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4 Key Questions for Making Smart and Strategic Workforce Management Decisions

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How many workforce management decisions do you suppose your HR team makes on a daily basis? Developing an organization-wide workforce management strategy requires high quality data and a reliable plan for gathering, assessing, and implementing that information. Expanding employee training and certifications.

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Five Ways to Cut Labor Costs with Effective Business Systems

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By coordinating your labor costing with your scheduling, you can plan ahead and make sure that your payroll is an accurate reflection of your employees’ actual work schedule. As an added bonus, offering new training and certifications helps your employees feel more engaged and empowered. Schedule in Advance.

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Workforce Optimization Best Practices for Blue Collar Employers in Labor-Driven Industries

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Including workforce management solutions in your planning strategies is a must for any business looking to streamline operations and get the most out of their existing employees. A workforce optimization plan allows an organization to do exactly that by taking into account a variety of factors, including: Workforce scheduling.

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COBRA Premium Assistance under the American Rescue Plan Act: The Devil’s in the Details

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If HR and benefits professionals thought that the rules around this new requirement would be relatively straightforward, on May 18, the IRS proved that assumption to be wrong with the drop of IR Notice 2020-31 (contained in IR News Release 2021-115 ).

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COBRA Premium Assistance under the American Rescue Plan Act: The Devil’s in the Details

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If HR and benefits professionals thought that the rules around this new requirement would be relatively straightforward, on May 18, the IRS proved that assumption to be wrong with the drop of IR Notice 2020-31 (contained in IR News Release 2021-115 ).

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The Compelling Case for Upskilling and Reskilling Your Workforce

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This global shift puts pressure on HR to reskill and upskill its workforce and build a long-term relationship with employees. Amazon plans to spend $700 million on technology training by 2025 to help employees learn and move to higher-skill jobs. Workforce Planning and Mapping of Skills to Job Families. Today, Walmart is?

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Top 6 Hidden HR Compliance Requirements for OSHA’s New Vaccine Mandate ETS

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But it requires a much closer reading of OSHA’s release and its supporting materials (Q&A, training slide deck ) to uncover the specific aspects or the order that present the greatest challenges to HR professionals in policy, practice, and particularly technology support. Which ETS or Executive Order Applies to Which Companies? .