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What’s Keeping HR Up at Night in 2020?

HRExecutive

million in January 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1 issue among HR professionals in the last three consecutive HRE surveys was employee engagement; last year was the first time that retaining key talent tied for the top spot. Also see: 5 reasons to attend HRE’s Health & Benefits Leadership Conference.

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8 Challenges Small Business HR Professionals Face in 2020

Zenefits

Some areas to get ready for — for HR and owners — are likely challenges everyone is facing in 2020. For HR professionals, sick time — once a payroll check-the-box issue — has come to the forefront. For most businesses, past regulations and requirements evolved slowly and with time to adjust. Focusing on wellbeing .

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Meetings are bad—should we cancel them all?

Business Management Daily

In early January, Shopify unilaterally canceled all meetings of more than two people, saving a reported 95,000 hours. They announced that: Staff are required to scrap recurring meetings with more than three people in attendance. There are no meetings on Wednesdays. Do you need a meeting policy? If yes, ask.)

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Business Timing Is About More Than Getting an Approval

HR Bartender

One of the career lessons I’ve had to learn is that “timing is everything”. While my timing was off in pitching the idea, a right time did happen to make it work. It might have been something for themselves, like a pay increase or attending training. And no matter how many times they brought it up…the timing was wrong.

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Retool Your Healthcare Workforce Practices: Schedules, Time Tracking, Leave, Hiring, Onboarding

SwipeClock

If an employee needs time off, qualified employees should know right away that there is a shift open. Make it easy to reassign shifts when employees need time off. You can keep your teams from overlapping by enforcing clock-in time. There are many very practical reasons to track healthcare worker time. Track all time.

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Is Hiring Teens a Good Alternative to a Tight Labor Market?

Stratus

With so many businesses struggling to keep up with a transient labor market, many industries are looking for ways to meet staffing shortages. Most adults prefer an 8-5 workday where they can check out early in the evening to attend to personal and family needs. Could teens be the solution? Lower wages. Tech-savvy. Less experienced.

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Zoomers and shakers, or the unspoken virtual meeting rules

Rise

With remote work gaining in popularity, it’s past time to standardize virtual meeting rules, from cameras on (or off) to when it’s acceptable to interrupt the speaker. Learn which of the unspoken virtual meeting rules you might be breaking. According to Entrepreneur.com , as of only October 2020, people had “spent more than 5.5

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