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Crisis management in the workplace: the role of HR

Workable

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses are doing their best to help their people, support their communities and survive. Some are donating money and other resources to hospitals and doctors. Others are offering products and services for free. And many are making tough decisions like shutting down their stores or freezing some of their regular procedures for safety reasons.

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Why empathy is a critical skill for your organisation

HR Zone

Culture Bringing empathy into the workplace.

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How To Adjust Your Brand Strategy In The Time Of Coronavirus

Forbes Leadership Strategy

We are currently seeing many examples of companies that are focused on delivering value to their communities. This focus on community and community-thinking is very likely to stay in the future.

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Case Study: Strategic Workforce Planning for Rail Infrastructure Managers

Analytics in HR

The Netherlands is ranked the sixth in the world in terms of the quality of railroad infrastructure. However, in order to prepare for the future, the currently existing infrastructure needs a 30% increase in capacity. This requires tremendous changes in the current workforce. In this case study, strategic workforce planning is applied to solve this national problem, impacting millions of commuters.

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with California’s New Legal Requirements (SB-553)

Speaker: Speakers:

Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.

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5 Employee Benefits to Keep Top Talent

Professional Alternatives

Employees are essential to every successful company. The companies that value and take care of their team, get rewarded by their staff performing at unparalelled levels. One of the best way to show your employees that you truly care about them and their success is through benefits and perks. But where do you even start? Here’s five employee benefits to attract and keep those top performers: — Best Employee Benefits to Hold Onto Top Talent. — 1) Medical Insurance.

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Mindful Leadership: How to Get Started

Achievers

Anyone who finds themselves in a position of power, with a determined focus on being a transformational leader, will quickly realize the immense challenge they have set for themselves. To be in charge means all eyes are on you, and every step you make, word you use, and action you take is noticed and analyzed. If you are serious about achieving incredible outcomes in your organization, the rules, values and mission that have been set forth must be honored by the leader first.

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Considering layoffs? Instead, lead with purpose by exploring every alternative

Human Resources Today Submitted Articles

A test of a company’s commitment to leading with purpose is during a crisis. And with the COVID-19 virus threatening people’s health, livelihoods and the global economy, we are facing that crisis now.

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Evaluate company efforts around COVID-19 with Reflektive’s Coronavirus Sentiment Survey

Reflektive

In these times of chaos and uncertainty, companies and individuals are making meaningful changes to stay healthy and productive. Lots of our customers have been asking us: how do we know if we’re making the right decisions, at the right time to keep our employees connected and informed? Here at Reflektive, we’ve developed an easy, automated tool to help answer these questions.

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WOH 78: Families First Coronavirus Response Act – What Employers Need to Know

UpstartHR

“Here’s my general advice for businesses–don’t be afraid to get help.” In recent weeks a flurry of legislative activity has led to numerous laws to help employers and businesses dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak, and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act is a big part of the activity. What does this law mean for employers, and how does it benefit them?

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.

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here are your animal coworkers

Ask a Manager

With so many people working from home with animal coworkers, obviously we need to see photos of your new colleagues. When I put out a call for pictures last week, I received more than 450 of them … so I’ve divided them into two separate posts. Here’s part one. Click photos to enlarge. And if you’re reading this from the home page, you have to click through to see the photos.).

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5 Key Areas for HR Professionals to Focus on (now and post-Corona)

Digital HR Tech

The current Corona-crisis has hurled us into what we regarded only a few months ago as ‘the future of work’ Suddenly, things like digital transformation and running a business with a fully distributed workforce have become a reality for many organizations. But if we choose to look at the glass as being half full, this ‘new normal’ could speed up some of the changes we’ve seen over the past few years to make HR more effective and drive better business outcomes.

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Covid-19 Pandemic May Affect ALE Status

ACA Times

5 minute read: As businesses across the country are shutting their doors to comply with various state or local Stay at Home orders to combat the spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic, employers should understand how the dramatic changes to the work hours and size of their workforce can impact their ongoing ACA compliance. We already discussed how the Rule of Parity can affect an employee’s eligibility for an offer of coverage during this Pandemic.

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Furloughs/Layoffs During COVID-19: Best Delivered Via Video or an Analog Call?

The HR Capitalist

I've got a post up at Fistful of Talent this morning called How S**T Got Sideways as Companies Furloughed/Laid Off People in the COVID-19 Meltdown. The gist of that post is as follows - a LOT of companies over the last two weeks have communicated bad news (personal news of impact due to furlough/layoff) to groups of employees at the same time, which is about as far from a best practice as you can get.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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The State of Marijuana at Work in 2020

Precheck

The State of Marijuana at Work in 2020 Mar. 31, 2020. Cristina Loayza Product Manager. As it stands today, 33 states and Washington D.C. have authorized the medical use of marijuana. Eleven of those states and Washington, D.C also allow the personal ‘adult-use’ of marijuana. With 2020 being a presidential election year, efforts to include marijuana on this years’ ballot are rampant!

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I’m pregnant and my new boss is the dad, coworker wants to keep us all connected in cutesy ways, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. I’m pregnant by my new manager and don’t want higher-ups to know. I’m still fairly early in a pregnancy that is with a fellow coworker who became my boss right at the point I found out I was pregnant. We have a perfectly normal working relationship; nobody would ever even know based on how we act.

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Should We Continue With Professional Development During Coronavirus?

6Q

With many employees working from home due to the social distancing measures in place, should we continue with professional development during Coronavirus? And if so, how? Professional development, the process of improving staff abilities through teaching, training and mentoring, is an exceptionally important part of our working lives. The practice has clear benefits for all involved.

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Temporarily Closing Your Office? 4 Tips for Keeping It Safe

Take It Personel-ly

Your office building is set up to accommodate busy workers, but what happens when you need to close your office down for a few weeks or months? Workplace crime costs billions of dollars each year, and empty offices can be a magnet for thieves. If you need to beef up security while you’re away, consider […].

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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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DOL Releases New Guidance on Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)

ADP

Enacted on March 18, 2020, the FFCRA included provisions aimed at mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on businesses and individuals. Key.

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Why Top-Down Recognition Isn’t Enough + The Benefits of Peer Recognition

Bonusly

What comes to mind when you think of employee recognition? ??. It’s probably some form of top-down recognition—a manager or executive applauding or rewarding someone below them in the office hierarchy. And that’s OK! It’s certainly a good feeling to be recognized by higher ups. But what about recognition from peers—the team members who understand the late nights, hard work, and thorough communication that went into a certain project?

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COVID-19 Emergency Legislation Offers Substantial Relief to Employers

ADP

Beginning in April 2020, employers will be presented with a variety of new tax credits, forgivable loans and tax deferral options under two recently.

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Trying Not to Lose in HR!

The Tim Sackett Project

I usually love this time of year, primarily for March Madness and because I love basketball. I should have spent the weekend watching the NCAA Tournament but alas nature had other plans, and instead I spent that time watching past games which weren’t quite the same. While enjoying this pastime I heard very often the sports cliche: “They are playing not to lose versus trying to win” For those who have competed in sports (and for many in business), you know exactly what this loo

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2024 HR Calendar of Important Dates

64% of HR managers lack the time and resources to meet HR compliance challenges and 50% of HR professionals lack confidence in their ability to keep up with ever-changing rules and regulations ( UpCounsel ). This free calendar from Paycor can help.

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can my employer lay me off and ask me to volunteer?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: My employer, a medium-sized nonprofit, is experiencing a lot of understandable fundraising and budget anxiety during COVID-19. While I know everyone’s doing the best they can to prevent cuts to staff or layoffs, I heard through a coworker this week that one idea our CEO has been kicking around has been to lay off all the organization’s employees, have them collect unemployment, and ask them to volunteer for the organization for the duration of their unemployment elig

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How to Engage Remote Employees During COVID-19

Atrium

Just when we feel we’ve gotten a handle on how to engage employees, COVID-19 throws us a huge curve ball. Now, we must master ways to engage remote employees. And we’re not talking about just a few employees, but a whole workforce. There’s no doubt that’s an enormous challenge. Surely you’ve thought about morning zoom meetings, virtual coffee breaks and happy hours.

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my employee came to work with blue hair

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I have a sweet, younger employee who came into work having dyed her hair from brown to black with blue/purple/green highlights that change with how the light hits it — think peacock feathers. I don’t want to hurt her feelings, but it just doesn’t fit here. Our policy is specific about nails, attire, tattoos, and piercings, but not hair.

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Job Interview Tips for College Graduates

HR Digest

Want to top the next interview and get the dream job? Follow the following tips to make it perfect and hook the potential employer: Research the Company. Research the company before appearing for the interview. The company HR may ask you about their company to access how much you know about their services and the company as a whole. You needn't know the ABCD of the company; just a basic overview is excellent!

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DEIB Reimagined: Navigating Change and Shaping the Future

Speaker: Lachandra B. Baker, MBA, CTA, CDP - Founder/Principal Consultant at LBB Edutainment, Keynote Speaker, and Author

Join us for an insightful session where we delve into the evolving landscape of DEIB. Discover the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities that have emerged over the past year and explore what lies ahead. This webinar will equip you with actionable strategies, best practices, and reflection tools to effectively lead and inspire change in your organization.

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Surviving a Career Crisis: Lessons from the Trenches

exaqueo

The CEO of FORNASH, a fashion accessory company, Stephanie Fornash's business has all but dried up right now. When I checked in to see how she was faring, turns out she's helping with the crisis. When you've already had your career obliterated by the economy before, you have some great advice.

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Avoid A Company Catastrophe With A Culture-Focused Approach

Forbes Coaches Council

Finding real solutions begins with bringing in new viewpoints and giving these people the space to express divergent opinions without repercussions.

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5 Facts About Artificial Intelligence That Prove Future is Exciting

Take It Personel-ly

Remember those vintage commercials from the 50s saying the future is now where companies advertise a color TV? They used the term for nothing, to be honest. The real future is about to hit us really soon. We’re talking this decade. By the year 2030, artificial intelligence statistics say that our lives will be completely […].

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