Wed.Jul 26, 2017

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Certified PEO or IRS Certification = One Large Step for the PEO Industry

Tandem HR

PEO Industry. Tandem HR’s Senior Director of Operations, Greg Foss, discussed the new certified PEO (or Certified Professional Employer Organization) status with the IRS on Get Down to Business , a radio show for entrepreneurs and business executives that airs on 560 AM The Answer on Sunday evenings from 6 – 7 pm CT. Greg and host, Shalom Klein, discussed the benefits the new designation has for the PEO industry and PEO clients.

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Dear ReWorker: We Assumed Our Employee Would Be a Stay-at-Home Mom

Cornerstone On Demand

Dear ReWorker, We have just over 50 employees, so we are subject to FMLA. An employee had a baby a couple of months ago and went on maternity leave. We were all 100 percent sure that she would quit to stay home with the baby. Her husband has a good job and her sisters are stay-at-home moms. So, we started working on replacing her. We hired her replacement and she's great!

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Employees Are Looking for More Continuous Feedback – Why Are You Not Giving It to Them?

Reviewsnap

Employees want feedback from their employers. They do not want to have to wait six or twelve months for a performance review. They want to know what they are doing wrong and what they are doing right today so they can make changes or continue on the right path. However, as an employer, you may have reasons for not giving continuous feedback. While it was hard in the past, online employee review software is changing things up and making it easier than ever to provide your employees with the feedb

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The Ultimate Summer Reading List to Grow Your Career

Reflektive

Summertime means great weather and bus, train, or plane trips to even better weather and adventures, and if you’re like me, you’ll find yourself on a beach with a book in hand. When I take time off work to go on a vacation — a real one, where I’m not checking email every five minutes — I come back to work refreshed and ready to take my projects to the next level.

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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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Employees Are Looking for More Continuous Feedback – Why Are You Not Giving It to Them?

Reviewsnap

Employees want feedback from their employers. They do not want to have to wait six or twelve months for a performance review. They want to know what they are doing wrong and what they are doing right today so they can make changes or continue on the right path. However, as an employer, you may have reasons for not giving continuous feedback. While it was hard in the past, online employee review software is changing things up and making it easier than ever to provide your employees with the feedb

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The IRS Finalizes Regulations for ACA Premium Tax Credits

ACA Times

The IRS on July 24 finalized regulations for the use of premium tax credits. These are the tax credits provided by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to help lower income families and individuals subsidize the cost of premiums for healthcare insurance purchased through the Health Insurance Marketplace. The final regulations amend the Income Tax Regulations (26 CFR part 1) under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) relating to the health insurance premium tax credit and under section 162(l)

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Improving the open enrollment process: Part 1

PeopleStrategy

Time to start open enrollment planning. Now is the time we all break out our swimsuits, spruce up the patio and embrace summer in all its glory. Not to be a Debbie Downer, but it’s also time for HR professionals to think about their plans for open enrollment. Prepping for open enrollment now can result in a smoother process come fall/winter, as well as increased employee awareness and knowledge of the benefits plans your company will be offering.

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8 Small But Powerful Ways To Recognize Employees

Hppy

If you’ve ever felt underappreciated at work (and pretty much all of us have), then you know how important recognition is in the workplace. According to Gallup , only one in three workers had received praise or recognition in the past week, a factor that directly impacts turnover rate and employee engagement. Employees who don’t feel recognized are twice as likely to say they’ll quit within the next year.

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Your Biggest Barrier to Recruiting Effectiveness

TalentCulture

It’s time we acknowledged that there’s been a fundamental shift in the recruiting landscape and that the barriers to achieving best-in-class recruitment have moved on. I recently had a conversation with recruitment veteran Marc Hutto of Reveal Global Intelligence. Marc’s been recruiting for decades and espouses a form of “purpose-driven recruiting” that necessitates taking a step back and understanding how the market has changed.

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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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Is There Still a Need for HR?

TLNT: The Business of HR

HR departments are the last thing fast growing companies pay attention to. In the race to become lean, hypergrowth machines, many executives in the tech industry see HR simply as a nice to have at best, if not a symbol of the corporate culture they want to avoid.

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The Skills HR Needs to Sustain an Engaged Workforce

TalentCulture

The role human resources (HR) play in the workplace is undergoing a major shift. In the past, HR concerns took a back seat to bottom line business needs. This was due in part to a lack of strong HR metrics and methods of measurement, and the balance of power between employer and employee. But with today’s increasing jockeying for top talent, the C-level has woken up to the importance of employee engagement, retention and development.

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6 Transformative Benefits of Respect in the Workplace

Bonusly

Do you feel respected at work? Greeting people on the street, in the store, at the gym, or even in the workplace can seem like such a chore for some people. But what many forget is that saying “good morning” isn’t just being polite. By saying “good morning,” one person is showing respect for another person, not just by greeting them, but by simply acknowledging that they exist.

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Manager Relationships With Employees Can Boost Retention

ADP

Poor manager relationships can lead to employee attrition. Here's how to train managers to build stronger relationships with direct reports.

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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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Launch of Google Hire Tells Us We’re All in the HR Industry

Workology

Over the last six months, I have written about one emerging HR technology company the most, and it’s one that you wouldn’t expect. That is Google. And since their last two announcements of Google for Jobs and Google Cloud API, prior to the most recent launch of Google Hire I didn’t want to write about […] Source.

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Invest in women to beat tech’s diversity problem

HR Zone

Change. Invest in women to beat tech’s diversity problem.

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Labor Department Asks Employers For Input On Revising Overtime Rules

TLNT: The Business of HR

Editor’s note: The DOL rule raising the minimum pay threshold to $913 a week to determine who had to be paid overtime was to have taken effect December 1, 2016. However, 21 states and a number of business organizations sued to stop the rule. A federal judge in Texas issued a temporary injunction , which the government appealed to the 5th Circuit, where the case is currently pending.

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It’s not just about toilets! How to make a trans and non-binary inclusive workplace

HR Zone

Change. How to make your workplace trans inclusive.

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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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6 Marketing Tips to Feed Restaurant Success

Paychex

What can you do to make it as easy as possible for customers to find your business and stop in regularly to enjoy a meal? Consider these six ways to help market your restaurant better.

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How Much ‘Side Work’ Can Employees Do and Still Be Paid Tipped Minimum Wage?

HR Daily Advisor

In a recent decision, Florida Federal District Judge James Moody upheld the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule that a tipped employee may be paid a direct wage that is less than the Florida minimum wage of $8.10 per hour only if he spends no more than 20% of his time on duties that do not directly result in tips. Background. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the federal wage and hour law, employers may claim a “tip credit” toward satisfying their minimum wage requir

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my HR rep keeps using a Pepe the Frog emoji

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: We use an internal messaging service at work that allows people to make and recall emojis by writing anything into parentheses. For example, if I designed an emoji of my face, uploaded it and called it “Tina,” anyone in the company could type “Tina” and that emoji would come up. It’s generally great and fun and collaborative.

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Benefits Communication: Finding the Channels, Frequencies & Messages that Work

Benefitfocus

Benefit professionals can no longer be just that. So, take some cues from marketing and consider the tactics and materials behind communicating your benefits package to your workforce.

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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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[WEBINAR]This Is How You Look Out Of Your Market When Hiring New Talent

Spark Hire

Trying to look outside of your local market when hiring talent can be intimidating. There are so many things to consider and the entire experience can get very expensive, very quickly. So, here are some practical tips on how to look outside of your market for talent: Decide if employee relocation makes sense. Did you know that the average cost of relocating an employee can cost up to $75,000!

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Kronos Acquires Global Casino Resort Industry Leader Digital Instinct and its Virtual Roster Product

Empower Software

Acquiring Digital Instinct and its industry leading product line, Virtual Roster, deepens Kronos’ expertise and presence within the global casino resort industry.

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Before You Can DisruptHR, Disrupt You

TLNT: The Business of HR

“The way we do work is not the same as it used to be,” Christoff Boshoff says to his DisruptHR audience knows.

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Strengthen the link between employer branding and EVP

Papirfly

As the labour market continues to be competitive and talent-driven, companies need a compelling Employer Value Proposition (EVP) to build a powerful Employer Brand. Having these two in place, will help your organisation stand out and attract the best talent.

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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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Employment tribunal fees unlawful, says Supreme Court

HR Zone

Business. Supreme Court: Employment tribunal fees unlawful.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Compensation Cafe

In the world of pay, we are almost always looking forward to the upcoming year or more. We often operate with little or no reference to our histories. If we are going to measure our success, we should probably understand the path that got us here. I often work with companies who can provide very little information on how and why they are in their current state.

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Dave Ulrich: Teaching HR the Language of the C-Suite

HR Daily Advisor

BLR’s popular podcast, HR Works , recently featured an interview with Dave Ulrich, the man some call the “father of modern HR.” He and his colleagues have a new book out that can help HR leaders in a practical and research-based way. The book is Victory through Organization, Why the War for Talent is failing Your Company and What You Can Do about It.