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Is Job Skills Training a Valuable Perk? Hourly Workers Say Yes

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A big part of making good on these pledges is offering job skills training to entry-level employees and hourly wage workers. Paul’s is just one of many examples from a recent Luminera Foundation report on how employer-sponsored education programs can put hourly workers on the career path to higher wage jobs.

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How You can Solve the Nursing Shortage

Precheck

How You can Solve the Nursing Shortage Jul. 25, 2023 Jenni Gray Copywriter The United States is facing a severe nurse shortage. This crisis has left hospitals struggling to find enough nurses to meet the demands of their patients. The issue is complex, and the solution is not straightforward. Table of Contents: When did the nursing shortage begin?

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Two in five employees are working extra hours as cost-of-living crisis bites

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New research suggests that the continuing cost-of-living crisis is now affecting a greater proportion of employees, with more people working extra hours, more struggling to buy food or pay their bills, and fewer being able to afford to take sick days, compared to mid-2022.

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Never Too Late to Update: Critical 2023 Employee Handbook Updates

Netchex HR Blog

It’s easy to forget about the employee handbook while you’re busy training employees and interpreting new regulations. Remote, hybrid, and flex workers need clear expectations (like email response times) as well as flexible support (like with windowed work hours ). Hourly workers who go beyond 40 hours also expect overtime pay.

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

Netchex HR Blog

Compensation: Between tips and hourly wages, some workers leave for better opportunities. Better and more efficient training Even the best workers get frustrated with a bad training process. A small difference in wages, benefits, and bonuses can affect whether your staff leave. It doesn’t have to be that way.

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Half of UK employees regularly work unpaid hours, survey finds

cipHR

According to the findings, there are significantly more employees who work unpaid hours than employees who receive overtime pay (49% compared to 23%). According to the findings, there are significantly more employees who work unpaid hours than employees who receive overtime pay (49% compared to 23%). hours a week), 25-34-year-olds (3.5

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Expert’s Top Tips for Training a Retail Workforce for the Holiday Season

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In such a competitive market, some industry insiders are predicting wages to increase by as much as 54%, with additional enticements like employee discounts and special shopping days added to entice new hires further. For employers, this volume of new workers presents significant hiring, onboarding and training challenges.