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How to Celebrate Global Wellness Day at Work

Achievers

Ever considered making wellness a pillar of your company culture ? You should, given 75 percent of professionals believe it’s the employers responsibility to provide health and well-being benefits. Focusing on employee wellness is a win-win for both employees and employers. For starters, employees that participate in workplace wellness programs are more satisfied in their jobs ( 70 percent ) than those who don’t participate in their companies’ programs.

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Importance Of Teamwork At Work: 6 Solid Benefits

Vantage Circle

Effective teamwork is what runs a business. When people are able to successfully collaborate together, the results are often far superior to that of a person working alone. This is why we highly advocate the importance of teamwork in the workplace. So, exactly what is teamwork? In simple terms, teamwork is when a group of people work together as a team to achieve a common goal.

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The True Value of Bringing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Into Your Workplace

15Five

In today’s business world, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are often treated as buzzwords that often amount to little more than a mandatory annual training. But the reality is, when you make DEI a priority, every facet of your organization benefits, including the bottom line. While there isn’t a one-size-fits-all rule book for rolling out a successful DEI program to your company, you can begin your journey by learning what DEI truly is and understanding the value it can bring to you

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Six strategic priorities HR teams need to focus on right now

cipHR

An ongoing challenge for any HR professional is knowing where to spend their time and energy to have the most positive impact on their organisation. Here are six strategic priorities we believe should be top of HR’s agenda at the moment. . 1. Supporting and ensuring workers’ wellbeing. Employee health and wellbeing has been rising up the corporate agenda for many years, but the coronavirus pandemic has brought its importance to the fore – not only in terms of keeping workers safe from the virus

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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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How to Make Remote Employees Feel Included

Achievers

Did you know 19 percent of remote employees report loneliness as their biggest challenge? Other challenges for remote employees include unplugging after work (22 percent) and feeling disconnected (over 50 percent). It’s important for organizations to build team spirit and connection with their remote workforce, especially during times of change. Failing to do so will result in increasing levels of disengagement, or worse, losing top talent.

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The 5 Questions You Need To Ask Your Employees Every Week

15Five

What makes a great coach? . This age-old question has generated many different theories over the years; even researchers have joined the conversation and taken their shot at solving it. Although there isn’t one single trait that makes an effective manager, one common skill shared among them is mastery in the art of asking questions. At 15Five, we’ve found that when you get into a regular cadence of asking your people the right questions, it allows you to proactively uncover issues before they ma

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8 Basic Workplace Etiquette Rules You Must Follow

Vantage Circle

Work etiquette is a standard that controls social behavior expectations in the workplace. It covers a wide range of aspects among employees. Some of these include body language, behavior, technology use, and communication. Basically, it is about how you conduct yourself around coworkers, potential business partners, and customers. It boils down to treating others with respect, to be aware of everyone present and to be polite overall.

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Benefits Enrollment Mobile App | benefitexpress

WEX Inc.

Benefits enrollment mobile app. It’s no mystery that your employees expect the same experience from your company’s mobile app as they do from any app they use as part of their personal lives. They expect it to have a similar look and feel to your other company employee solutions, be easy to use and share personalized communications on what matters most to them including any required actions.

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How to Increase Productivity in Your Home Office

Take It Personel-ly

Working from home is becoming increasingly common There was a time when going to work was the only option available. But the dawn of the internet era brought with it a new way of doing things and a more flexible approach to working which meant that offices and workspaces weren’t so…well, necessary. Why spend a […].

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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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How to Maximize Manager Effectiveness

15Five

When is the last time you evaluated your managers’ performance; not by their individual contributions, or even by their teams’ success, but by their ability to coach their people? To further help managers understand what it means to be effective in their roles, it’s vital to provide clarity and expectations of their behaviors. At 15Five, we measure our managers’ effectiveness and performance quarterly through our Best-Self Review™.

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Key employer considerations for returning to work post COVID-19

PeopleStrategy

The uncertainties that the COVID-19 pandemic created regarding public health and the economy continue to linger and may for several months or longer. As U.S. states begin lifting stay-at-home orders and allowing certain businesses to reopen physical locations, it’s clear that the world is irrevocably changed. Many businesses that were shuttered or partially functioning will, out of economic necessity, likely try to resume some semblance of normal operations.

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How to Optimize Employee Development Working From Home

Professionals Alternative

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, businesses are focused on safety, rather than employee development, and have had to postpone or even cancel travel plans and send workers home so they can work remotely. Even though businesses will still regain some semblance of normalcy, it could take some time for that to happen. By taking up virtual learning in this period, companies can invest in employee development, which will lay the foundation for increased retention and better operations overtime. 

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What Is a W-3 Form?

Patriot Software

Have employees? Then you know part of your employer responsibilities include the annual reporting of employee wages and taxes on Form W-2. And, no Form W-2 reporting is complete without its trusty sidekick, Form W-3. What is a W-3 form? What is a W-3 form? Form W-3, Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements, is a […]. The post What Is a W-3 Form?

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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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As Businesses Reopen, Immunity Tests Are Losing Favor

Wellable

As communities across the world make plans to reopen businesses, many are turning to antibody tests in order to determine who is less likely to spread the disease or fall ill. However, most US companies will not be implementing the tests. Instead, American businesses plan to focus on the use of face masks, temperature checks, diagnostic tests, and social distancing.

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Tips to Growing Your Small Business

Take It Personel-ly

For any entrepreneur who is running a small business and aspiring to grow his or her business, here are some tips you should use to make your dreams come true. 1. Understand Your Clients By understanding your customers, you ought to understand their needs so that the products and services which you will be offering […].

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How employee resource groups can help employees and your business

Insperity

If you’re looking for new ways to better engage your team and improve camaraderie , employee resource groups can be a great option. So, what are they? They’re groups of employees who share some trait or life circumstance. Think of them as clubs within the workplace. Common examples of employee resource groups include those focused on: A specific race or ethnicity A gender Disabilities LGBTQ status Veterans.

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How to Track Engagement for Remote Employees During Coronavirus

BerniePortal

For employers, the coronavirus pandemic presents a number of challenges large and small—including remote work implementation. In fact, it’s safe to say that spring 2020 has become the largest work-from-home trial in American history. This change in operations comes with its own set of tests, but with a few tips and tricks, you can keep employees engaged with the team and their tasks, even from the comfort of their own homes.

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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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9 Sustainable Workplace Ideas that You can Adopt

Vantage Circle

The world has seen a significant rise in global warming and the environment has deteriorated over time. The reason behind this is that we have forgotten the concept of being sustainable. And the current corporate world has somewhat played a role in adding to environment turmoils. Keeping that in mind, organizations are now focusing more on sustainability, reduction of carbon footprint, and opting for a more environmentally friendly work environment.

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How to Stay Virtually Connected with Your Customers

Take It Personel-ly

Although many areas across the country are starting to loosen their social distancing requirements, it’s still going to be some time before in-person customer relationships are back to normal. This is undoubtedly a stressful situation for businesses that rely mainly on face-to-face interaction. In order to make sure your business doesn’t fall prey to the […].

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Hopeful conversations: Leading from hope, not despair

Insperity

As a leader, it’s your job to provide your team with direction and hope in good times and bad. Having a plan for the future – a clear and unified path to achieve a goal – can keep your team engaged and productive. But what happens when times are not only bad but uncertain? That’s when your team most needs you to lead from hope. Even in the bleakest moments, there are positive areas you can focus on.

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Lessons Learned: HR, Employee Communications and COVID-19

Flimp Communications

Well, things are certainly different, aren’t they? The plans everyone had a few months ago have gone right out the window. What do we do about it? For those of us in HR and employee communications, these are the times we’ve been training for all our careers. The stakes are never going to be higher (I hope not anyway), and we’re uniquely positioned to act.

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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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7 Stats On COVID-19?s Impact On Employee Mental Health

Wellable

Stress related to COVID-19 is having an enormous impact on people’s mental health, as demand for support services surges and substance abuse and suicides continue to rise. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) released a report to delve further into how employees are coping, based on data collected in April 2020 from over 1,000 US employees.

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Some social media marketing glitches that need to be avoided

Take It Personel-ly

Social media is one of the greatest platforms that marketers have at their disposal right now. There is no right way to use it, so if you can figure how to stay connected with the audience through the right content, you are doing good. But there is a wrong method of marketing your brand using […].

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What Employees Expect from Your Company's Mobile App

WEX Inc.

It’s no mystery that your employees expect the same experience from your company’s mobile app as they do from any app they use as part of their personal lives. They expect it to have a similar look and feel to your other company employee solutions, be easy to use and share personalized communications on what matters most to them including any required actions.

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How To Create A Work From Home Policy

Genesis HR Solutions

“There’s only one type of remote work philosophy that fails 100% of the time: unintentionally remote. When you just kinda start letting people work from wherever, or sometimes the office, or, you know, haphazardly, without process or infrastructure. Be intentionally remote.” —Hunter Walk. We couldn’t agree more with this quote from Hunter. There are many ways to operate a business successfully with employees working from home (WFH), but the root of most failures is the same: a lack of establishe

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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.