payroll Tax Deferral & More

Patriot Software

As the coronavirus continues to rock businesses’ and individuals’ worlds nationwide, the government is scrambling to find ways to provide additional relief. To help with the negative effects of the coronavirus, the president issued multiple executive orders on August 8, 2020, with one relating to a payroll tax deferral. Read on to learn what the […] READ MORE.

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Going Virtual: The future of child care during COVID-19?

Benefit Resource Inc.

Child care during COVID-19 has been one of the most discussed topics after the pandemic itself, alongside shifting work environments and how companies and the economy are responding. Many parents are expecting to go back to work in offices, albeit a limited number of days a week in some cases, when the last quarter of 2020 rolls around. Inevitably, some companies and parents, both eager for a solution, are carefully weighing the pros and cons of new solutions, such as virtual care.

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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.