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Technically HR: Amazon’s Q for business is helping HR leaders improve employee productivity

HR Brew

The tool, unlike commercial, general audience products like ChatGPT, was designed to work within business applications for Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers to impact their workflow and improve productivity. Digital trading broker Deriv found productivity gains but also cut down on the time it takes to onboard employees.

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This graphic design platform has an apt visual representation for documenting skills—a passport.

HR Brew

Launched more than three years ago following a company-wide “vision day,” Schultz said, the skills passport has allowed the company to “tweak” its hiring process to more closely align it with its burgeoning emphasis on skills: rethinking how the company writes job ads, interviews and assesses candidates, and documents skills data in the ATS.

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Parents with access to paid sick leave spend more time caring for children, new study finds

HR Brew

And separate research has documented similar effects among workers with older parents, finding access to paid family and paid sick leave benefits allows these employees to spend more time caring for them. Quick-to-read HR news & insights. Subscribe to HR Brew today.

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Why Organizations Need an Artificial Intelligence Policy [Part 1]

HR Bartender

For example, AI may create efficiencies for general research, creating/identifying sample documents, wordsmithing a written document or job aids (such as skill development, learning a new system or a tool in a system such Excel pivot tables). Permitted uses of AI. When may an employee use AI in the performance of their job?

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Transforming Your HR Department with Document Management

Redundant processes are the bane to productivity and efficiency. A document management system is a solution that does more than just store documents but employs intelligent organization and automation tools to streamline previous paperwork processes. Your HR department’s main focus should be people, not paper.

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5 Ways HR Software Boosts Employee Engagement and Productivity

EmployeeConnect

Organisations with highly engaged teams see 21% higher profitability and 17% higher productivity , according to Gallup. The right platform can drive meaningful engagement and boost team productivity through automation, communication, and real-time data. What is holding back your team’s productivity?

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‘We don’t believe you’: What Amazon’s RTO mandate signals to disabled workers

HR Brew

Disabled employees who want to continue or begin working remotely will need to provide medical documentation to an “accommodation consultant” and may need to work in the office for up to a month to prove to the company that they need the accommodation.