Sat.Dec 12, 2020 - Fri.Dec 18, 2020

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Coming Soon: The HR Bartender Show

HR Bartender

I have some very exciting news today. Well, at least I think it’s very exciting. LOL! We’re launching a podcast – The HR Bartender Show. We know that people like to consume information many different ways. Some want to read, while others want to listen. And sometimes we want to do both. Personally, I like reading as well as listening to content. We hope to launch the show at the start of the new year.

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Three Steps for Better People Management in an Uncertain Market

Hireology

When most people think of the automotive industry, they picture shiny car lots and flashy showrooms. But dealerships are more than just chrome and metal. In the U.S. alone, car dealerships employ more than a million workers from coast to coast. And it’s this “people-side” of the automotive business that truly keeps the industry running. Managing your staff requires full time Human Resources, a well-managed onboarding strategy, and a long term investment in culture. .

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How (and why) to develop employee career paths

Insperity

A generation ago, the typical employee career path was the classic “ladder,” with a series of clearly defined rungs for employees to climb. Now, with new technologies and disruptions creating the need for new skills and roles, career paths aren’t so clearly defined. Your organization may benefit from defining career paths within your company, to keep your people engaged and loyal and to decide how to invest in your employees’ development.

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How to Keep Your Mind & Body Productive When Stuck Behind a Desk

Take It Personel-ly

If you suffer from cramped feet, jumpy legs, and a general sense of tiredness and apathy throughout the long days spent cooped up behind a desk, you’re not alone. Fortunately, there are simple solutions you can try without needing to get up and leave your desk for a full workout session. Here are a few […].

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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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A 5-Step Employee Onboarding Checklist

HR Digest

Employee onboarding is essential for introducing new employees to their roles and responsibilities, new coworkers, and the company culture. It can be used as an excellent opportunity to create a lasting impression on new employees, promote loyalty towards the organization, and help increase employee retention. HR managers can help make this transition smoother by sticking to a flawless employee onboarding checklist.

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5 steps to kick-start your succession plan via your org chart

Insperity

An organizational chart is more than just a two-dimensional snapshot of your company’s hierarchy. When used properly, it’s a living document that you can leverage as a powerful workforce-planning tool. It helps you make staffing decisions that spur growth, including those involved with succession planning. Let’s explore the link between your organizational chart and succession plan.

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The Power of AI in Customer Support

Take It Personel-ly

The success of any business primarily depends on having a sufficient customer base. Obviously, without enough people to acquire its services or buy its products, it will be impossible for a company to prosper. It’s therefore essential to ensure that customers will be happy and satisfied enough to stay loyal to the business. One effective […].

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A Guide to Conquering Loneliness at Work

HR Digest

Loneliness at work is more common than you think. The new work culture that the pandemic has thrown up is the widespread acceptance of work-from-home option by a large number of companies. Some companies have even announced that this would be the norm rather than an exception. They would prefer the employees to continue working from home with the occasional meet-up in office to work out any major issues that need to be handled in person.

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A Year-end Payroll Checklist to Finish the Year Strong

Patriot Software

As the year comes to a close, you might be gung-ho about all the goals you want to achieve in next year. But before you can get the ball rolling in the new year, you have to wrap up some things in the current year—including your payroll. There are a number of timely payroll requirements […] READ MORE.

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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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What are the most important benefits to employees?

PeopleKeep

Small and growing organizations typically can’t offer the comprehensive benefits packages that large ones can. They have to be more strategic about choosing which benefits are most important to their current workforce, as well as the talent they want to attract. So, what are the most important benefits to employees?

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Gift Ideas For Those Working From Home

Take It Personel-ly

It is no secret that people are spending an increasing amount of time indoors and in front of their computer screens this year. If you are looking to some gifts for those on your list that are working from home – then you have to check out the following products from FluidStance. These gifts keep […].

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Virtual Holiday Party Ideas Everyone Will Love!

HR Digest

The pandemic has forced people to embrace the virtual as the norm—be it work, or conducting everyday life chores. So when it comes to holding the annual holiday office bash to celebrate the Christmas season, virtual it is. Such celebrations give remote employees a chance to relax and connect with coworkers. There is sharing and giving and an engagement process too.

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New Guidance for Vaccination Policies from the EEOC | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

With the first batches of the long-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine being distributed across the U.S., the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released guidelines for employers and workplace vaccinations. What are these new guidelines relating to employment laws and what should employers know when mandating vaccinations?

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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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Study: Targeted, Well-Designed Wellness Programs Lead To Greater Success

Wellable

In order to justify an investment into comprehensive and holistic wellness programs, employers often lack the data or measurable results that make it easy to quantify a programs’ real value. With this in mind, Cigna conducted a report with the goal of providing practical guidance and advice to businesses by highlighting the direct economic benefits that are tied to well-developed employee wellness programs.

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3 reasons to invest in DataOps-based collaborative practices

Take It Personel-ly

Teams that rely on data pulled from a number of different sources need to be able to collaborate in a way that is not hampered or hobbled by this potential for fragmentation. This is where DataOps can come to the rescue, providing a way to combine the various threads of disparate data sources and organize […].

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Checklist for HR Department: A Step by Step Guide

HR Digest

A step-by-step checklist for HR department can help minimize risk for your business. An HR Department is the foundation stone of any office and establishing one takes some work and preplanning. Most new offices make do with the boss acting as the recruiter, administrator and everything else, or they hire a man Friday who acts as the general administrator and janitor. .

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2021 Payroll and HR Trends Across APAC

Ascender

Our 2020 Payroll and HR Trends report opened by stating that ‘making predictions is hard’ That certainly turned out to be true when the COVID-19 pandemic literally swept across the world early in the year. Nobody saw it coming, but everybody was impacted by this personally and professionally. For 2021, with continued high rates of infection and outbreaks of COVID-19 in countries around the region and the world, it will be a year of defining and adapting to the ‘ next normal ’.

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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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Employee and customer safety during COVID-19: Who’s getting it right?

Business Management Daily

While many businesses have struggled to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic, some have managed to find ways to keep their business strong while prioritizing employee and customer safety. Each business is different with unique needs. However, some of these practices can serve as valuable guidelines for businesses trying to stay operational as the pandemic continues to worsen.

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The 411 on Giving Back to Your Community

Take It Personel-ly

No matter who you are or where you live, life can be challenging sometimes. When the going gets tough, it’s natural to focus just on the basics — yourself, your immediate family, your job, and your home. However, it’s easy to forget to re-emerge from your bubble once your situation stabilizes. If you’re currently stuck […].

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What does 2021 have in store for HR teams?

cipHR

We review the past year for HR teams and take a look at what HR should be prepared for in 2021, including Brexit and hybrid workplaces. Earlier this year, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, offices around the world closed up, employees had to work remotely, and organisations had to deal with new challenges. For HR teams in both large and smaller organisations, this meant that 2020 was a year of change – new responsibilities had to be taken on, new processes had to be introduced, and an inc

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Small Business 101 - the definition of employee benefits

PeopleKeep

Employee benefits are defined as a form of compensation paid by employers to employees over and above regular salary or wages. Employee benefits come in many forms and are an important part of the overall compensation package offered to employees.

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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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Questions Employees Might Ask about 1095-C Forms | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

As your employees start to receive tax forms, your employees may have questions regarding Form 1095-C and what to do with it. Read on for reminders about the form and how employers can be prepared to field questions from their employees.

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Tips on How to Understand Taxation

Take It Personel-ly

While studying taxation, how do you study to ensure that you understand the various concepts? Do you strive to memorize concerns such s tax rates, various rulings, tax base, among others? Taxation is a set of accounting models dealing with the preparation of tax accounts and returns. Excelling at taxation can be a little tricky, […].

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Scaling Employee Training Videos

Flimp Communications

We’re past the initial scramble of companies and HR managers desperate to improve training video content, challenged to reach remote workers. Today, organizations have produced more engaging employee training content to help new workers hit the ground running. For those companies in a position to hire , ensuring all employees have the same access to this video training is becoming the highest priority as the pandemic stretches into the new year.

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Health Insurance Explained: How age impacts your insurance costs

PeopleKeep

The Affordable Care Act was signed into law almost 11 years ago, but there’s still confusion about how health insurance premiums are calculated. Health insurance is famously difficult and confusing to shop for, and our support team is constantly getting questions about which plan someone should choose. We want to help clear things up. Read on to learn how your health insurance premium is calculated and what role your age plays in the calculation.

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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.