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What HR can do to make culture the ‘enabler’ of business success

HRExecutive

Employees once might have readily accepted the notion that to advance in their careers, they needed to go above and beyond and devote most of their time to work. Post-global pandemic, however, although employees remain committed to their work, professional achievement is being recognized as part of, not the only component of, personal fulfillment. - Advertisement - “There is no going back to a life where work is at the center of it,” said Steven Businovski, who oversees talent management and org

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Not sure about what the AI transformation means for HR tech? We asked an expert

HR Brew

As AI-powered technology continues to change the ways of work, and with more HR tech vendors than Baskin-Robbins flavors, the advancement of transformative technology in the workplace can pose a challenge for HR teams looking to maximize return, enhance the employee experience, and have the right tech stack to meet business needs. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in January hired Andy Biladeau to lead the organization and its members through this transformation.

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HR Software vs. Traditional Onboarding: A Comparative Analysis

EmployeeConnect

Onboarding is a critical phase in the employee lifecycle that sets the tone for a new hire’s journey within an organisation. The approach to onboarding can significantly impact an employee’s integration, engagement, and long-term success. With technological advancements, many organisations are transitioning from traditional onboarding methods to using Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS).

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Legislative lowdown: Massachusetts passes pay transparency bill

HR Brew

On June 24, members of the Massachusetts legislature passed a bill mandating pay transparency. The legislation now awaits a signature from the state’s governor, Maura Healey. What the Massachusetts bill would require. The bill proposes that Massachusetts employers with 25 or more employees disclose a good faith pay range when they post open positions.

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Smart Tools & Strong Teams: A People-First Approach to AI in Sales

Speaker: Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy

AI isn’t replacing salespeople—it’s empowering them. The most forward-thinking sales organizations are using AI to enhance human performance rather than eliminate it. From coaching and messaging to prospecting and pipeline accountability, artificial intelligence is giving managers and SDRs the new tools they need to work smarter, sell better, and close more.

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How EY focuses on talent development for elite athletes, Olympians

HRExecutive

With the arrival of the 2024 Summer Olympics this month, HR leaders may be watching the next crop of athletes who could be transformed into highly valued corporate employees. - Advertisement - That was the case for professional services firm EY during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Executives, including HR leaders, representing EY, a sponsor of the 2016 games, met and interacted with top athletes during the event, sparking an idea for the firm’s Athlete Programs that would tap

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7 Employee Engagement Models To Help Improve Engagement (In 2024)

AIHR

You may not have given employee engagement models much thought, but the statistics suggest you should. Gallup estimates that low employee engagement leads to staggering annual losses of $8.9 trillion – nearly 10% of the world’s GDP. Additionally, 62% of employees report feeling disengaged, and 15% actively disengaged. The former typically put in minimal effort at work, and the latter often demotivate their colleagues with their disillusionment and pessimism.

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6 Precursors to Poor Productivity

Emergenetics International

Most leaders understand the importance of productivity. As a metric, it evaluates three core components , including: Efficiency , or the inputs required to execute a task, Quantity , or the amount produced, and Quality , or the worth or value of the deliverables. Each element can influence the company’s growth. An effective use of resources contributes to lower operating costs, while greater output demonstrates the capacity of businesses and employees to accomplish more.

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A Single Racial Slur May Be Severe Racial Harassment Under FEHA

HRWatchdog

Whether workplace harassment conduct rises to the level of severe or pervasive, as required by California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), is commonly misunderstood, as is what conduct is considered retaliation under the FEHA for workplace harassment complaints. In a recent double whammy decision, the California Supreme Court highlighted how the conduct’s context can result in a very broad array of conduct that results in harassment or retaliation.

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Get the best results from your benefit budget conversations

WEX Inc.

Many companies are recession-planning and looking for ways to cut costs. But employees remain top of mind for employers, with 55% of businesses saying they will not reduce salaries if there is a recession, and 47% saying they will not reduce benefits. That’s because benefits are critical for attracting and retaining talent. As such, it is critical to make a strong case for employee benefits during the budget conversations with leadership.

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Unlock The Hidden Value Of Group Medicare Advantage For 2026

Speaker: Youseline Poteau-Young and Renide Jean, EdD

Group Medicare Advantage is no longer a trend; it’s the prevailing model for Medicare-eligible retiree coverage. As costs rise and benefit expectations evolve, HR leaders are rethinking how to deliver sustainable, high-value retiree plans in a shifting health landscape. With Group Medicare growing in adoption and sophistication, 2025 will be a defining year for benefits professionals looking to modernize retiree offerings while managing long-term financial and administrative impact.

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Cultivating Safety and Preparedness: The Vital Role of First Aid and CPR Training in the HR Industry

Hppy

In today’s dynamic workplace environment, where employee well-being and safety are paramount, integrating First Aid and CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) training within the Human Resources (HR) industry plays a crucial role. Beyond compliance with legal regulations, such training fosters a proactive approach to employee health, safety, and organizational resilience.

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Sustainable Leadership: Incorporating Recognition into Long-term Business Strategies

Vantage Circle

Many organizations become locked in a self-created paradox while pursuing sustainable leadership. While striving for long-term sustainability, they unintentionally damage their efforts through traditional recognition processes. This disparity between sustainability objectives and employee recognition is more than a small oversight; it is a significant problem at the core of many business plans.

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Embracing Change in the Workplace

HRExecutive

Register here! Date & Time: Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 3:00 pm ET Speakers: Mike Paton , Speaker, Author and Implementer, EOS Worldwide Sponsored by: Description: Change is inevitable. But that doesn’t make navigating it easy. From transitioning leadership to shifts in personnel and technology, we all face change at some point in our career. If we don’t understand how to navigate it effectively, it can cause an organization to stagnate and, ultimately, fall behind its competition.

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ACA Penalty Panic? Here’s How to Fight Back (and Maybe Even Win) 

MP Wired For HR

ACA Penalty Panic? Here’s How to Fight Back (and Maybe Even Win) July 30th, 2024 Share on Facebook Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn Let’s be honest, receiving a penalty notice from the IRS is enough to make anyone break out in a cold sweat. In our previous blogs, we discussed the end of “Good Faith Relief” for ACA reporting and the common mistakes that can lead to penalties.

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Is Your Organization Ready for Real-Time Payments (RTP) and FedNow?

Faster, more flexible payment isn’t a future goal — it’s happening now. Real-time payments and the FedNow® Service are transforming wage disbursement, offering instant deposits, stronger compliance, and a better employee experience. This guide outlines the opportunities, compliance risks, and operational best practices finance and payroll leaders should know.

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Understanding HR career paths 

HiBob

HR professionals can impact countless lives throughout their careers. They drive HR transformation , foster connection and growth among team members, and keep the company culture aligned with organizational goals. Whether starting an exciting career in HR or helping your HR team members with career pathing , this guide will review the key roles and stepping stones involved in an HR career path.

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3 Big Benefits Mistakes to Erase From Your Program

Best Money Moves

3 big benefits mistakes to erase from your program. Your employees are disappointed in their benefits. Avoid these common benefits mistakes to improve engagement and promote wellbeing at your company. The right benefits strategy is critical to attracting and retaining talent at any company. In a recent PeopleKeep survey, 81 percent of respondents felt that an employer’s benefits package was a deciding factor when accepting a new job.

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Largest Yoga Franchise President on Leadership Lessons – An Interview with Lindsay Junk

Turning the Corner

As a leader, it’s crucial to hand-pick team members who complement your strengths and foster a supportive environment. When you choose people who align with your skills and values, you can create a cohesive team that collaborates effectively. This approach enables you to delegate tasks efficiently and leverage diverse skills to tackle challenges and seize opportunities.

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Effective Onboarding Strategies to Maximize Employee Retention

Payactiv

Why Effective Onboarding Is More Important Than Ever Congratulations – You’ve finally ended your long search for that perfect candidate to fill that critical role. Now it’s time to welcome your new team member properly, create a great first impression, and set them up for success. This is where effective employee onboarding comes into play. The employee onboarding process is a long-term initiative that starts well before your new hire’s first day on the job and continues long after.

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Improve Quality Of Hire—Start Screening Smarter

Struggling to improve quality of hire? You’re not alone. Resumes can only tell you so much. That’s why leading talent teams are using online screening to uncover deeper insight—like patterns of behavior, professionalism, and potential risk—before the interview. If quality of hire is your metric, this guide is your playbook.

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Workforce Management: The ‘Building Blocks’ of a More Efficient Organization

Prism HR

If you build it … When you hear about remote construction and remote skilled labor jobs , you realize pretty quickly the workforce is changing. Quickly and often profoundly, too. Much of today’s reimagined workplace is being constructed with younger employees in mind. That’s because, as Julie Lee—a director at Harvard Alumni for Mental Health—told the Washington Post: “What Gen Z wants is to do meaningful work with a sense of autonomy and flexibility and work-life balance, and work with pe

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Four Tips for Explaining Benefits to Employees

Helpside

Nearly half of employees do not fully understand their benefits package. Benefits can be confusing, especially for those who have recently entered the workforce. To help decrease confusion and dissatisfaction amongst employees, it is important for leaders to provide their employees with resources to help them understand their benefits package. Here are four tips for explaining benefits to employees: Provide real-life examples Oftentimes, reading a chart full of numbers can be confusing a

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Speak Up: How to Convey the ROI of Learning

Degreed

Employee skill gaps can zap any organization’s productivity. Low productivity costs the median S&P 500 company $116 million annually, according to McKinsey research. How is your L&D department helping? Whatever you do, you must show that your learning programs improve skills, productivity, revenue, or other important metrics for leadership. In other words, you must show how L&D delivers the best ROI of learning, not just any old ROI of learning.

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Digital age workplace: Why soft skills matter more than ever

Business Management Daily

What do remote work, artificial intelligence advancements, and video conferencing tools all have in common? They’re all significant contributors to the rapid digitization of the modern workplace. Digital transformation has been skyrocketing since the pandemic in 2020, with digitalization increasing by an average of 6 points across the world’s advanced economies the year after.

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How High-Growth Teams Are Building Better With Nearshore Talent

Speaker: Ron Fish, Global Talent Acquisition Executive

As companies rethink global recruiting strategies, nearshore staffing is emerging as a smarter, more strategic alternative to traditional offshoring models. Join this new webinar with industry leader Ron Fish to learn how nearshore models help organizations scale faster, operate more flexibly, and build globally aligned teams—without the common pitfalls and misalignment of offshoring strategies!

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Best Employee Experience Software to Drive Retention and Performance

Peoplebox

A recent Gartner study proves that 87% of employee are unsatisfied with their experience. Why? They feel disengaged and undervalued. Such widespread dissatisfaction can lead to increased turnover rates and decreased productivity in your organization. Imagine the impact on your company’s bottom line when more than half of employees are unhappy. Projects get delayed, innovation stalls, and the overall morale of your team plummets.

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One Step Closer to Victory—Apple Union Secures Tentative Contract

HR Digest

Apple has reached a tentative union contract with its first unionized store in Towson, Maryland, but the contract is still pending full approval from members. Similar to other major tech players in the country, the iPhone maker had managed to hold off union activities for quite a while until the Apple Maryland union came to be in 2022. There have been no deals struck between the company and its workers so far, but the recent Apple labor agreement may finally turn things around for workers.

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Land O'Lakes: Personalizing Recruitment with AI (i4cp login required)

i4cp

Land O'Lakes says they have experienced a 2x increase in website visits and leads generated over four years Land O'Lakes Snapshot Industry: Agriculture Location: Arden Hills, Minnesota Website: Land O'Lakes Employees: Approximately 8,500 Overview i4cp member company Land O'Lakes is leveraging AI to enhance candidate experience and streamline its recruitment processes.

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Celebrating 25 Years of Talent Excellence with Qualigence International

Qualigence Blog

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Qualigence International Celebrates 25 Years of Talent Excellence July 29, 2024 – Livonia, MI – Qualigence International proudly celebrates its 25th anniversary, marking a significant milestone in talent excellence and talent management. Since 1999, Qualigence has continually adapted to industry changes and led innovations. Steve Lowisz, Founder and CEO of Qualigence International , reflects on this achievement: “We are deeply grateful to our clients, partners, and dedicate

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Is Your Background Screening Policy Built For 2025? What HR Leaders Need To Know Now

Speaker: Liz Charron

From evolving legislation to shifting workforce expectations, background screening is undergoing major transformation, and HR is in the driver’s seat. With new compliance requirements and growing scrutiny, today’s HR leaders must build programs that are not only audit-ready but outcome-driven. HR Management and Employee Relations Expert, Liz Charron, will delve into how HR teams can navigate the latest legal changes, connect screening to workforce ROI, and embed these practices into the very fab

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Most Affordable LMS in the Market

PSB

Choosing an LMS that fits your budget while meeting your needs doesn’t have to be a daunting task. With so many options, finding a system that offers great features without breaking the bank is possible. What if you could access top-notch training tools without the hefty price tag? In this blog, we’ll explore the most affordable LMS solutions for 2024.

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Oh, you think you know retaliation, do you? Wait until you see this.

The Employer Handbook

Yesterday, I read a press release in the EEOC’s Virtual Newsroom announcing the resolution of a retaliation lawsuit. In my twenty-plus years of practicing employment law, I didn’t recall seeing retaliation claims quite like this one. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the general manager complained to the company’s Acting Chief Operating Officer that the company’s Controller discriminated against her based on what she believed to be her Hispanic national origin.

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How Important is Pay Transparency?

ApplicantPro

Does it really matter if you put pay information in your job ad? Let's dive in and check the data. Did you know that. 91% of US job seekers say salary ranges influence their decision to apply for a job (LinkedIn Talent Blog). When a person is looking for a job, the pay is probably one of the most important pieces of information to them. They need to know right off the bat if your pay is enough to fill their financial needs.

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