Wed.Mar 25, 2020

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Six ways companies are living their values in response to the coronavirus

HR Zone

Culture Living your values through a crisis.

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Moving to a Remote Work Model: Revisit the Basics to Stay on Track

Allegis Global Solutions

As organizations step up to fight the spread of COVID-19, people whose jobs can be performed remotely suddenly find themselves working from home. But the shift from onsite to remote work creates unexpected challenges. Technical issues create new demands while virtual arrangements influence other aspects of business: the way teams work together, how leaders and managers guide their organizations, and the way vital relationships are forged and maintained.

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4D leadership: a sustainable way to lead through Covid-19?

HR Zone

Change Applying 4D leadership in a pandemic.

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Business Planning During COVID-19: Tips from Financial Experts

Justworks

Many business owners and their teams are thinking strategically about how they can augment their work to accommodate a new reality in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic. According to experts, it’s important to think strategically about your business’ financials too. If you’ve spent the last few weeks getting your team set up to work remotely, it’s time to turn to your books.

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Mid-Year Performance Review Checklist for HR and People Leaders

Ensure your mid-year performance reviews are focused, productive, and growth-oriented with this practical checklist from Mitratech Trakstar. Designed for HR professionals, people managers, and team leads, this guide walks you through the full review process—from pre-meeting prep and feedback collection to action planning and follow-up. It also includes tips for creating a comfortable and effective review experience, plus ways to leverage tools like self-evaluations, PIPs, and development plans.

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The AI workplace: how to balance employee trust and data security

HR Zone

People The AI workplace: balancing trust and security.

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Pay Equity is Still a Top Concern for OFCCP Despite Pandemic

Trusaic

While U.S. companies continue to grapple with issues posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, pay equity issues should not be put on the backburner. On March 16, 2020, the United States Department of Labor announced the resolution of a pay equity claim brought by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) against Cisco Systems, Inc. The OFCCP is an agency within the Department of Labor responsible for enforcing federal equal employment opportunity laws for contractors and subcontractors

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Announcing The Employee Experience Revolution: A Manifesto

Kazoo

There’s no question — even before the recent health crisis upended our work culture, we’ve been heading for a revolution in the workplace. We’re undergoing a true employee experience revolution. Here’s what this means for your company: The policies, processes, and technologies that defined the relationship between companies and employees for the past decades must be replaced with more human versions.

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New Unemployment Claims Soar to 3.28 Million

SHRM Resources

The number of U.S. workers filing for new unemployment benefits for the week ending March 21 shot up to 3.28 million, rocketing past the previous week's total of 281,000 and resulting from a nationwide shutdown tied to the coronavirus pandemic. The week's tally is more than quadruple the record of 695,000 initial jobless claims set in 1982, according to the Department of Labor.

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HR self-care: The new norm in the age of COVID-19

HR Morning

During these challenging times, it’s important that HR leaders remain physically and mentally healthy, and yet, they are the first ones to forget to add themselves into the equation of corporate and personal wellness. By better maintaining their health through self-care strategies, and by building support, HR leaders can more effectively develop the overall wellness that they are striving for.

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Protect Your Business and Stay On Top of Compliance

To keep your business running smoothly (and legally), HR needs to get compliance right every time. Our HR Compliance Checklist is your go-to guide to cover the basics and start your auditing processes, helping you identify and address any gaps in your HR functions. Remember, compliance rules can differ based on industry and location—you’ll still need to keep up with changing regulations, but our checklist can help you get started.

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Business Planning During COVID-19: Tips from Financial Experts

Justworks

Many business owners and their teams are thinking strategically about how they can augment their work to accommodate a new reality in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic. According to experts, it’s important to think strategically about your business’ financials too. If you’ve spent the last few weeks getting your team set up to work remotely, it’s time to turn to your books.

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what can you do if your employer is violating shelter-in-place orders?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I haven’t been able to figure out the answer to this question. What are employees supposed to do if their employer is violating state shelter-in-place rules? Our state is under a shelter-in place advisory as of noon today, and all non-essential businesses have been ordered to close their facilities. However, a younger acquaintance is being instructed by their employer — a DEFINITELY non-essential clothing store — to come in later this week to package items for shipment to

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Working from home during Covid-19 crisis? Essentials you may need…

Take It Personel-ly

Are you working from home now due to the Covid-19 crisis? Here is some things to consider as you set up a home office environment and determine what you need to get the job done. An Evaluation of your Home Office First and foremost, evaluate your home situation and space requirements. Do you have a […].

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Four Steps To Cultivating A Righteous Personal Brand

Forbes Coaches Council

The story of who you are is being told. Your challenge is to ensure that you are telling your story thoughtfully and intentionally.

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The AI Productivity Shift: How 3,000 Pros And 140K Users Are Transforming Work

Hubstaff’s new report, The AI Productivity Shift, highlights how 3,000+ professionals and 140,000+ users are transforming the way they work with AI. Adoption is high—85% are using AI—and the potential is just beginning. Teams that integrate AI into daily workflows report 77% faster task completion, 70% improved focus, and stronger results across the board.

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Why Gift Cards Make the Best Employee Rewards

Bonusly

There’s always that one person on your Christmas list who’s like, “Honestly, just some gift cards would be great.”. I mean, agreed. ?. After all, instead of receiving a cool but not-exactly-your-style gift, having the choice to pick out whatever you want? I would prefer that any day. So when we think about rewards in the workplace, gift cards are a no-brainer.

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8 Crucial Skills Recruiters Should Look For in 2020

Hppy

The job market has seen a noticeable shift in the way companies and recruitment agencies select talents. Previously, hard or technical skills were the sure ticket for candidates to secure a position in their chosen industry. . Nowadays, though, recruiters have focused on soft or social skills. These skills of the future highlight a candidate’s overall character and work ethic, which play essential roles in how well of a fit they are for a company’s culture and business goals.

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The Six Structures Of Successful Emotional Intelligence Training

Forbes Coaches Council

Developing emotional intelligence is a strategic, deliberate process.

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Six businesses that have moved to a four-day working week (and what they found)

Workstars

We have all read the HR headlines when yet another press release announces the introduction of a four-day week. What we never.

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Building Compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Across States: CA SB-553 | NY S. 8358B

Speaker: Speakers:

Workplace violence prevention laws are rapidly evolving, with California’s SB-553 and New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act (S-8358B) leading the way. Join WILL’s experts for a nationwide webinar covering compliance requirements, with a special focus on these key state mandates. We’ll guide you through developing and implementing effective prevention policies, building a compliant plan, and delivering the required annual interactive training.

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What Is My State Unemployment Tax Rate?

Patriot Software

Running payroll means staying on top of your employment tax responsibilities. In addition to withholding income and payroll taxes from employee wages, you must contribute employer taxes. Unlike some other taxes, state unemployment taxes do not have a standard rate. Read on to answer, What is my state unemployment tax rate? About state unemployment tax […].

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10 Great Stories Leaders Tell

Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud

In January, we published “ Ten Books to Develop Your Career in 2020 ” to kick off the year with a focus on personal and professional development. As a follow up, not as any official Oracle endorsement, we also recommend 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell by Paul Smith. As HR leaders, being able to tell a story is important. Whether our audience is prospective applicants, current employees, or interested investors, communicating a compelling message is important to drive clarity and exude

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Are You Suddenly Running A Remote Office?

Engagedly

Engagedly’s expert panel has been working on understanding and addressing the issues faced by the workforce as well as the management during this unprecedented era of remote working. With the Covid-19 on loose, there’s a situation of global […].

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One Way Forward: From A Cancel Culture To An Accountable Culture

Forbes Coaches Council

Holistic success has longevity and is mindful of not destroying the ecology of which it is a part.

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Understanding Group Medicare for an Aging Workforce: Key Considerations for HR Leaders

Speaker: Shawnequa Albert

As our workforce evolves, so must the way we support it. With more employees choosing to work beyond age 65, HR leaders are increasingly being called upon to guide aging employees through one of the most complex transitions in their professional lives - from employer sponsored plans to Group Medicare. Without clear guidance, confusion around eligibility, coverage options, and cost implications can lead to uncertainty and missed opportunities for optimized benefits.

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How to Help Your Laid-Off or Furloughed Employees Manage Unemployment

Evil HR Lady

As state after state closes all but essential businesses, many companies are laying off and furloughing employees. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, warns that unless the government acts appropriately, the country could end up with 20 percent unemployment. If you lay off (or furlough) your employees , they are eligible for unemployment. Unfortunately in some states, the weekly payments –ranging from $235 in Mississipi up to $1,495 in Illinois–may be barely enough to buy groce

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Are You Addicted To Busyness?

Forbes Coaches Council

If you suffer from addiction to busyness, there's likely a more powerful, more intelligent and more conscious version of yourself waiting for you to have the courage to let him/her loose.

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employer announced they’ll fire anyone who interviews for another job

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I work for a private college with multiple sites. Recently, the campus presidents at these sites have told employees that if they find out that a person is interviewed for another job, the person will be automatically terminated from employment. In some cases, emails have been sent to program chairs/deans requesting that they report employees that they know who are interviewing and move to terminate them.

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Nearly 75 Percent of Employers Are Not Maximizing Use of This Communications Channel During COVID-19

exaqueo

Are organizations communicating about COVID-19’s impact on hiring and the candidate experience? The exaqueo team reviewed 50 career websites of some of the largest employers in the United States to find out.

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How to Hire for Potential: Looking Beyond the Resume for Top Talent

For high-volume hiring, every resume can start to look the same, making it impossible to identify which candidates have the right skills to succeed in your role. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to quickly differentiate top candidates by focusing on soft skills, cognitive abilities, and culture fit, not just experience. What We’ll Cover: Why traditional hiring falls short: Experience alone doesn’t predict success What skills-based hiring is: Soft skills, cognitive abilities, and cultural fit Id

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my employee overdoes everything and it’s costing us money

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I run a small business that supplies a product to major companies that you’ve heard of. To keep the details anonymous, let’s say that we supply garments to a few mid-tier clothing retailers like Banana Republic or J. Crew. The problem is that one of my grand-employees (reports to someone who reports to me), Dave, behaves as though we’re making clothing for Gucci or Prada.

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A Framework for Increasing Accountability in Times of Crisis

Partners in Leadership

How to move through uncertainty rather than become paralyzed by it. The post A Framework for Increasing Accountability in Times of Crisis appeared first on Culture Management Experts.

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Free and Low-cost Options to Help Tobacco Users During COVID-19 Pandemic

EX Program

As a public health non-profit, Truth Initiative considers the health and wellbeing of our community to be our highest priority. This is especially true for tobacco users who may be at higher risk due to COVID-19. The data are early in terms of the specific impacts of the virus on people using tobacco products. We [.]. Read More. The post Free and Low-cost Options to Help Tobacco Users During COVID-19 Pandemic appeared first on EX Program.