Mon.Dec 14, 2020

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Three Steps for Better People Management in an Uncertain Market

Hireology

When most people think of the automotive industry, they picture shiny car lots and flashy showrooms. But dealerships are more than just chrome and metal. In the U.S. alone, car dealerships employ more than a million workers from coast to coast. And it’s this “people-side” of the automotive business that truly keeps the industry running. Managing your staff requires full time Human Resources, a well-managed onboarding strategy, and a long term investment in culture. .

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ACA Penalties Among IRS Critical Activities

ACA Times

3 minute read: On December 1, 2020, the IRS announced updates to the services it will be processing as a part of its mission-critical functions. Among the processes are ACA employer mandate penalty assessments. Employers should note that because of the COVID-19 pandemic , the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reduced its operations for a period of time and as a result has accrued a backlog of mailing notices.

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How Spreadsheets Slow Down Annual Leave Processes

SutiHR

Many employee-centric regulations prescribe leave quotas for staff in order to allow them to take time off work for either vacation, sickness, or maternity/paternity leave. There are other types of paid leaves such as transit, relocations, or errand leaves, and others which are organization-specific. Each type of leave has a policy either formulated by the government or by the specific company indicating the eligibility, approval matrix, as well as annual quota within which your workers can avai

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Glancing Ahead: What Are Your People Analytics Plans for 2021?

Analytics in HR

Who would have thought that 2020 would bring us a ‘new normal’? In the Netherlands, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Dutch Railways has been all over the news. Train traveling as we knew it will probably never return, which has big financial consequences. It has also had an impact on our People Analytics department. As you would expect, data and information about absenteeism was an even bigger thing than usual.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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HRZone’s 10 most popular reads of 2020

HR Zone

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A Guide to Conquering Loneliness at Work

HR Digest

Loneliness at work is more common than you think. The new work culture that the pandemic has thrown up is the widespread acceptance of work-from-home option by a large number of companies. Some companies have even announced that this would be the norm rather than an exception. They would prefer the employees to continue working from home with the occasional meet-up in office to work out any major issues that need to be handled in person.

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How To Get Hired In A Highly Competitive Job Market

Forbes Coaches Council

Job hunting during the pandemic has been unbelievably challenging. Rampant unemployment has resulted in a highly competitive job market. Still, there are jobs out there, and people are getting hired.

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7 Ways How To Best Recognise Your Employees

Vibecatch

Like flowers that are nurtured with attention and care, employees bloom when they are acknowledged and appreciated. Employees are human and it’s crucial to never forget this. Their recognition is an important aspect of internal engagement as it shows how you value your staff’s contribution, performance , attitude and effort towards the accomplishment of your company’s goals.

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What Leaders Are Doing For Employee Mental Health

Forbes Coaches Council

In times when work is more demanding and health and well-being are at risk, businesses want to help their people and motivate, engage and retain their workforce.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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10 Expert Tips For A Better Work-Life Balance

Take It Personel-ly

Achieving a healthy work-life balance has always been important — but in 2020, it’s a more difficult task than ever. Many of us are working from home, which blurs the separation between “work mode” and “home mode,” making us feel like we’re never off the clock. And during work hours, we’re often worrying about what’s […].

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Accelerating Talent Development In The Work-From-Home/Hybrid Model

Forbes Coaches Council

Transformative coaching and mentoring needs intentionality and discipline that ensures the conversations happen and that we practice at doing this remotely.

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The Role of HR in the Retail Industry in 2020

Peopletrail

The Role of HR in the Retail Industry in 2020. We have seen that many things have changed in the way businesses operate throughout the course of 2020. In many cases, the way that business is done looks different from what it looked like before the pandemic hit, and some changes will likely stick once the pandemic is gone. In the same way, the role of HR in the retail industry has also changed.

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Peer Advisory Boards: Myths And Facts

Forbes Coaches Council

The fact is that peer advisory boards are used by some of the most successful companies in the world. Even when things are going well, it is beneficial to speak to other business owners so that you can keep a pulse on the market and overall economy.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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How A Women's Leadership Retreat Empowered Me Through The Pandemic

KeenAlignment

I was lost. The pandemic threw me, threw many of us, for a loop. In the first few months, I was just waiting for things to return to normal like most people. I put my future on pause anticipating the return of what was familiar. I had figured out a plan to navigate life as we knew it, but not this new reality. As the months kept ticking by, I began to feel more disconnected from my path and my purpose.

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5 Things to Know About Employee Recognition in 2021

Terryberry

There are a lot of reasons to look forward to 2021. Who’s not ready to put 2020 behind us and start a new chapter? Many organizations have asked more of their employees this year, and showing appreciation can energize your group and activate a shared purpose going into next year. On the other hand, failing to do so can demoralize your team and lead to retention problems in the future.

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updates: team won’t accommodate my allergy, mixed messages after lay-offs, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. My team keeps holding lunches at a restaurant that doesn’t accommodate my allergy. I do have an update, and it’s a happy one. You suggested that if I wasn’t getting anywhere with the person organizing the lunches, I should talk to someone above them.

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COVID-19: With Pfizer Vaccine Authorized, When Can Employees Return to Work?

BerniePortal

In mid-December, the FDA approved emergency use for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Cases continue to rise, but some American businesses have already returned to the office while others still rely on remote work operations. As the vaccine rolls out across the country, how should employers plan for the next several months?

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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How to make graduate recruits stand out in a tough climate

Etz

It’s difficult market out there for anyone job hunting, but the going is even tougher for graduates. New statistics from the Institute of Student Employers reveal that the number of openings for university leavers has fallen to its lowest level since 2008, as companies scale back their graduate recruitment schemes in response to the financial impact of COVID-19.

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IRS: How to Report Nonemployee Compensation & Backup Withholding

HR Workplace Services

Click here to read the new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax Tip: How to report nonemployee compensation and backup withholding … The post IRS: How to Report Nonemployee Compensation & Backup Withholding appeared first on HRWS.

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5 quick marketing strategies to keep customers beyond Christmas.

Papirfly

Building brand loyalty is often spoken about as if there’s some kind of magic formula. The truth is, there are hundreds of ways to do it, and no one method can be suitable for everyone. It can take years, months or in some cases just a couple of minutes to build depending on the exact motivations of your individual purchasers.

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Scaling Employee Training Videos

Flimp Communications

We’re past the initial scramble of companies and HR managers desperate to improve training video content, challenged to reach remote workers. Today, organizations have produced more engaging employee training content to help new workers hit the ground running. For those companies in a position to hire , ensuring all employees have the same access to this video training is becoming the highest priority as the pandemic stretches into the new year.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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Six Ways Agencies Can Help Small To Medium Businesses Lift Their Online Presence

Forbes Coaches Council

Online is where customers are today — thanks to lockdowns and restrictions — and where they are likely to remain after the pandemic.

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3 Tips to Manage Remote Employee Performance

Namely

Whether you’re rejoicing or lamenting, remote work is here to stay. Even before the pandemic began, remote work was a fast growing trend that more and more organizations were starting to embrace.

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Using HSAs with Social Security and Medicare

PeopleKeep

Health savings accounts (HSAs) have been around since 2003, but many people remain unfamiliar with them. An HSA allows an individual to use untaxed savings to pay their own individual health insurance costs as well as out-of-pocket expenses for group health plans. Both individuals and employers can contribute to these accounts up to a maximum amount specified by the IRS.

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Analyzing Resilience and Well-Being at Work: a Multi-Level Perspective

Digital HR Tech

Effective coping with stress and anxiety at work is a hallmark of resilience. In this article, we will explain how employees’ resilience is linked with team dynamics and organizational settings, and why it is essential to adopt a multi-level perspective on resilience. We will also discuss how different levels of resilience may impact employees’ health and well-being.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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13 Ways To Ease The Burdens Of Covid-19 On Employees

Forbes Coaches Council

Companies continue to see people needing to take time off to deal with circumstances caused by the pandemic. What can leaders do to help ease these burdens on their employees?

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giving a good reference to get rid of a bad employee, I don’t want to manage people, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Giving a good reference to get rid of a bad employee. About six months ago I got my first management position. One of my staff, A, was turned down for my job and is still salty about it. She is about to graduate with a business management degree and is looking elsewhere for other opportunities. I expect to receive inquiries from potential new employers soon.

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How to Make Your Work-From-Home Routine More Exciting: 5 Ideas

Take It Personel-ly

Even if you never thought you’d fall into a WFH lifestyle, the realities of 2020 may have you referring to your couch as “my office.” Though it may be more comfortable, working from home has its own set of challenges. So how can you make the transition easier? Fortunately, you have increased freedom to indulge […].

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