Sun.Jan 14, 2018

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Best Tools to Manage Your Remote Workforce

SutiHR

Managing a remote workforce is a new reality for most businesses. Having a remote workforce and managing a remote team has its own challenges; when managed successfully, it helps your business tremendously. The major challenges with managing a remote workforce are communication, data security, and tracking productivity. Businesses should become familiar with the latest tools.

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Sleep deprivation: Know whether it’s a performance problem or a disability

HR Daily Advisor

Employers striving for a diverse workforce take care not to discriminate against employees with a disability, but hidden disabilities can be tricky. Supervisors might think they’re dealing with performance problems when they really should be considering whether an employee has a disability protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). . Sleep deprivation — which the U.S.

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HR Kaleidoscope !!

Everyday People

This past week I was fortunate to present to my home SHRM chapter the Greater Cincinnati HR Association ( GCHRA ). It was special to me because this is the place where I “grew up” as an HR professional. They provided the laboratory to get to meet peers in the field, learn and develop HR skills and learn to grow in the role as a volunteer leader.

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Is there harm in asking? Questioning employees about their plans to retire

HR Daily Advisor

by Michele L. (Warnock) Brott. Retirement decisions cannot be divorced from a person’s age. When asking questions about retirement, employers should be cognizant of age discrimination laws and the implications of making such inquiries. . Applicable laws. Age discrimination is governed by both federal law and the laws in most states. The federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) applies to public- and private-sector employers with 20 or more employees and forbids discrimination ag

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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In 100 Words: Unexpected Paths

QAspire

We decide. We experience. We Learn. And then we adapt. We can never be certain if our decisions will turn out the way we anticipate. Sometimes, even when we have done all the critical thinking before deciding, success of a decision depends on context as well. So, what if we change our perspective about our decisions. What if we consciously move away from our finite definitions of what is right or wrong and trust the process?

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Feedback: More Than a Suggestion Box

POPinNow

If you want to get better as a company, it’s imperative that you remain unafraid of feedback. Opening yourself up to open and honest feedback helps you to make the decisions that will secure your company’s future. However, this doesn’t mean you need to rely on old-school methods like the suggestion box. Today, there’s a feedback app that gives people in your company the opportunity to truly speak their mind.

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Discrimination against breastfeeding employee leads to jury verdict

HR Daily Advisor

by Rozlyn Fulgoni-Britton. With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), federal law required employers with more than 50 employees to provide breastfeeding employees a private location, other than a toilet stall, where they can express breastmilk in privacya. And, of course, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) has prohibited discrimination “on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions” since 1978.

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How to Learn from the Way States Recruit Employees

ADP

The talent shortage has organizations getting creative when it comes to effective recruitment methods.

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Can they do that? Firing employees for off-duty conduct

HR Daily Advisor

by T. Harold Pinkley. Participating in last year’s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia—an event that involved several groups usually identified as the “alt-right,” along with groups protesting the marchers—has proven to have unforeseen and unintended consequences, including job loss, for some of the people involved. This article examines how you can or should respond when you learn your employees have been involved in controversial public conduct. .

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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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Episode 16 | How “Inside the Box” Innovation Helped Project 7 Disrupt the Gum Industry, Pt. 2 with Project 7 Founder Tyler Merrick

SnackNation

Episode 16 | How “Inside the Box” Innovation Helped Project 7 Disrupt the Gum Industry. Part Two with Project 7 Founder Tyler Merrick. When we last left Project 7 founder Tyler Merrick, a few missteps and some bad luck had put Project 7 in a bad spot. As in, “this might kill the business” bad spot. Rather than give up, Tyler asked himself, “If we were to take one more shot at it, what would that look like?

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The Weekly Independent: January 15, 2018

MBO Partners

News and notes for independent professionals and their clients. This is the January 15, 2018 edition.

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Job Seekers: 12 Things that Recruiters are Looking For Right Now

HR Bartender

A few weeks ago, I was facilitating the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) seminar on “ Talent Acquisition: Creating Your Organization’s Strategy ” and we got into a discussion about candidate preparation for interviews. Obviously, we spent time during the seminar talking about how recruiters and hiring managers need to prepare for interviews.

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my boss keeps telling me “you have a year,” dressing one step up from the job you’re interviewing for, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My boss keeps telling me “you have a year”. I recently started a new job, replacing someone who was in this position for six years and is close personal friends with my boss. My predecessor was obviously very good at her job and very organized, and a lot of my getting adjusted involves reading over her emails and files or my boss sitting in on meetings or calls that in the future I would handle alone.

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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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DOJ reverses course on Title VII protections for transgender persons

HR Daily Advisor

by Angela N. Johnson. On October 4, 2017, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum announcing the U.S. Justice Department’s (DOJ) new stance that transgender employees aren’t protected from discrimination under federal law. The announcement reflects a reversal from the Obama administration’s interpretation of the law and runs counter to federal court decisions and other federal agencies’ interpretations. .

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