Fri.Apr 24, 2020

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Keeping Your People Connected And Productive While Working Remotely

15Five

Whether you’ve worked at home for years or are just making the transition, now is the time to commit to certain behaviors that will ensure the entire team stays productive and connected. And as you’ll see the two are not mutually exclusive… It all comes down to balance—having time for work and for yourself while maintaining a strong sense of connectedness.

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Managing Workforce Reductions in Today’s Remote COVID-19 Environment

Career Partners International

The COVID-19 pandemic has sent shock waves rippling through the world economy. Almost immediately, we shifted to a work-from-home environment across virtually every industry sector. Many organizations are now facing the very real possibility of furloughing employees, implementing layoffs or eliminating jobs completely. These actions might be critical for the sustainability of the organization, but they will be more challenging to implement while unprecedented numbers of employees are temporarily

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5 Best Tricks To Enhance Employee Tenure In Remote Working

Vantage Circle

Employing workers is just the beginning of building a strong labor force. Next, you have to retain them. Employees around the world crave independence and flexibility. The most popular form of flexibility provided by the companies is the opportunity to function remotely. It's no secret that hiring remote employees provides many advantages. Such benefits include exposure to a global pool of talent, improved productivity, and reduced stress on the employees.

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How a Doggy Daycare is Coping with COVID-19 & Preparing to Reopen

Homebase

While it’s no secret the dogs of America have been relishing the extra quality time as we remain stuck at home during the COVID-19 outbreak, social distancing has prevented them from enjoying quality time with their furry friends due to the closures of doggy daycares. . One of these daycares that has had to close its doors is The Watering Bowl in St.

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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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Healthcare Confronts a New Talent Management Reality with COVID-19

Sterling Check

A conversation with Val Poltorak, General Manager, Sterling Healthcare and Life Sciences. As 2020 dawned, the healthcare industry was already facing talent shortages and increasing regulatory oversight at the federal, state, and local level. When COVID-19 hit the United States, it upended an already challenged industry. “In a matter of days, everything intensified.

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Why HR Influencers Are Buzzing About Experience Platforms

Engage2Excel

If you have attended an HR tech conference or if you follow HR influencers, then you know that the technology used to interact with employees and manage data is evolving faster than many organizations can keep up.

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#WorkTrends: Culture That Counts Right Now

TalentCulture

Now more than ever, the culture of a company matters. From values to purpose to behaviors, culture is what crosses through every level of an organization and connects its people together. This week on #WorkTrends, Meghan M. Biro and Organizational Culture Strategist Josh Levine got into the power — and the importance — of work cultures today. As companies have transitioned their workplaces to remote, grappling with new policies and tough decisions, it’s the leaders who have […].

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Five secrets to successful remote onboarding during a crisis

HR Zone

Acquisition Remote onboarding in a crisis.

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Potential ACA Relief for Employers Facing COVID-19 Hardship

ACA Times

2 minute read: As the COVID-19 global health pandemic continues to affect businesses large and small, employers must still comply with the requirements of the ACA’s Employer Mandate. As a reminder to employers in conjunction with the Employer Shared Responsibility Payment (ESRP), the ACA’s Employer Mandate, Applicable Large Employers (ALEs), organizations with 50 or more full-time employees and full-time equivalent employees, are required to offer Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) to at least 95%

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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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What Benefits Can Help You Attract and Retain Employees?

TalentLyft

In today’s candidate-driven job market, there is fierce competition to attract and retain employees. Offering a competitive benefits package can significantly improve your company’s success in both attracting top talent and retaining your existing employees. Read More.

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Creating a Coronavirus Mask Policy for Work [with Template]

Paycor

The CDC recommends that everyone—not just those who know they have COVID-19—wear cloth face-coverings in public. States including New York and Pennsylvania are now mandating this for all public areas. They have been joined by a growing number of private companies, including Walmart. Masks and face-coverings will likely play a big role in the coming months.

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We Need a GI Bill for the Covid-19 Era

WeSpire

Saturday Spark #56. By Susan Hunt Stevens, Founder & CEO. Over 16 million Americans fought in World War II, nearly 11% of the population. On June 22, 1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law one of the most successful benefits programs in US history: the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act. It is more commonly known as the G.I. Bill. Benefits included four years of educational support, including retraining and living expenses.

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Benefitexpress Announces New Regional Sales Executive, West Coast

WEX Inc.

Schaumburg, Ill. April 24, 2020— Benefitexpress™ the leading provider of cloud-based technology software and services for employee benefits administration, announced today that Cosmo D'Aquila has joined its sales team as regional sales executive for the west coast territory. In this role, Cosmo will develop strategic, consultative relationships with benefits administration leaders at mid-market employers, health insurance brokers at leading insurance firms, and benefits technology search consult

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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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14 Ways Managers Can Improve Employee Engagement During Crisis

Limeade

When managers show care, employees are more engaged, more productive and less likely to burnout. During times of crisis, however, managers may feel poorly equipped to provide strong support. After all, employee-manager relationships are different now, and workforces are relying on new forms of communication. How can managers encourage their direct reports to stay fully engaged — even as the COVID-19 pandemic changes the way we work?

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Telemedicine, Urgent Care or the Emergency Room: That is the Question

WEX Inc.

Telemedicine, urgent care or ER? Should I go to urgent care or the Emergency Room? Is urgent care cheaper than the ER? What does urgent care treat? What is telemedicine and when is it the best option? These are just a handful of common questions associated with health concerns and where to go for treatment. While the severity of one's condition is the most important factor in choosing healthcare, other variables such as cost, convenience and whether a facility accepts insurance also play a role.

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How Boston Companies Are Supporting Employees During Coronavirus

WorkHuman

Workhuman’s Director of HR Sarah Hamilton discusses how Workhuman is supporting its humans during Coronavirus. Click to read more on Bostinno. .

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What’s Next to Achieve Your New Normal: The Four Phases of Workforce Recovery

HSD Metrics

Start of Floodlight Tag: Please do not remove Activity name of this tag: HSD Retargeting URL of the webpage where the tag is expected to be placed: [link] This tag must be placed between the and tags, as close as possible to the opening tag. Creation Date: 12/10/2019 --> We know it’s not business as unusual, but most companies and their employees are getting back to business albeit in different ways.

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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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Facts to Consider While Opting for a Time-off Management Software

SutiHR

It’s a widely accepted fact that by 2025, more than 80% of the workforce will mostly be comprised of the millennial generation. Thus, organizations can no longer ignore the demands of these tech-savvy employees. It is important to note that the workplace is evolving, and organizations need to adapt quickly. There was a time when companies depended heavily on emails and spreadsheets to manage employee leave requests.

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Exhausted? Blame Zoom. Or Skype

Evil HR Lady

I cannot even begin to count the number of video conferences I’ve done since the beginning of March. I’ve worked exclusively at home for 11 years, and so I thought I was as up to date as anyone on remote communication. I teach a daily class via Skype and thought I was prepared for all my real-life meetings to replaced with video conferences–mostly Zoom.

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How to Keep Your Virtual Meetings Efficient and Productive

Thrive Global

The coronavirus pandemic has radically transformed the workplace, and for many of us, remote work has become a part of our new normal. But even with technology to keep us connected and productive , collaborating with teammates over instant messenger and keeping meetings focused over video conferences can be challenging. We asked our Thrive community to share the small techniques they are using to keep their meetings efficient and productive during this time.

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8 Easy Ways to Reward Your Work from Home Employees

Engagedly

Stop everything for a moment and think about the last time when you were told that you were doing a great job. How did that make you feel? Good, right? All employees need that pat on the back. […].

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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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Little Wins

Dave's Weekly Thought

As we enter another week in quarantine we've all figured out how to use zoom and have adapted the ability to wear shorts with a sport coat. We're tired of hearing strategies of how to work from home and we certainly aren't delighted when receiving cold calls from vendors "just checking up on us". Many people have lost jobs, others their businesses and some their lives.

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Hiring & Onboarding Staff Virtually

Paycor

The coronavirus pandemic has completely changed the way we operate. For many office workers, remote work is the new normal. And many businesses have completely altered their hiring plans, placing freezes on new roles and reducing budgets during the current economic crisis. But for some organizations, hiring more staff is essential during this time. As virtual recruiting becomes part of the new normal, HR leaders are also being forced to adjust to a virtual onboarding process in lieu of the typic

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Part Three: A much bigger FFCRA lawsuit (not exactly what employers expected).

The Employer Handbook

Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay. Yesterday, in part two of the “types of COVID-19 lawsuits that employers can expect” series, I wrote here about a Families First Coronavirus Response Act lawsuit. An employee-plaintiff alleged that her former employer interfered with and retaliated against her for exercising her rights under the FFCRA.

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Blacks Must “Own Our Health”

Thrive Global

For decades, I used my social justice activism as an excuse to neglect my health. I took on cause after cause. But the whole while, I ate crappy food, rarely exercised, guzzled diet soda and rarely slept. I abused my body through stress and overwork. Today, I am an African American man in my early 50s who battles high cholesterol, pre-diabetes, and hypertension.

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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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The Key to Cash Flow Management in Professional Services

Replicon

Services businesses generally boast one of the highest skilled workforces across the globe – and as a result, some of the highest paid as well. Paying employee salaries, covering software purchases, G&A expenses, and more; when it comes to assessing cash flow in professional services organizations, outflows are already pretty well defined.

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The State of Humanity at Work: Keeping Employees Engaged During a Pandemic

WorkHuman

Workhuman’s Global Head of Analytics and Executive Director of the Workhuman Analytics & Research Institute (WARI) Jesse Harriott details out the Workhuman State of Humanity at Work report results and how it relates to today’s COVID-19 working environment. Click to read more at HR Future. .

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5 Insights into How to Get a Job During COVID-19

SHRM

Human Resources professional Madeline Mann tells you everything you need to know to give you an edge in the job search during this trying time. Originally posted on the Self Made Millennial YouTube channel. .

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