HR Bartender

MAY 4, 2021

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes. (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at SilkRoad Technology , a provider of strategic onboarding solutions to drive workforce readiness and organizational transformation. They were recently recognized as one of Chicago’s Best Places to Work. Congrats to them. Enjoy the article!). Every day, more people are getting vaccinated and looking forward to their personal and professional re-entry.

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Insperity

MAY 6, 2021

Tapping into your emotional intelligence while working remotely is vitally important. But it can also be challenging, especially if your team is new to working from home or entered the virtual work world suddenly. Part of the challenge is that the bulk of our social interactions and cues are absent from the remote workday – the simple exchanges that help us connect on a social-emotional level, such as: Bumping into someone in the break room Offering coworkers a piece of gum after a lunch meeting

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Take It Personel-ly

MAY 4, 2021

Keeping employees productive can help with numerous business goals from employee retention to contribution and overall efficiency in the workplace. There are many simple solutions and tricks to increase productivity and create an awesome workplace environment! Recognition A little recognition goes a long way in the workplace and occasional recognition has been proven to make […].

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Business Management Daily

MAY 4, 2021

When you’re writing for business, you want to put your best foot forward, but when grammatical errors litter your writing, it can leave you looking less than polished. While perfect grammar is difficult to achieve for even the most highly skilled and published writers, you can avoid some common grammatical mistakes with practice. The following are common errors writers make, and if you can avoid these 8, you’re one step closer to being a more polished writer.

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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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Patriot Software

MAY 5, 2021

When it comes to running payroll, you have a lot of things to mark off on your to-do list. From gathering timesheets to distributing pay stubs, there can be a lot of steps that go into paying your employees. But after you pay employees, your payroll checklist isn’t finished just yet. You also need to […] READ MORE.

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Take It Personel-ly

MAY 6, 2021

Businesses of all sizes are relying on technology solutions, and there is a perfect reason for that. With this constantly changing environment, brands should continuously refine their strategies to remain competitive and relevant. Technology is used in marketing, product development, and customer engagement activities crucial to growing a business. It helps companies achieve their business […].

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HR Digest

MAY 6, 2021

While much needs to be done to neutralize our biases and unleash untapped talent – Nadia Rawlinson, Chief Purpose Officer of Slack, is already hard at work developing the one asset she feels will help ensure deep-level diversity and inclusion throughout the organization. In recent years, Rawlinson has worked alongside some of the biggest names in the technology industry to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

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Best Money Moves

MAY 4, 2021

3 reasons financial wellness is important to employees in a post-COVID workforce. After COVID-19 highlighted the financial vulnerabilities of millions of employees, financial wellness is expected to be a big component of Post-COVID HR Strategies. With vaccine rollouts progressing across the country, Americans are increasingly optimistic about a return to normal life.

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BerniePortal

MAY 6, 2021

Staying on top of your HR skills and knowledge isn’t always easy when there’s a lot on your to-do list. However, taking the time to read books from some of the top leaders in the human resources industry can help cultivate thought patterns and exercises to help make your career in HR more fruitful and productive. Plus, reading can be a great way to wind down after a long day at the office—whether you’re working in-person or virtually.

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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.

Business Management Daily

MAY 5, 2021

Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in earnest last March, the courts have been flooded with lawsuits. To date, about 10,000 employer-focused lawsuits have been filed — with more coming every day. There have been 1280 lawsuits filed in the last six weeks alone. No state is unaffected. California led the pack with 259 while tiny Vermont clocked in at 3 cases.

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HR Digest

MAY 4, 2021

The future of work is remote. That is the direction that the world was moving towards before the Pandemic hit in 2020. Now, work from home is a reality and not something that we are transitioning to gradually. Where businesses were once reluctant to offer remote work, many are now scrambling to adopt the model. The remote work juggernaut has exploded with the Coronavirus pandemic.

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PeopleKeep

MAY 3, 2021

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), "minimum essential coverage" (MEC) is any type of insurance coverage that meets the individual shared responsibility requirement, also known as the individual mandate.

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Take It Personel-ly

MAY 1, 2021

Photo by The New York Public Library on Unsplash Do you remember your first payday? It might have been from your job in high school, and it was time to collect your first-ever paycheck after working for two weeks. You opened it (or logged online) to see that glorious number — but thanks to taxes, […].

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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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BerniePortal

MAY 2, 2021

As the benefits season rolls around, it’s always best practice to evaluate your organization’s current offerings to see what works, what doesn’t, and what you can do to provide better value to your team members. Use the following template and best practices to announce a change to your paid parental leave policy.

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2021

As a company whose success depends on change management, Cognizant puts a premium on its internal culture. From the vantage point of a lifelong career in human resources, Becky Schmitt talked with The HR Digest about the various programs which have put Cognizant on the global map as one of the top companies for star performers. The HR Digest: Organizations have recognized the importance of using people analytics to de-bias hiring and rewards – but then fail to accelerate in skills identification

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Business Management Daily

MAY 3, 2021

In large and small companies alike, the prospect of an IRS audit sends shivers down the spine. Sometimes an audit is simply the product of poor luck and random chance. But in other cases, something in the filing process raises concern. Thorough, accurate recordkeeping proves the best defense should a tax person come knocking on the door. However, the ideal scenario, of course, is to avoid becoming the subject of an audit to begin with.

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Wellable

MAY 5, 2021

Since April 19 th , all adults, regardless of their specific age group, occupation, or health condition, have been eligible in all U.S. states and territories to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Despite this increase in eligibility, vaccination rates dropped 11% in the weeks that have followed. While this is partially explained by the fact that many Americans have already been vaccinated, that’s not the whole story.

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BerniePortal

MAY 4, 2021

When done right, onboarding is one of the most important and impactful first steps in an employee’s new position. While onboarding processes may vary at different organizations, do employers have to pay employees for the time spent during onboarding? Read on to find out.

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Patriot Software

MAY 3, 2021

As your business grows, so do your responsibilities as a business owner. Once you have 20 full-time equivalent employees and offer health insurance, you need to know about COBRA. What is COBRA? Do you have to offer it? Read on to get answers to these questions and more. What is COBRA health insurance? The Consolidated […] READ MORE.

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PeopleKeep

MAY 7, 2021

If you’re setting up a health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) for your organization, drafting a series of plan documents is one of the first requirements the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) has for you to follow. One of these documents is the summary plan description (SPD). In this article, we’ll cover what an SPD is, what it should include, when to distribute it, and how PeopleKeep’s software solution can make setting up your plan documents hassle-free.

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Wellable

MAY 3, 2021

There is a belief that people work in exchange for wellness, either for themselves or for those they care about. Often, the promise of wellness is fulfilled monetarily. With money in hand, individuals can purchase products, services, opportunities, or experiences that confer wellness. In other cases, companies individuals work for make the paths to particular kinds of wellness easier, smoother, and more direct.

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HR Bartender

MAY 2, 2021

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. As we’re hearing more about vaccines, it’s only natural to talk about people gathering together. And that of course, leads to a conversation about employees coming back to the office. It reminded me of an article I saw on Business Insider a couple of months ago about how “Zillow is adopting a hybrid model of work, but its CEO says it’s trying to prevent one major downside: a ‘two-class system’ where those who come into the office are viewed as better employees.

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Insperity

MAY 4, 2021

Receiving notice of a court-ordered wage garnishment for an employee can be overwhelming for business owners. Wage garnishment is more common than you might imagine, and failure to properly address the situation can adversely affect your business. The garnishment process differs from state to state, but you can follow some general guidelines to ensure everything is handled correctly.

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Hireology

MAY 7, 2021

Were you and your team able to make the first session of our “Reimagining the Workforce” series? This quick-hit webinar covered what to expect of the new applicant economy and how to prepare your hiring strategy as the economy recovers. Find the recording below, and don’t forget to register for next week’s session on building a hybrid staffing model.

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Take It Personel-ly

MAY 4, 2021

As the government rolls out the vaccination program on a nationwide scale, most employers are now tasked with finding ways to reopen their brick-and-mortar offices safely in the foreseeable future. That said, the vast majority of working professionals have gotten too used to the flexibility and freedom the past year has given. And most of […].

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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.

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