Mon.Dec 02, 2024

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2024 was a hard year for HR

HR Brew

This past year was rough. People pros navigated a cooling labor market , more return-to-office debacles, and record employee burnout. And as if all that juggling wasn’t enough, 45% took on more duties without a promotion or pay raise, according to a HR Brew survey. Some 46% said they took on new responsibilities for career growth, but 35% said they did because their team didn’t grow with the growing demand of their organization, and 24% said they did because their team was downsized.

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How To Craft a Strategic Hiring Plan in 2025

AIHR

A well-executed hiring plan can be the difference between a company that reaches its strategic business goals and one that is outperformed by its rivals. Just ask Marc Benioff , co-founder and CEO of tech giant Salesforce. “Acquiring the right talent is the most important key to growth,” says Benioff. “Hiring was – and still is – the most important thing we do.

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The Future of Hiring: How Technology is Revolutionising Talent Acquisition

EmployeeConnect

The talent acquisition landscape has undergone a seismic shift in recent years. With advancements in technology and evolving workforce expectations, traditional hiring practices are no longer sufficient to meet the demands of today’s competitive job market. From artificial intelligence (AI) to data analytics, technology is revolutionising how companies attract, assess, and onboard talent.

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The New Frontier in Employee Development: Modernizing and Personalizing at Scale

Emergenetics International

Learning and Development (L&D) and training professionals can reshape the future of the workforce by elevating training offerings to honor employees while addressing organizational priorities. The ability to modernize the training experience and personalize growth paths will keep talent engaged, motivated and equipped to meet the demands of increasingly dynamic work environments.

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Mid-Year Performance Review Checklist for HR and People Leaders

Ensure your mid-year performance reviews are focused, productive, and growth-oriented with this practical checklist from Mitratech Trakstar. Designed for HR professionals, people managers, and team leads, this guide walks you through the full review process—from pre-meeting prep and feedback collection to action planning and follow-up. It also includes tips for creating a comfortable and effective review experience, plus ways to leverage tools like self-evaluations, PIPs, and development plans.

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How Small HR Teams Can Stay on Top of Compliance Without Feeling Overwhelmed

Acacia HR Solutions

Keeping up with compliance as a small HR team can honestly feel like a juggling act. Between managing benefits, payroll, documentation, and staying on top of new laws, it’s easy for compliance to slip through the cracks. It has happened to all of us. Unfortunately, the consequences of those slips can be huge - penalties, lawsuits, or worse. So, how do we manage it all without feeling completely overwhelmed or defeated?

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Understanding Unemployment Claims: What Business Owners Need to Know

Helpside

This blog was written by Aaron Ashby, HR Generalist at Helpside. Unemployment claims affect more than just the individuals who file them—they can also lead to higher unemployment tax rates for your business. Understanding the process and having proactive policies with good record-keeping can make it easier to manage claims and control costs. Here is a quick guide on managing unemployment claims, responding to eligibility scenarios, and leveraging documentation to protect your business.

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HR’s 2025 mandate? ‘Reduce the chaos’ with effective AI use

HRExecutive

Kroger Chief People Officer Timothy Massa knows what busy is. The HR leader currently manages the retail giant’s workforce of more than 400,000 employees, who serve more than 12 million customers daily through in-person and digital experiences. Those figures will explode if a deal to merge with grocer Albertson’s goes through, with the workforce expected to grow to 700,000 and store count to rise to almost 5,000—though the future of that deal is unclear after the FTC moved to block the merger la

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Micromanagement: The silent killer of workplace productivity

Business Management Daily

The suffocating nature of micromanagement Ask workers complaining about their boss and why they are frustrated, and you’ll often hear them say, “I can’t stand the micromanaging.” What makes this type of management style so unappealing? Team members find micromanagers overbearing. Their excessive supervision and desire to control everything make workers feel like naughty third graders rather than competent professionals.

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Virtual cards: 5 simple steps to make the transition

WEX Inc.

The transition from paper check processing to virtual card payments can be daunting. This is why we’ve created a five-step guide to making the transition as efficient and seamless as possible. The value of running a supplier analysis before virtual card adoption The first thing we do with customers when they’re considering moving away from paper checks to a virtual card payments technology is to analyze the suppliers with whom they are currently doing business.

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Protect Your Business and Stay On Top of Compliance

To keep your business running smoothly (and legally), HR needs to get compliance right every time. Our HR Compliance Checklist is your go-to guide to cover the basics and start your auditing processes, helping you identify and address any gaps in your HR functions. Remember, compliance rules can differ based on industry and location—you’ll still need to keep up with changing regulations, but our checklist can help you get started.

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Employers plan to offer enriched health benefits for women and family planning in 2025, even as overall costs rise

HR Brew

Employers expect worker healthcare costs to jump 6% in 2025, the highest amount in three years, according to research conducted by Mercer. And while some companies have been adding benefits for women and family planning, they are also experimenting with new types of health plans and programs in an attempt to improve outcomes and lower costs. Almost 62% of employers will offer one or more benefits to help women with issues such as high-risk pregnancies, pre-conception planning, postpartum mood di

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The new productivity paradigm: embracing AI for sustainable growth

HRExecutive

AI is not just a buzzword—it is a transformative force that is reshaping work. Today’s workplaces rely on hundreds of such technologies to drive performance, with new innovations and opportunities for AI integration coming online daily. - Advertisement - For HR, it’s easy to get distracted by constant innovation, but the true value of these technologies comes from the ability to deploy them surgically—in the right places, quickly and iteratively.

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How to Develop Digital Employee Experience Personas

PoliteMail

Can DEX improve distribution lists? All good communicators know the key to ensuring their message gets received lies in understanding their audience. No two are exactly alike. Giving a toast at a wedding isn’t the same as reminiscing with old friends at the bar—which is different from presenting a new plan to the boss. For internal communicators working in a corporate setting, discrete target audiences are built and maintained through list segmentation.

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Scaling Manufacturing Operations with GyrusAim LMS: A Guide for Global Compliance

Gyrus

Scaling Manufacturing Operations with GyrusAim LMS: A Guide for Global Compliance GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - As manufacturing organizations expand their operations globally, the need for effective training and compliance management becomes increasingly complex. With diverse regulations, cultural differences, and varying operational standards across countries, achieving global compliance can be a daunting task.

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Can Your Organization Spot a Conflict Before It’s a Crisis?

Speaker: Amie Phillips Pablo, VP, Corporate Compliance & Privacy Officer at Novo Nordisk

In today’s complex healthcare environment, navigating third-party relationships has become even more challenging—whether it’s vendor relationships, employee activities, or patient-facing interactions. Left unmanaged, these conflicts can compromise trust, regulatory compliance, and even organizational reputation. So, how can healthcare teams stay ahead?

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Providing IVF benefits may become more complicated as threats to the procedure abound

HR Brew

IVF providers and patients in Alabama were thrown into chaos in February after the state’s supreme court ruled that frozen embryos were considered humans, making their destruction a crime. At least two clinics in the state stopped performing IVF procedures, and many women traveled out of the state to get their treatments, according to multiple news reports.

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The ADA does not require do-overs or relaxing important job requirements to accommodate individuals with disabilities

The Employer Handbook

A federal appellate court recently ruled that a university did not have to accommodate the disability of a professor seeking tenure by relaxing the tenure requirements or giving her a second chance to satisfy them. It’s a reminder that employers can require individuals to perform the essential functions of the job and can refuse to promote (or hire) individuals who cannot meet the position’s requirements.

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Volkswagen Workers in Germany Head Out on a Warning Strike

HR Digest

Automakers worldwide are doubling down on their efforts to restructure their workforce, but employees are unwilling to accept the changes sitting down. Volkswagen workers in Germany are going on strike to express their dissatisfaction with the changes occurring at the organization, with the union IG Metall leading the efforts. The Volkswagen workers’ warning strikes began on Monday and employees from nine Volkswagen car and component plants across Germany are participating in the strike.

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A New Way to Think About ‘Hybrid’ Workplaces

Flimp Communications

After going completely remote during the COVID pandemic and the years following, Kara’s company switched to a hybrid working arrangement in 2023. Employees were required to work from the office three days per week, Tuesdays through Thursdays. Kara’s employer expected the RTO order would boost productivity and spark creative collaboration while giving employees some of the flexibility to which they had grown accustomed, but Kara has experienced nothing of the sort.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Enhance Your Talent Pool Quality with RChilli Data Hygiene Solutions

RChilli

Imagine you're a recruiter navigating the vast sea of resumes, profiles, and candidate data. With each new job opening, your database expands, filled with valuable information that holds the potential to match the right talent to the right roles. But over time, this data begins to pile up. Duplicate entries, outdated contact details, incomplete profiles, and scattered records turn what should be a powerful resource into a source of frustration.

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Transform Your Total Rewards Program With Earned Wage Access

DailyPay

Discover how earned wage access can enhance the public sector employee experience Today’s state, local and Federal government employees expect more than just a paycheck and benefits — they want an exceptional employee experience. That’s why having a robust total rewards program is crucial for attracting, engaging and retaining the best and brightest employees.

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Global Compliance – Canada

Replicon

Canada – Quebec: Amendments to Medical Certificate Requirement Effective January 1, 2025, an upcoming amendment ( Bill no. 68 ) to the Act respecting Labour Standards shall limit the medical certificate requirements, wherein employers can no longer request a medical certificate from employees, for taking sick leave under certain circumstances.

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Scaling Manufacturing Operations with GyrusAim LMS: A Guide for Global Compliance

Gyrus

Scaling Manufacturing Operations with GyrusAim LMS: A Guide for Global Compliance GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Reliable and Responsive Learning Platform As manufacturing organizations expand their operations globally, the need for effective training and compliance management becomes increasingly complex. With diverse regulations, cultural differences, and varying operational standards across countries, achieving global compliance can be a daunting task.

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The AI Productivity Shift: How 3,000 Pros And 140K Users Are Transforming Work

Hubstaff’s new report, The AI Productivity Shift, highlights how 3,000+ professionals and 140,000+ users are transforming the way they work with AI. Adoption is high—85% are using AI—and the potential is just beginning. Teams that integrate AI into daily workflows report 77% faster task completion, 70% improved focus, and stronger results across the board.

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12 Follow-up Email Templates for Every Work Situation

The Muse

Get essential follow-up email templates for job applications, interviews, and networking, and learn tips for writing emails that strengthen connections.

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Getting Focused On Big Goals For 2025: 14 Tips For Business Owners

Forbes Coaches Council

Preparing a foundation of clarity and direction now regarding what they hope to accomplish in the future can help owners achieve strategic objectives in the new year.

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How to Leverage AI for Job Search: 8 Ways to Boost Your Chances of Success

The Muse

Discover how to leverage AI for job search success with tools and tips to craft resumes, find jobs, and ace interviews.

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Don’t Let Negative Reviews Drag You Down: Use Them To Improve

Forbes Coaches Council

In the fast-paced world of business, your brand’s reputation can be your greatest asset or your biggest liability.

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Building Compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Across States: CA SB-553 | NY S. 8358B

Speaker: Speakers:

Workplace violence prevention laws are rapidly evolving, with California’s SB-553 and New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act (S-8358B) leading the way. Join WILL’s experts for a nationwide webinar covering compliance requirements, with a special focus on these key state mandates. We’ll guide you through developing and implementing effective prevention policies, building a compliant plan, and delivering the required annual interactive training.

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How to Deal With Mansplaining at Work

The Muse

What is mansplaining? Discover its meaning, signs, and how to handle this behavior professionally in workplace dynamics.

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Jess Von Bank on Cultivating a Culture of Changefulness

Betterworks

Jess Von Bank joins People Fundamentals to promote a culture of changefulness — an agile, people-centric approach to navigating constant business evolution.

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How to Format a Resume with Freelance Work

The Muse

Learn how to list freelance work on a resume. Discover the best formats, strategies for showing your skills, and how to highlight your freelance experience.