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10 Rules for Video Call Etiquette for Business

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. I don’t need to produce any statistics to convince you that video calls are popular. Over the past year, the use of video call technology has grown exponentially – to the point where we actually have video call fatigue. Personally, I think one of the reasons that we have video call fatigue is because we haven’t developed any universally accepted rules or etiquette.

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How To Address Caregiver Churn in the Home Care Industry Right Now

Hireology

This is a post from AlayaCare , a Hireology partner that offers cloud-based home health care software. . In 2021, as in years past, employee churn is a major pain point in the accelerating, competitive home care industry. It’s a challenge with many dimensions. Churn can cause staff shortages that compel an agency to turn away potential new clients. It raises the risk of missed visits, hurting client satisfaction and causing last-minute scheduling scrambles.

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6 Tips to Help You Relax After Work

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Work can be very stressful. Often, you come home, drag yourself through the door and find yourself on the couch three hours later, still dwelling on the office. Unwinding from a long day’s work is essential to a healthy work/life balance. Stress can cause all sorts of problems, from depression and insomnia to heart disease […].

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How to hire between 2 strong candidates

Insperity

Hiring the wrong person is costly. According to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management , it takes a little over $4,000 on average to hire a single employee, and it takes about 42 days from start to finish. So if you’re unsure about how to hire between two candidates, it can be a weighty decision to make, especially if your business doesn’t have a lot of margin for error.

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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 Foster a Continuous Feedback Culture

15Five

Feedback shouldn’t be just a once-a-year activity. The most engaged companies make feedback a continuous endeavor from monthly surveys to biweekly one-on-ones. However, giving feedback is much easier said than done. Chances are, you’ve probably committed at least one feedback faux pas. Some employers talk about how they would’ve done things better. Others only highlight what a team member does wrong while skimping on recognition.

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Try These Fun Team Building Activities

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Team building activities serve many different purposes. They help your employees get to know each other better, learn each other’s strengths and weaknesses, communicate more effectively, and solve problems creatively. Ideally, they’re also so much fun that your team members forget that they’re learning anything at all. Unfortunately, however, some team building activities are tired, […].

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Pulse Check: A Crash Course In The Taxability Of Wellness Incentives

Wellable

Many employers offer incentives to their employees to encourage them to engage in wellness promoting behaviors. Many of these incentives are monetary in form (i.e., employers either give their workers money or something with a fair market value). By and large, these monetary incentives are taxable, but this may not appear obvious to many companies, largely because the federal paperwork that discusses the taxability of these incentives is tough to comb through and extract central themes from.

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What is E-Verify – and how does it work for employers?

Insperity

Are you required to E-Verify your new hires , or just interested in adding this step to your onboarding process to ensure you have a legal workforce? Better yet, what is E-Verify? And how does it work? Here’s the need-to-know information about how E-Verify works for employers, including: E-Verify basics Reasons employers use it Enrolling in the program The verification process Using an employer agent.

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5 Benefits for the Post-COVID Workforce

Best Money Moves

5 Benefits for the Post-COVID Workforce. As the US recovers from the pandemic, organizations must reevaluate which benefits can best help their employees. . The Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic brought significant change to the way that many Americans work. Some workforces have pivoted to full-time remote work, while others have blended models. However across all sectors and industries it’s clear that many employees have changed over the course of the pandemic and, as a result, the benefits they ne

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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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5 Tips To Simplify Your Expenses and Income

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Income and expenses (and money) management, in general, can be a tricky subject for many. Perhaps you’re worried about saving for retirement or anxious about not having money for the rainy days. The good thing is there’s no shortage of ways you can simplify your income and expenses and manage your money better. For many, […].

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How to Track Employee Retention Metrics | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

Countless employers are focused on hiring top talent, but how many organizations commit the same time and resources to employee retention? Companies can save money and headaches in the long run—and get a leg up on the competition—by overhauling their retention strategy. As you begin this process, use the following metrics to measure your efforts.

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Gamified Fitness: A Fad Or The Future?

Wellable

Though there are many effective wellness promoting activities and behaviors, reaping and keeping the wellness benefits that they offer can take a considerable amount of time and effort. As a result, some individuals struggle to motivate themselves to engage in these behaviors frequently enough to obtain the desired benefits to their health.

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Amazon updates drug screen protocols in light of weed legalization

HR Digest

Amazon announced Tuesday it supports the federal legalization of marijuana, and that the world’s second-largest private employer is revising its policy to make it more employee-friendly. The twin announcements, Amazon said, are pointed toward reiterating the retailer’s commitment to being a top employer. In a blog post, Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon’s worldwide consumer division, said changing state laws on cannabis mean Amazon will no longer include the substance in the company’s pre-employme

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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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The turnover tsunami is on the way. How can your business avoid it?

Business Management Daily

It is being widely reported that a turnover tsunami is on the horizon. With vaccines becoming easily accessible across the nation it will soon be time for employees to return to the office. However, they may not be returning to the same office that they left in March 2020. 27% of employees are planning to change jobs in 2021. Changing priorities and the desire to seize the day and try something different are driving employees to look elsewhere.

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Do Employer Vaccine Incentives Violate the ADA or GINA? | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

The Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) released updated information called technical assistance that clarifies whether or not employers can provide vaccination incentives for their employees. Read on to find out.

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How Can Teams Work Together Even When Working Remotely?

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Today, it may seem like an office is not required. More people than ever are working remotely. The reality is that the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated a trend that was already taking place. Throughout the past few years, more people have been looking for ways to do their jobs from home. The reality is that this is […].

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How to use an HRA to attract new hires

PeopleKeep

When recruiting new employees to your organization, one of the most important things to showcase is your health benefits. After all, more than half of U.S. adults with employer-sponsored health benefits say that liking their health coverage is a key factor in deciding whether or not they would stay at their current job.

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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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Expectations to stay connected contribute to employee burnout

Business Management Daily

Last summer there was nowhere to go and no one to go with. Thanks to vaccinations, things are looking up this summer. And right on time, as employees are reporting feeling burned out. A recent survey conducted by Robert Half reveals that 44% of professionals say they’re more burned out on the job today compared to a year ago. Last year 34% said they felt burned out.

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Overtime FAQ: How to Answer Commonly Asked OT Questions | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

The ins and outs of overtime policies can get tricky. From federal government regulations and exempt vs. non-exempt status to everything in between, find out what employers need to know about OT compliance in the workplace using these FAQs.

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How to Make Sure Your Business Receives Good Reviews from Customers

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Customer reviews are essential as they enhance the brand to better your business. Customers read reviews and seek out recommendations before purchasing to establish trust. Every business should analyze customers’ reviews carefully to stand. Highlighted below are ways on how to make sure your business receives good reviews from customers. Make the Process of Writing […].

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2021 QSEHRA Annual Report on Nonprofit Organizations

PeopleKeep

We're back with our third annual QSEHRA report on nonprofit organizations (NPOs) to show how they used the benefit in 2020 and compare that to previous years tp unearth YOY trends. In our 2021 report , we aggregated data from more than 200 of our NPO customers to show allowances, reimbursements, and employee engagement broken down by organization size and employee family status.

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

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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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It’s Time You Become an HR Superstar

15Five

For far too long, HR leaders have been viewed as just an administrative function of the business. 2020, however, was the year that proved that assumption all wrong. In the midst of a worldwide pandemic, HR professionals were suddenly thrust into the spotlight to care for the health and safety of both individuals and the organization at large. It was clear: HR is and should always be a strategic function. .

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Marijuana Legalization: What Should Employers Know? | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

As more states move toward marijuana legalization, employers will have to be prepared with workplace policies in place and keep up with federal and state laws. From testing protocols to ever-changing cannabis legislation, read on for what employers and HR teams need to know.

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How To Increase Sales Through Customer Education

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In building your business and the sales team that fuels it, you have most likely invested in a variety of customer relationship management technologies in order to free your team up to spend their time on what matters – the customer. Likewise, you have probably invested a significant amount of time training your sales force […].

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Event Recap: Consolidating Pre-Hire Tools to Hire Faster

Hireology

Our final installment of our “Reimagining the Workforce” series took place yesterday, and if you didn’t get a chance to attend, you can watch the recording below. We covered how consolidating your tech stack can help you hire your team faster by reducing friction between softwares that don’t speak to each other. And here’s a summary of what was covered: In an applicant economy, the speed in which you can attract and hire talent is critical.

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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.