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Trends in Digital Media, Advertising, & COVID-19 (Report)

Remesh

This report excerpt is part of our monthly Remesh Live! series, where 100+ individuals participate in a Remesh conversation and share their thoughts on a range of topics from meal kit preferences to international healthcare, and more!

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How COVID-19 Impacts Your Student Loans

Best Money Moves

How COVID-19 impacts your student loans. What you need to know about the new federal freeze on student loan interest and student loan payments. While you may have seen the breaking news about a freeze on student loan payments during the COVID-19 crisis, it would serve you well to read the fine print. Earlier this week, the Trump Administration announced that Federal Student Loan Interest rates will be reduced to 0 percent for a period of 60 days beginning March 13, 2020.

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The Importance Of A Purpose-Driven Career And Workplace

Forbes Coaches Council

Increasingly, employees are seeking enhanced meaning and purpose in their work and the opportunity to impact the broader society in positive ways.

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Challenges in ACA Compliance during the Covid-19 Pandemic

ACA Times

3 minute read: As businesses across the country shutter their doors, reduce their hours and move to remote working to comply with various state or local stay at home orders to combat the spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic, employers are assessing their options for workforce management. This includes considering furloughs, leave policies, terminations and more.

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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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COVID-19 pushes employers to virtual interviewing

HRExecutive

As the coronavirus takes its toll on the workforce, and even with unemployment benefit claims breaking records, employers are turning to virtual job fairs and hiring in response to the pandemic. There is no doubt that the coronavirus outbreak is having an ugly effect on the job market, writes TechTarget’s Patrick Thibodeau. But there’s another side to the economic fallout: Some hiring continues—nearly all of it with the help of virtual hiring tools.

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Can SuccessFactors Lead The HCM Market Again? It Could Be Coming.

Josh Bersin

If you’re buying HR technology right now, I’m sure your budget is unclear, and many companies will slow down or postpone purchases. What this usually means is that the “incumbent” or bigger vendors win out, since you already have their product. Which leads us to SAP and SuccessFactors. I’ve been working with SuccessFactors for two.

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Superpowers Every Worker Needs, Right Now

Allegis Global Solutions

We can’t go back. Even if COVID-19 miraculously stopped in its tracks today, there is no return to business as usual. Some changes will be challenging, but many will be positive. In fact, workers have more potential to impact their companies and the world around them than ever before. Contractors, freelancers, and employees across all levels of the organization can bring forth innovative ideas, stellar execution, and transformational results.

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exactly where to report employers for violating shelter-in-place orders, by state

Ask a Manager

When I wrote on Wednesday about what to do if your employer is violating shelter-in-place orders , commenters were a wealth of information for individual states. Here’s crowd-sourced info on where to report non-compliant employers, by state. I will verify and add additional info here as I get it. • In California , if your county declared a shelter-in-place order before the governor did (e.g., the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and others), report the violation to the County Public Health officer.

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How to Set Goals That Connect and Align Remote Teams

Kazoo

In the face of coronavirus, his sales team was on the brink of going full-remote for the first time ever. So Kazoo’s Chief Customer Officer Tony Capasso did what strategic leaders do: He set goals. Remote team goals. “ I had the same objective that every leader has in this situation,” said Tony, who oversees both Kazoo’s Sales and Customer Success teams.

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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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Creating a People-Centric Culture of Recognition: Part Three – Making All Employees Feel Valued

Engage2Excel

When someone says thank you for something you’ve done, how does that make you feel? Saying thank you may seem like a very small thing to do, but we can all personally attest to the difference it makes. Genuine appreciation from leaders, family members or colleagues helps us enjoy contributing, and it helps us feel good about the people we are serving.

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Managing a Furlough

ExactHire

The term and practice of furloughing workers is often associated with industries such as automotive and construction, or, somewhat recently, the federal government–think “government shutdown.” However, in the past few weeks the COVID-19 pandemic has caused companies in other industries to begin the furlough of employees as well. So what is a furlough, and how is it different from a layoff?

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Communicating Layoffs to Employees: How to Wrap Up the Layoff Notification

Intoo USA

Layoffs are rough—for all parties involved. And communicating the message to impacted employees is never easy. In the first half of this two-part series about communicating layoffs to employees, Intoo’s Joyce Domijan, VP of Strategy and Program Development, and Caroline Vernon, Regional Director of Sales, provided listeners with a scripted guide to help them better communicate during a notification event.

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Managing a Furlough

ExactHire

The term and practice of furloughing workers is often associated with industries such as automotive and construction, or, somewhat recently, the federal government–think “government shutdown.” However, in the past few weeks the COVID-19 pandemic has caused companies in other industries to begin the furlough of employees as well. So what is a furlough, and how is it different from a layoff?

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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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Communicating Layoffs to Employees: How to Wrap Up the Layoff Notification

Intoo USA

Layoffs are rough—for all parties involved. And communicating the message to impacted employees is never easy. In the first half of this two-part series about communicating layoffs to employees, Intoo’s Joyce Domijan, VP of Strategy and Program Development, and Caroline Vernon, Regional Director of Sales, provided listeners with a scripted guide to help them better communicate during a notification event.

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The Real-Time Impact COVID-19 is Having on Small Businesses and Workers

Homebase

The spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a devastating impact on small businesses and hourly workers whose hours, shifts, and operations are coming to a full stop. At Homebase, we are in a unique position to see this impact happen in real-time and want to make this data publicly available so that governments and communities can understand and support the people who are most impacted. .

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bosses are panic-buying spy software to monitor remote workers

Ask a Manager

Well, this is a terrible indictment of employers’ utter lack of understanding about how to manage remote workers : I’m quoted (in part, questioning how these managers are getting any work done themselves). Also, note it’s by Polly Mosendz, the reporter I’ve asked people to contact if their employers are behaving badly in relation to coronavirus.

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Thinking furlough? Here’s your questions on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme answered

HR Zone

Retention Thinking furlough? Here’s what you need to know.

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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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#WorkTrends: How to Make Your Work Culture Rock

TalentCulture

What does a person do when the pressure is on them? That’s what NY State Governor Andrew Cuomo asked in his daily press conference on March 26. The same could be asked of our organizations. In her #WorkTrends conversation with workplace culture expert Jim Knight, Meghan M. Biro started by thanking everyone working today — particularly those of you in HR and management who are doing your best to keep your people safe.

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Workplace Resources During The Coronavirus

Workology

I know that it goes without saying but we are working and a living in a time that has never been experienced before. For HR and business leader in particular, we are working hard to understand legal. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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How Can Freelance Workforce Diversify Your Business

Take It Personel-ly

More than 55 million people in the US work as freelancers today and make 35% of all workforce in the nation. In Europe, this number is more than 100 000. Can you imagine how much money these workers bring to the economy of their countries each year? In the US, it is $1.4 trillion and […].

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Highest Paying Foreign Language Jobs around the Globe

HR Digest

Knowing a foreign language has many benefits- not only personal but also in the professional aspect. If a person is planning to go for a vacation abroad, knowing a foreign language helps in communication. In the professional front, a foreign language is an additional skill and adds diversity to a resume. Learning at least one foreign language is a must for everyone.

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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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How to Reduce Stress with Guided Meditation for HR

Workology

These last few weeks have been hard for everyone especially those that work in HR. We are working long hours writing and implementing policy changes, fielding employee and leader questions, and. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution. These last few weeks have been hard for everyone especially those that work in HR.

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Can SuccessFactors Lead The HCM Market Again? It Could Be Coming.

Josh Bersin

If you’re buying HR technology right now, I’m sure your budget is unclear, and many companies will slow down or postpone purchases. What this usually means is that the “incumbent” or bigger vendors win out, since you already have their product. Which leads us to SAP and SuccessFactors. I’ve been working with SuccessFactors for two.

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Why The Gig Economy Will Drive The Future Of Employment

Forbes Coaches Council

In my experience, companies that embrace freelancers will be more flexible and innovate faster. On the flip side, becoming a freelancer and commanding your own salary is now easier than ever before.

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Six steps to a more holistic approach to employee financial wellbeing

HR Zone

Strategy Six steps to holistic financial wellbeing.

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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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Transforming Your Leadership Style in Times of Crisis

HSD Metrics

Start of Floodlight Tag: Please do not remove Activity name of this tag: HSD Retargeting URL of the webpage where the tag is expected to be placed: [link] This tag must be placed between the and tags, as close as possible to the opening tag. Creation Date: 12/10/2019 --> This post was co-written by Dr. Brad Shuck , Associate Professor Department of Educational Leadership, Evaluation and Organizational Development at the University of Louisville.

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Why Employee Engagement is Even More Important to Your Company, Now

WEX Inc.

'Employee engagement' is an omnipresent term in the HCM world, in any season. And how your organization engages NOW, in times of uncertainty, will speak volumes to your employees. How will your senior, mid-level and front-line employees look back on your actions during this time? Employee engagement strategies can create a variety of positive outcomes, even in tough situations.

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The Future of Payroll: 7 Trends to Watch

BambooHR

The IRS estimates 40 percent of small and medium-sized U.S. companies end up paying a payroll penalty every year. Most of these penalties are due.

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