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7 Actionable Tips: How HR Programs Can Foster Employee Engagement During Tough Times

Achievers

When your company is undergoing change, you already face plenty of challenges. One issue that might not make it to your short list of priorities is actually crucial: the need to maintain employee engagement. Organizational change efforts have a startling failure rate of 70 percent , and one major reason for this failure is that executives don’t do what it takes to get buy-in from their employees.

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Florida Division Notices Proposed Rule - Grievous Harm

Florida Regulatory Workers' Compensation News

The Florida Division of Workers' Compensation submitted a Notice of Proposed Rule for Rule 69L-3.009, F.A.C. If requested within 21 days of the notice, a hearing will be held on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, 9:00 a.m. ET, at the Hartman Building Room 102, 2012 Capital Circle SE, Tallahassee, FL 32301. A new rule is being introduced due to the passage of CS/CS/SB 376, which added subsections (5) and (6) to section 112.1815, Florida Statutes (F.S.).

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Everything #HR Needs to Know About Prescriptive Analytics

HR Bartender

We’ve discussed several aspects of technology in this HR technology series. Today I wanted to share a concept that we should be a bit more focused on: prescriptive analytics. Technology now allows us to do more than just process information, it helps us make decisions. A few weeks ago, I spent a couple of days with the folks from O.C. Tanner at their Influence Greatness conference.

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9 simple but effective ways to improve employee productivity

Insperity

Employee engagement may be the business buzzword of the day, especially when we start looking for ways to improve employee performance. But what about employee productivity? These concepts aren’t necessarily the same thing. It’s entirely possible to have a bunch of happy, engaged employees who love their jobs but aren’t terribly productive or hard-working.

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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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ACE 2018: Key Highlights and Takeaways

Achievers

“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes, but new eyes.” – Marcel Proust. They call it the Silicon Valley of the North. And with good reason. Understanding that Toronto has been driving innovation and charting the future of tech, Achievers chose to host its ACE 2018 conference in the city it calls home. The Six, as it is affectionately called by residents, quietly emerged as the fastest-growing tech-jobs market in 2017.

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Understanding the Limits of Convenience – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

Regular readers of this blog know I’m a planner. I plan everything. I think I’d even plan spontaneity. That’s why I couldn’t help but laugh at this Time Well Spent from our friends at Kronos. It reminded me that, even though we can do a lot of things with planning, there are some things that just shouldn’t be planned. Nor should people be penalized for making last-minute changes to a plan.

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5 Productivity Roadblocks Hiding in Your Home Office

Take It Personel-ly

Part of the beauty of working from home is the flexibility it provides. You can set your own schedule, take breaks when you want to and even take days off when needed. In general, you should be able to work “less,” or it should feel as though you are. However, much of this depends on […].

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Can Transparency Close the Pay Gap?

Best Money Moves

Transparency can close the gender pay gap, but open discussions about compensation are still taboo in the workplace. Research from beqom found s ome employees would rather get a new job when dissatisfied with compensation than ask for a raise or additional benefits. Close to half of employees believe men are paid more than women, particularly in technology and banking and finance, according to recent research conducted by beqom, a cloud-based compensation software provider.

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Follow 5 steps to make kindness a habit

Business Management Daily

What concrete steps can you take to increase the kindness in your life? Reduce: Stress, anger, loneliness, turnover, apathy and depression. Improve: Attitude, productivity, creativity, relationships, and bottom line. Follow these 5 steps. The post Follow 5 steps to make kindness a habit appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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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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Keep On Communicating Benefits

eni

Offering top-notch benefits may attract competitive talent, but how much do your employees actually know about those benefits? Competitive Total Rewards Programs come with a lofty price tag that directly impacts every organization’s bottom line. With most organizations spending 30 percent of their budget on employee benefits, benefit ROI remains top of mind for most HR departments.

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How Improved Hiring Can Help Hotel Owners and Operators Overcome Top Industry Challenges

Hireology

The hotel industry is continuously growing – in 2017, U.S. hotel revenue surpassed $200 billion. But despite this growth, the industry faces significant challenges when it comes to remaining competitive and profitable. One way hotel owners and operators can attract and retain customers and increase profitability is by hiring the best team. Customer service is central to all guests’ overall satisfaction with any given hotel, meaning employees can make or break the overall experience.

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How Do You Improve Employee Retention?

Best Money Moves

If you want to know how to improve employee retention, you need to know why employees quit and Work Institute’s exit interview gives you a great place to start. The vast majority of employees who quit could have been retained, according to Work Institute which conducted over 234,000 exit interviews. Roughly 30 percent of employees will leave their jobs in 2018 to work somewhere else.

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15 questions to ask when auditing your employee handbook

Business Management Daily

It’s good business to review your employee handbook once a year and revise it as necessary. Answer these 15 questions to gauge its thoroughness and reliability: The post 15 questions to ask when auditing your employee handbook appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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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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How to Strengthen the Employee Benefits Experience to Differentiate Your Company in a Competitive Labor Market [Part 1]

WEX Inc.

Creating a premium benefits experience is one way companies today can differentiate themselves in a competitive labor market. But too often, benefits selection is treated as an annual event instead of an ongoing and evolving journey. However, with clear goal-setting, tools designed to meet the needs of modern workers, and a solid strategy for open enrollment communication , you can increase employee satisfaction and loyalty while strengthening your company’s appeal to new candidates.

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Case Study: Hireology Drives Quality Applicants and Cost Savings for Home Health Care Businesses

Hireology

The home health care industry is growing quickly, with Americans projected to spend $5.7 trillion on home health care by 2026. But despite the growth, the industry faces significant challenges with securing top talent and, as a result, maintaining profitability. This is due to many factors, including a record-low unemployment rate, baby boomers retiring and current job seekers having a negative perception of working in home health.

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Two-thirds of staff admit to working on their ‘side hustle’ on employer’s time

cipHR

New research by CIPHR finds 59% of staff spending between one and two hours a day at work on their personal business, with a further third admitting to ‘pulling a sickie’ to work on their side gig. Although the term ‘side hustle’ isn’t widely used, you probably know someone who has one: that friend who has started their own podcast or is working on a book, or the colleague who sells their knitted wares on Etsy or eBay at the weekend.

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5 Scenarios That Prove Wrongful Termination

HR Digest

It’s a very bitter experience to have that dream job terminated by your employer. Not just for all the efforts in securing it. A wrongful dismissal makes it hurt the most. While some employers may want to be benevolent and give you the time to clear up the desk, others are just too straightforward with the termination process. But none brings a pleasant experience – nobody wants to lose a job.

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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 steps to a foolproof social media policy for employees

Insperity

How do you handle it when an employee posts troubling or inappropriate comments on social media? Do you refer to your social media policy for employees? Or, if you don’t have one, do you spend more time than you’d like on damage control and attorney’s fees to counter any negative impact to your business? Much of social media can seem like a high-tech version of the Wild West these days, with emotions running high and few hard rules to govern what’s happening.

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5 Ideas to Steal from Apple’s Career Site Redesign

Hireology

Apple recently unveiled a new careers website , encouraging top talent to apply to positions in Apple corporate and retail stores around the world. As the world’s most valuable company with a $1 trillion market capitalization, Apple has the resources to produce a best-in-class career site designed to attract the most eligible talent. But Apple isn’t the only company that deserves a site to wow today’s top applicants.

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The ultimate guide to employer branding strategy

cipHR

We explore everything HR needs to know about employer brands – from how yours might be harming your organisation, to how to improve it and communicate it to staff and candidates. Plenty of recruitment ‘experts’ and hiring platforms talk about a better employer brand being the secret to attracting and retaining great people in an increasingly competitive hiring market.

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Piercings and Professionalism: How to Manage Body Jewelry in the Workplace

Take It Personel-ly

As body piercings continue to sneak their way into mainstream popularity, a new debate rumbles inside the workplace: does body jewelry go against professional standards? In a world of transition, where younger generations who value individual style are beginning to drive and change workplace practices, the facial piercing debate is no longer an easy one. […].

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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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Should We Be Asking for Pay History Data on Job Applications?

UpstartHR

In many states, it’s still legal to ask about candidate pay history. While some states have outlawed this practice, I still get questions like the one below fairly regularly: I have a question for you that I thought you would be uniquely able to provide advice for. I am currently seeking new employment. When submit an application, the prospective employer asks for me to input a salary into the online application.

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Employee Engagement Ideas To Take Away From Snapdeal 2.0

Vantage Circle

Consider this as a bedtime story for all current and future entrepreneurs. Employee engagement is necessary for your business. Indeed, Snapdeal-who everyone wrote off-came back stronger than ever. Their secret? Brilliant employee engagement ideas and strategies ,according to co-founder Kunal Bahl. Snapdeal is back into the scene after being invisible for more than a year.

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Enrolling in benefits creates a level of stress that’s scary

Benefit Resource Inc.

Most employees look forward to enrolling in benefits about as much as cats look forward to baths. I was talking to a friend recently who said her boyfriend received his Open Enrollment materials in the mail… and promptly threw them on the table unopened. According to the 2017 Benefits Communication Survey from Jellyvision, almost half of employees report enrolling in benefits as “always very stressful” That’s scary.

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39% Of Large Employers Offer $151-$500 In Wellness Incentives

Wellable

Every year, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) releases their Employer Health Benefits Survey , which provides current information about employer-sponsored health benefits. This year's report is full of important findings, from increases in health insurance premiums to changes in employer contributions and growing use of new programs like telemedicine.

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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.