Tue.May 26, 2020

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Bill Would Allow Businesses to Provide Some Benefits to Gig Workers

SHRM Resources

Congress is considering legislation that would allow businesses to provide health- and safety-related benefits to gig-economy workers during the coronavirus pandemic without creating an employer-employee relationship.

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How to Optimize Employee Development Working From Home

Professional Alternatives

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, businesses are focused on safety, rather than employee development, and have had to postpone or even cancel travel plans and send workers home so they can work remotely. Even though businesses will still regain some semblance of normalcy, it could take some time for that to happen. By taking up virtual learning in this period, companies can invest in employee development, which will lay the foundation for increased retention and better operations overtime. 

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10 Questions to Ask When Reopening your Business

Prism HR

As stay-at-home orders are lifting across most states, business leaders are feeling both relief and trepidation. Governments are cautioning that the danger from the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. But in many places the burden of the decision of exactly how and when to open is resting heavily on businesses themselves. Whether you were already open, have just been told you can open your doors, are trying to decide when to bring remote employees back to the office, or are still waiting for the

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Leading Remotely – 6 Ways to Increase Connection and Engagement

DecisionWise

“ Will half of people be working remotely by 2020?” That was the title of a prescient article written in 2014. Another report stated that between 2005 and 2018 remote work increased 173%. Still, no one could have predicted what the business world is experiencing right now. When it comes to the current work from home (WFH) reality, many are enjoying the change.

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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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Share Your WFH Hacks

NoExcusesHR

Long before all the current WFH craze hit the world, my company was 100% virtual. Our transition to all of the suddenly trendy advice around workspaces, clutter removal, shower (or not) before work, etc, seemed a bit dated for us. I'm not bragging here, just commenting that we had already gone through that phase years ago. Turns out, you actually figure out what works best for you, regardless of all the "expert" advice floating around the web.

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What Is Your Pettiest Reason For Being Lukewarm On A Candidate?

The HR Capitalist

Updating this post for COVID-19, although most of you are bigger than that. But that doesn't mean we're not all small in some way. I'm asking. You know you have some type of petty thing - that's caused you to rank a candidate lower than they should have been. Candidates who got impacted by COVID? You'll get through that and not hold it against them.

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Professional Burnout acknowledges Your Signal to Noise Ratio

Babette Ten Haken - Human Capital & Industrial IoT

Consider that you just may be wrestling with professional burnout, at this point. By now, you realize your “temporary” hiatus from the workplace does not represent anything close to a 14-day quarantine exercise. And your adrenaline-driven rush during March only represents the front end of the pandemic bell curve. Not the entire cycle. And, Memorial Day comes and goes.

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Hiring New Employees During COVID-19

SHRM Resources

Hiring continues during the COVID-19 pandemic, as some companies need to bring new employees on board to serve customer or product development needs. With states and even counties and municipalities taking different approaches to preventing the spread of the coronavirus, employers are finding themselves addressing a variety of employee needs and concerns.

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A New Lens On Mental Health And Well-Being At Work

WorkHuman

Workhuman’s CEO Eric Mosley explains the importance of keeping mental health in mind as employees work during the pandemic and what employers can do to help. Read the article n Forbes. .

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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Small Business HR Issues: How to Deal with Them

Hppy

Human resources are an essential element of every business, both big and small. However, small businesses do not usually have designated HR departments like larger companies. So, many or all HR issues in small businesses need to be dealt with by the business owner. Here are some of the most common HR issues you could face, and the best ways to handle them.

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TecHRseries Interview with Sarah Hamilton, Sr. Director of Human Resources

WorkHuman

Workhuman’s Sr. Director of HR Sarah Hamilton is interviewed about her career path and how she believes technology is impacting the HR industry. Read the full interview at TecHR Series. .

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10 Ways Women Can Avoid Career Self-Sabotage

Forbes Coaches Council

Women can reframe the narrative in their heads that tell them they’re not good enough in order to help themselves become more realistic in their self-appraisals.

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Employee Engagement during COVID-19

Betterworks

Being an employee isn’t what it used to be. In a post COVID-19 (remote working) world, employees need to be drawn into the business in different ways than were used at the beginning of 2020. Suddenly we’re working remotely, not interacting socially with our teammates, there’s no ongoing direction, and we aren’t getting in-person feedback or affirmation.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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The Key To Leadership Development Is Critical Reflection

Forbes Coaches Council

If critical reflection is so important, how do we work with ourselves and employees to integrate these skills more deeply? Here are four research-based strategies that you can use.

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COVID-19: Travel Ban Extensions and a Few Rays of Hope

SHRM Resources

As we enter the third month of travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, the initial panic in the U.S. and abroad has given way to significant economic concerns and lockdown fatigue. Around the world, many governments are allowing a cautious reopening of certain business sectors and some freedom for their citizens to leave their homes for limited purposes or periods.

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Here?s that new CDC guidance for re-opening your business. Plus, we?ve get one heckuva Zoom chat coming on Friday!

The Employer Handbook

Before we talk about this new CDC guidance, mark your calendars for Friday at Noon EDT. That’s when I’ll be back with another HR COVID-19 Zoom chat. Go ahead and register now ( here ) while space is still available. My special guest this week is an accomplished HR professional, author , and a member of the SHRM Board of Directors. If HR is your jam, then Steve Browne is your peanut butter.

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4 Tips for Hiring Candidates with Grit!

The Tim Sackett Project

In our ever-constant struggle to find the secret sauce of finding the best talent, many organizations are looking to hire candidates who have grit. What the heck is grit? Candidates who have grit tend to have better resolve, tenacity, and endurance. Ultimately, executives are looking for employees who will get after it and get stuff done. Employees who aren’t waiting around to be told what to do, but those who will find out what it is we should be doing and go make it happen.

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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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How Data Analytics Technology Helps Improve Workplace D&I

WorkHuman

Workhuman’s Global Head of Analytics Jesse Harriott writes about how data analytics can help improve workplace D&I. Read the article on Digital Bulletin. .

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9 Sustainable Workplace Ideas that You can Adopt

Vantage Circle

The world has seen a significant rise in global warming and the environment has deteriorated over time. The reason behind this is that we have forgotten the concept of being sustainable. And the current corporate world has somewhat played a role in adding to environment turmoils. Keeping that in mind, organizations are now focusing more on sustainability, reduction of carbon footprint, and opting for a more environmentally friendly work environment.

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I sacrificed for my boyfriend’s business and might get nothing, renting a house from my boss, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. I sacrificed for my boyfriend’s business — and I might get nothing. In early 2010, I started to date my boyfriend who owned a small business. Two years later, I decided to “partner” with him to expand/re-design his business. I brought lots of knowledge and unlimited hours of work, which “paid off” because the business is successful.

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10 Truths About Resilience: Thriving in 2020

Limeade

According to the American Psychological Association , resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or significant sources of stress — such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, finances, or stress at work. We’ll be the first to say that “adapting well” in 2020 has not been easy.

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

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Protecting Employee Personal Health Info During the COVID-19 Pandemic (aka HIPAA & Coronavirus)

Willory

Since 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been protecting the privacy and security of defined health information. Understanding HIPAA is even more important, because as HR professionals, per HIPAA, we can’t disclose positive COVID-19 results, but still must protect our employees.

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When ?Open-Up Business? Activism Creates Tension at Work

SHRM

Q: I manage a division with 40 employees. About half are happy working remotely, getting paid their usual, in no hurry to return. The other half however, are public-facing employees who can’t work remotely. They’re being paid their base salary, but not their commissions. In other words, they need us to open in order to make ends meet. Some of those employees have become outspoken advocates for the “open-up business” movement and even pressure co-workers to call politicians and signing

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Business (un)Usual in a COVID-19 world

Shortlist

In the last couple of months, the world has been adjusting and trying to find ways of coping with the debilitating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. From business owners to employees within different industries, to students and children, we’ve all found ourselves living in uncertain and unfamiliar times. We’re kickstarting the “Business (un)Usual” series as […].

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The Leading Advantage: Adapting to the Unknown

Career Partners International

Elaine Varelas of Keystone Partners , a CPI Firm, joins us to discuss the challenges of leading a team through uncharted territory. With a human approach, honest communication, and an inclination towards adaptability, leaders can create stronger and more resilient teams. Listen on Spotify. Listen on iTunes. The post The Leading Advantage: Adapting to the Unknown appeared first on CPIWorld.

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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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5 Ways Technology Can Monitor Health On The Construction Site

Ving!

The construction site is one of the most important areas in the workforce. For employees, it can also be a dangerous place for physical health. With new technology, construction professionals can monitor health on-site to prevent injuries or illnesses.

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Busted: The Biggest Myths about Working from Home

Boost Rewards

Working from home has been on the rise for the past decade, and as technology has advanced, it has allowed more and more employees to move offsite. Smart companies are embracing the remote worker, saving money and reducing their overhead costs. And their employees are reportedly happier and more productive. Before the arrival of [.].

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Time to Level-Up in the Remote Work Environment

Human Workplaces

In terms of adjusting to remote work, most of us are moving from stage one to stage two: from “triage” to “transition.” We have our home office set up, maybe boosted our bandwidth a bit, and we don’t make that important point in the zoom meeting while remaining on mute. Okay, we don’t do that every time, at least. That’s the triage part—making sure things work.

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