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HR, Training and the ‘Gig’ Economy

HRExecutive

According to the NYT piece, tens of millions of Americans are now involved in some form of freelancing, contracting, temping or outsourcing work: The number for the category of jobs mostly performed by part-time freelancers or part-time independent contractors, according to Economic Modeling Specialists Intl.,

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Career, Community, Cause – Growth, Relationships, Meaning

Compensation Cafe

This mirrors findings of 23,000 employees from more than 15 industries and 45 countries around the world in research conducted by the IBM Smarter Workforce Institute and the Globoforce WorkHuman Research Institute. That’s how we help fulfil the psychological contract with our employees.

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Employee Relationships is a Serious Employer Responsibility

HR Digest

Resources indicate that the term “employee relations” started to gain popularity around 2006 when, according to CIDP , the meaning began to shift from the industrial relations understanding of employees as a collective whole , and instead emphasize the focus on individual employees.

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What are Total Rewards: Here’s A Holistic View

Empuls

"How do we create compensation and benefits programs that can help us to attract the right talent, retain that talent, and help to engage that talent now and in the future?" This table breaks it down for easier understanding: Compensation. What is compensation? What does compensation include? Variable pay.

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Employee Relations: Examples + 10 Strategy Tips

Analytics in HR

Employee relations vs Human Resources While employee relations and Human Resources do overlap, they have distinct purposes: HR is the broader operation that directs all aspects of managing an organization’s workforce and work environment, including recruiting, training and development, compensation and benefits , and health and safety.

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Workday Podcast: Using Employee Feedback to Create a Highly Engaged Organization

Workday

So our analysis looked at survey response data from over 2 million employees across more than 500 organizations across different industries and regions. But if increasing compensation or giving people more benefits isn't always an option, is growth something that can act as a stand-in for that? There needs to be a plan for it.

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