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What Are Employee Incentives?

Intoo USA

Employee incentives are rewards or benefits provided by employers to motivate employees and boost their morale in the workplace—ultimately enhancing job performance and satisfaction, and aiding in attracting top talent. These incentives come in different forms, whether monetary, non-monetary, or relating to career development, and encompass a wide range of offerings, such as bonuses, stock options, flexible work arrangements, professional development opportunities, and recognition programs.

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HR Tech Conference: The countdown is on!

HRExecutive

I’m Steve Boese, program chair for the HR Technology Conference , and this is the first in a series of weekly updates ahead of the conference in October. - Advertisement - With just over 50 days until the start of the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas, it’s safe to say the countdown for the HR tech community’s flagship event is in full swing. In the last few weeks, there has been a flurry of conference activity—including the announcement of the keynotes, featured mega sessions and the releas

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Addressing Skill Gaps in the Healthcare Industry | ClearCompany

ClearCompany HRM

It’s safe to say that healthcare was the industry most heavily impacted by the pandemic and the Great Resignation. One in five have quit their jobs since 2020, and 47% plan to by 2025. As a result, there’s a dire need for healthcare workers in the U.S. projected in the coming years : Deficit of 1.1 million registered nurses (RNs) by 2030 Shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2034 Demand for workers 3.2 million lower-wage positions including medical assistants, home health aides, and nursing as

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86ing High Turnover: How to Reduce Restaurant Turnover with HR Technology

Netchex HR Blog

Turnover has always been a problem in restaurants, but it’s getting harder to ignore. According to a 2022 National Restaurant Association survey: 89% of restaurant operators listed labor costs as a “significant challenge” 62% of restaurants are already struggling to keep up with the current workload 79% of restaurant operators said they had job openings that were difficult to fill $5,864 total cost of replacing a server, including recruiting, training, and lost productivity Turnover isn’t just e

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Diversity at Work

ExactHire

This is an era of rapid globalization and evolving workplace dynamics. the significance of diversity and inclusion initiatives in the corporate world cannot be overstated. Companies that embrace diversity and foster an inclusive environment are benefiting greatly. They tend to not only attract top talent but also experience enhanced creativity, innovation, and overall business success.

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The ‘lazy girl’: unpacking apathy in modern workplaces

Workable

In today’s workplaces, a ‘lazy girl’ may start her week with a “bare minimum Monday” while she “ quiet quits’. It seems every week, workers coin a new trending phrase to express their apathy and defiance. But – are these workers really lazy, or are their pithy phrases an attempt to communicate something deeper? The latter is more likely. Older generations have always complained about younger generations at work.

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How AI Works in Recruiting, And What to Do If You Suspect Bias

The Muse

Many Fortune 500 companies use artificial intelligence (AI) for their hiring processes. HR experts explain its pros, potential biases, and what you can do as a hiring manager or job candidate to ensure that each application gets a fair shot.

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Social Recognition Trends & Best Practices for 2024

MTM Recognition

Cloud-based platforms continue to be the gold standard for a comprehensive and complete recognition offering, with MTM Recognition’s Social Recognition Platform at the forefront. Our clients represent a wide variety of sectors, sizes, and locations, but we are always on the lookout for what features are trending among them. Overall, we’re seeing the social recognition platform become particularly… social!

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7 ways to improve company culture

Jostle

Lately, everyone's been talking about company culture, and for good reason. A supportive and forward-thinking workplace environment can improve employee morale, attract top talent, and boost productivity.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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What Causes Low Employee Retention Rates [+ How to Fix!]

6Q

To create an effective and long-lasting team of dedicated workers, you must first understand what causes low employee retention rates. Retaining employees is vital to the success of any organisation. Efficiency comes from an experienced quality team familiar with both the business and one another. When employees decide to make their careers with you, they bring their knowledge of your audience and processes with them on their climb up the proverbial ladder.

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Management Tips: 10 Ways to Be a Great Manager

Primalogik

Are good managers born that way? Or does good management come from practice and training? In our opinion, it’s a little of both. Either way, if you want to excel in your role, these 10 management tips are sure to help. There are certain personality traits that make a great manager. Empathy and the ability to build relationships are two of them. But there are also skills that must be honed over time.

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Business Vehicle Programs: Why is a Car Allowance Taxable?

Runzheimer

Why a Car Allowance is Taxable Across industries, car allowances have long been a favorite vehicle program. The reasoning is as simple as the program itself: a car allowance is easy to implement and upkeep. Which, for a company with hundreds of driving employees, or just a handful, may seem like the way to go. For all mobile workers , companies share a lump sum each month to cover the costs of business driving in their personal vehicles.

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How to increase employee happiness in a tight job market

Business Management Daily

There’s a noticeable difference between work environments where people enjoy their lives versus where they don’t. Some circumstances can’t be controlled — like a lunch rush while waiting tables or the holiday madness at retail stores — but workplaces that emphasize employee happiness just seem to feel better. Before we talk about making employees happy though, let’s get something out of the way: employee happiness does not translate to productivity, at least not directly.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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When You Just Hire the Resume, You Miss out on Potential Talent

Helpside

Many employers have specific expectations they are looking for when they go through resumes, and if a resume checks all of the boxes, they will usually interview that applicant. Sometimes employers can be blinded by an experience-filled resume and forget about all of the other important qualities they want in a potential employee. Less than 3% of sent resumes result in an interview, which means if your resume does not contain certain qualifications, you are most likely not even going to be of

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Will a Jury Decide if a Five-Day Workweek Was ‘Vital’ for a Costco Cashier?

HR Digest

On September 23, 2022, a Costco store could be seen in Monterey Park, California. A jury should decide whether the employer failed to offer an adjustment for an employee who has a disability, as per a ruling by a federal district court. Dive Below the Surface A federal district court in Oregon decided on Aug. 8 in Braa v. Costco Wholesale Corp. that a jury should resolve whether Costco’s demand for the cashier to be available to work five days per week disregarded her pain and migraines.

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Getting on Track: 5 Tips for a Successful HCM Implementation

UKG

Getting on Track: 5 Tips for a Successful HCM Implementation lindsay.funice… Thu, 08/17/2023 - 21:08 Main Image Background Color Yellow Body You’ve probably heard the quote that life is a marathon and not a sprint. This is also true of workforce management and human capital management (HCM) system implementations. Doing these right to successfully achieve your business goals requires thoughtful planning, evaluation of your current state, and recognizing how to align software capabilities to your

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Steve Lowisz: Leaders, Are You Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?

Qualigence Blog

Article authored by Qualigence CEO & founder Steve Lowisz As a leader, I know you’re focused on solving key business challenges. You might even lay awake at night wondering how to solve problems like hitting your numbers, or engaging, retaining and developing your people… I’ve talked to countless leaders dealing with these same challenges.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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15 Self-Appraisal Questions For Peak-Performing Leaders

Forbes Coaches Council

Peak-performing leaders commit to examining their leadership performance. When you conduct an honest self-appraisal, you will discover strengths and areas to improve.

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Navigating the Challenges of Cultivating Brand, Culture, and Values with a Hybrid Team: Kolar’s Approach to Building a Best-in-Class Workplace

HR Digest

As organizations embrace hybrid work models, the seamless integration of brand, culture, and values becomes a paramount challenge. Balancing the needs of remote and in-office employees while fostering a cohesive and unified workplace culture requires a strategic and comprehensive approach. At Kolar, we are experts at connecting people, process, and place.

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What Kind Of Leaders Do Businesses Need Nowadays?

Forbes Coaches Council

Today, businesses require individuals who can effectively embrace both leadership and management skills, depending on a specific situation and the organization's needs.

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Steps to Follow When Providing Lactation Accommodation to Employee

HRWatchdog

One of my employees is returning from pregnancy leave and is asking for lactation accommodations. What must we do to accommodate this employee? Both federal and California law require that all employers, regardless of size, reasonably accommodate an employee’s request to express milk at work. There are some differences between federal and state law, and employers in California must follow the more restrictive provisions.

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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The quiet hiring trend and its impact on workplace culture

Rise

The quiet hiring trend is one of the ways that employers are attempting to fill skills gaps within their organization—while also saving money and headcount. Gartner describes the quiet hiring trend as “the practice of an organization acquiring new skills without hiring new full-time employees”. You might be wondering, okay, seems clear but how ? There are a number of ways quiet hiring happens, but the main one is by giving employees more responsibilities.

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Comment on Mastering the data maze: Exploring business intelligence within Zoho One, Part 2 by arif cho

Zoho Recruit

Trading is more than charts and numbers here; it's a pathway to realizing aspirations. This website combines innovation with accessibility brilliantly.

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From Automation To Innovation: AI For Coaching Businesses Simplified

Forbes Coaches Council

AI is a powerful tool for augmenting human capabilities and revolutionizing business processes. Unlock the power of AI for your coaching business today.

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Courts Weigh Protections for LGBTQ+ Workers Fired by Religious Employers

SHRM Resources

Religious employers are testing the application of anti-discrimination laws that protect LGBTQ+ workers in light of a recent Supreme Court decision that backed the religious freedom rights of business owners. Their federal court cases are attempting to shed light on some gray areas where an exception to the anti-discrimination laws may or may not apply.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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I-9 Audit Checklist

GoCGO

With the recent changes to the I-9 Form, now may be a good time to review forms previously completed for their accuracy. Federal law mandates that U.S. employers only hire individuals who have the legal right to work in the United States, including U.S. citizens and authorized foreign nationals. To meet these requirements, employers are obligated to verify the identity and employment eligibility of every individual they hire by completing and retaining a Form I-9 (also known as the Employment El

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Three Best Practices to Prevent Credit Card Skimmers in Your Store

TimeForge

The FBI defines skimming as “when devices illegally installed on ATMs, point-of-sale (POS) terminals, or fuel pumps capture data or record cardholders’ PINs.” When criminals use one of these devices, they can then use the collected data to steal from innocent victims’ accounts, draining them of their money. While skimming has primarily been an issue for gas station pumps and ATMs in the past, it has slowly become a much more prevalent issue in the grocery industry as well.

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Why People Love the Coaching Leadership Style

Niagara Institute

Buzzfeed asked their community of readers to share stories of their best bosses and what made them so great. In the article, there was a common thread. Many of the submissions included how their boss supported them, played to their strengths, answered their questions, listened to them, gave advice, and took the time to teach them. In these stories, it was apparent that the leaders they were speaking of were not only great bosses but also great coaches.