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Building an Employee Listening Strategy: What It Is and Why It Matters

Quantum Workplace

At the root of employee engagement is an employee’s need for a few basic, but critical things: Having the right resources and information to be successful. Feeling validated in sharing their opinions. Gaining alignment on goals and expectations. Feeling support from managers and leaders. Elevating employee listening helps organizations understand what’s happening within their workforce so they can take action to improve their experience and ultimately boost employee engagement.

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This tech firm is breaking down stigma around ‘secret’ disabilities

HRExecutive

Among other things, the past year has led employers to accelerate programs that respond to employee needs holistically—but it’s essential that all employees feel that support, says one HR leader with first-hand experience. According to Steve Pace, head of HR at Forward Networks, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based company that develops enterprise software for network management, one daunting complication of protecting all employees is the stigma of shame, anxiety and fear held by employees working

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[Free Template] COVID-19 Return to Office Memo for HR

Zenefits

Getting ready to go back to the office, but not really sure what to say? Use this editable template as you prepare your communications with employees returning to the office. And while HR and compliance will have handled most of the logistics in planning a safe return to work, this information will be best received by employees as a message from the CEO or business owner.

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Top Time Management Tips for Recruiters

Hppy

Recruiting is a vital business function, whether in-house or outsourced, which means recruiters have a lot of trust put in them. An organization is its people and bringing in the right people is a process–one which requires industry understanding, forethought and a lot of planning. . Getting the planning part right means incorporating good time management into everything a recruiter does.

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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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What Happens if You Fail to Pay an ACA Penalty?

ACA Times

3 minute read: Have you ever wondered what would happen if your organization failed to pay penalties assessed by the IRS under the ACA? In this post, Trusaic explains what you need to know about the IRS’ enforcement powers under the ACA, namely, the powers to levy and lien. . As an initial matter, it’s important to understand where the IRS gets its ACA enforcement authority from.

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7 Healthy Habits To Achieve More Every Day

Take It Personel-ly

Lifestyle is all about the daily habits that contribute to your mental as well as physical health. If you’re leading a sedentary lifestyle, then it’s about time that you consider the healthy ways of living. You can transform your life through small changes in the daily routine. Also, try to incorporate a morning routine that […].

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Essential Facts About Worker's Compensation For Remote Employees

Ving!

Workplace injuries can occur without warning or can develop over a couple of days, weeks, or months. This is true whether the employee works onsite or telecommutes from home. As such, both employees and employers need to know and understand worker’s compensation. Worker’s compensation is a kind of insurance or system mandated by the government. It offers monetary benefits to employees who get injured or develop a disability while at work.

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Stop and Go: The Fascinating Psychology of Workplace Motivation

Bonusly

Understanding how to motivate employees to be productive has always been an enduring topic. In the business world, leaders have spent decades experimenting with rewards and penalties, trying different combinations of carrot and stick based on instinct, trend, or tradition. ????. However, neuroscience has found vastly different brain activity when people receive incentives or are threatened with disincentives.

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Manage up to your boss – your team will thank you for it

Insperity

Are you making the effort to manage up at work? No? Not sure what that means? We all have external and internal customers at work. Your external customers are, of course: Your company’s actual customers Vendors Partners Government Media. These are valuable relationships that require care and maintenance on your part to be successful at your job and represent your company well.

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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Resume Red Flags and Tips on How to Fix Them

6Q

Creating and formatting a professional resume can be quite tricky at times. But you aren’t alone. Many candidates with enough qualifications fail to bag the job due to unimpressive resumes. Here are six red flags you need to avoid to build an outstanding and professional resume. Masking yourself into a whole different persona is not a healthy way to pass the seven-second resume glance rule and crack a personal interview.

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8 Tips to Fight That Zoom Fatigue (Because All Those Video Meetings Are Exhausting)

The Muse

All those video meetings can leave you exhausted. Use these strategies to combat Zoom fatigue while working remotely.

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Supporting Neurodiverse Employees

Helpside

In the United States, 1 in 5 people have learning and thinking differences, such as dyslexia and ADHD. Employing these types of neurodiverse individuals increases diversity in your organization and can drive innovation. Here are some ways for you to best accommodate neurodiverse employees: . Be Ready for a Conversation . It is important to not make assumptions about someone’s abilities based on them being neurodiverse.

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Scotland-based Candidate.ID Raises USD $965K for Its Recruitment Marketing App

WorkTech

Scotland-based Candidate.ID raised an additional USD $965K of Seed funding from an existing investor for its recruitment marketing app. Candidate.ID helps employers develop candidate pipelines and nurture campaigns. This brings […]. The post Scotland-based Candidate.ID Raises USD $965K for Its Recruitment Marketing App appeared first on WorkTech by LAROCQUE, LLC.

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Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Empowering Managers for Excellence

Speaker: Adri Glover - Head of People, and Mollie Hinz - Sr. People Partner

In the fast-paced world of work, burnout has emerged as a critical issue. Alarming statistics reveal two in five U.S. workers experience feeling burned out. However, the situation is even more dire among managers, with nearly half reporting burnout, often hidden behind their responsibilities and the desire to uplift their teams. Recognizing the severity of this problem is crucial.

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People analytics: filling the data skills gap among HR is key to building the profession's credibility

HR Zone

Business Filling HR's data skills gap.

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How Does Contingent Workforce Data Improve Visibility and Decision-Making?

Allegis Global Solutions

Companies recognize the need to raise visibility into their flexible workforce and act on data-driven strategies. That need for workforce data and the visibility it provides influences everything from technology investment to managed service provider (MSP) relationships. But with all the fuss about workforce data, a practical question remains: What does an informed, highly impactful contingent workforce decision really look like?

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Ask the Expert: Criterion Shares Insights on the Future of HR Technology

compareHRIS

The future of work holds exciting opportunities for innovation and growth. As the priorities and needs of HR shift toward personalization, employee-centered experiences, and digital integration, the technology used to achieve those goals must shift as well. HR leaders and their teams need robust tools that not only support ongoing digital innovation, but also shape […].

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Positive for Pot – No Defense Under the ADA

SHRM

An employee (firefighter) is put on a last chance agreement for off-duty conduct. The agreement specified that the employee would be subject to mandatory random drug testing and could be subject to termination if he tested positive for “a controlled substance.” Nearly two years later, he tells some coworkers that he is thinking about applying to obtain a state certificate for authorized use of medical marijuana to help him with his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

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Fortify I-9 Compliance With The All-in-one Team Training Handbook

USCIS estimates that 76% of paper I-9s have at least one fineable error —with high-volume hirers at the highest risk. But worry not. WorkBright’s Ultimate I-9 Compliance Guide is a comprehensive resource to instantly level up your team’s I-9 process and reduce your audit risk. What to expect: Written for HR teams: No cryptic legal jargon here. We’ve made it fast and easy to find concise answers to nearly fifty I-9 questions in simple terms.

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HR Tech Number of the Day: collaboration tools

HRExecutive

2,872%: Increase in percentage of use of video conferencing tools across Verizon networks in spring 2021, compared to before the pandemic Zoom fatigue has become a real consideration for many employers whose workers are in remote or hybrid situations—however, according to new data from communication giant Verizon, use of online collaboration tools across its network continues to hit record highs.

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Employers Are Hiring More Remote HR Leaders

SHRM Resources

Data indicates that employers are hiring more remote senior roles as they decide to sustain remote workforces.

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HR: You're More Than a Fire Extinguisher

SHRM

A fire extinguisher is an active fire protection device used to extinguish or control small fires, often in emergency situations. [Source: Wikipedia] OK, so where am I going with this? Well, we should all be familiar with the purpose and importance of having a functioning fire extinguisher in our homes and in our workplaces. What we know about them include: We usually know where they are if we need them.

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how to screen out micromanagers in a job interview

Ask a Manager

This post, how to screen out micromanagers in a job interview , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I am part of the interview team in finding a replacement for our ex-manager. And our department would really like this person to not be another micromanager. Any ideas for questions I could ask? Or any red flags in the interviewee’s answers/demeanor to watch out for?

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Trending Payroll Statistics

Staying up-to-date on the latest decisions and payroll statistics ensures businesses can remain compliant and efficient. B2B Reviews research compiled the latest data to help businesses stay on top of payroll in 2024 and prepare for the future.

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Will You Push Yourself to Make Necessary Hard Calls?

Babette Ten Haken - Human Capital & Industrial IoT

Post pandemic professional innovation requires you to push yourself to make necessary hard calls. Deciding on that first push forward is the hardest call you make. Because as you collectively crawl out of your quarantine caves, into the light, you discover the business ecosystem is changed. You and your colleagues are moving forward towards what, continuously, presents as new and next each day.

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How remote working amplifies perceptions of bullying

HR Zone

Culture Bullying in the remote workplace.

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Top 6 tips to attract and retain top talent

Zoho People

The competition for talent these days is fierce, even despite the pandemic. As Gen Zers enter the workforce in full swing and millennials climb to higher levels of management, your strategies for attracting, engaging , and retaining talented employees should be evolving. What millennial and Gen Z employees expect from their workplace is very different compared to their counterparts from previous generations.

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Degreed Raises $153 Million for Its Learning and Upskilling Platform and Becomes Work Tech’s Latest Unicorn With a $1.4 Billion Valuation

WorkTech

Degreed became work tech’s newest unicorn with a $153 million Series D round of venture capital for its learning and upskilling platform. This brings its total raised to $360.2 million. […]. The post Degreed Raises $153 Million for Its Learning and Upskilling Platform and Becomes Work Tech’s Latest Unicorn With a $1.4 Billion Valuation appeared first on WorkTech by LAROCQUE, LLC.

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Bridging the Gap: The Intersection of DEI Initiatives and Employee Benefits

Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP

Unlock the secrets to transforming your organization’s employee benefits into a strategic tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). During this informative session, we will discuss common pitfalls in traditional benefits and then delve into the essence of DEI in employee-centric benefit offerings. This involves not only defining DEI in the workplace but also understanding the pivotal role that employee benefits play in fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

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Hire Your Best (Remote) Team

Hireology

COVID-19 has made remote work inevitable for a great portion of the population. But after the pandemic comes to an end, the flexibility associated with working remotely will likely stick around, making remote work desirable to a larger amount of employees. . Hiring remote employees doesn’t only benefit your staff — it also gives you access to the best talent without setting limitations on location.

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Use B2B Incentive Programs to Collect & Manage Channel Data

The Incentive Solutions News blog

Having a process to consistently collect and manage channel data can be a big differentiator in today’s B2B markets. According to Forrester channel expert Jay McBain , collecting and effectively using channel data can help vendors improve speed-to-market, develop actionable insights and better location intelligence, open up data accessibility to reduce payment errors, and quantify the return on invested capital (ROIC) in the channel.

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Recruitment Strategies to Retain Your Team

Hireology

Retention issues are industry-agnostic, but the healthcare industry specifically deals with a great deal of turnover. Unfortunately the stakes are much higher than other professions, as your patient care hinges on the quality and longevity of your hires, so keeping your team around matters a lot. . In order to combat turnover, you have to look at all areas of your organization and see what’s causing individuals to jump ship.