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How Can Healthcare Employers Stay Compliant with Staffing Regulations?

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, or simply ACA) laid out more stringent requirements of healthcare staff training and certification, as well as a number of programs aimed at helping nurses and other staffers reach those goals. appeared first on Ascentis.

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How Flexible Scheduling is Transforming Manufacturing

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Flexible scheduling actually makes a lot of sense for manufacturing facilities where performing certain tasks and operating particular equipment requires specialized training and certification. Scheduling a worker for a role for which they lack proper certification can put an employer at risk of costly OSHA fines.

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4 Key Questions for Making Smart and Strategic Workforce Management Decisions

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Expanding employee training and certifications. Your workforce management system should provide a wide range of valuable data about your workforce demographics — numbers of full-time, part-time, and contingent employees; levels of certification and training; seniority for key roles; average performance reviews; and more.

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Five Ways to Cut Labor Costs with Effective Business Systems

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As an added bonus, offering new training and certifications helps your employees feel more engaged and empowered. Find out more about the ways Ascentis can help keep your costs lower and your schedules in order. The post Five Ways to Cut Labor Costs with Effective Business Systems appeared first on Ascentis.

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Skill-Based Pay 2.0 & Manufacturing: A Match 30 Years in the Making

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The concept differs from job-based pay in that an employee’s pay rate is based on their specific set of skills, training, certifications, and/or knowledge. Learn how Ascentis helped Guardian Energy Management successfully implement a skill-based pay system by downloading our client story.

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The True ROI of Automating Time and Attendance

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A lot of data passes through your time and attendance system every day, and minor mistakes in logging hours, tracking labor costs by job, maintaining proper certification, distributing paid time off, or managing leave can lead to expensive fines, reimbursements for back pay, and even lawsuits.

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Minimum Wage, Maximum Pressure: The Journey Toward $15/Hour

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Every company’s EEO-1 data filed with the state of Illinois will be made public within 90 days of such filing , and employers will have to file for an “equal pay registration certificate” based on multiple criteria set by the state proving non-discrimination in gender-based pay. From the law itself: “ Penalty. Click here to register.