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Should Employers Return to a Mask-Free Workplace?

HR Counselor's Corner

By Renee Mielnicki, Esquire. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) updated its guidance on May 13, 2021 to reflect a change in its recommendations for masks for fully vaccinated individuals. Specifically, the guidance provides that those who are fully vaccinated “can resume activities without wearing a mask or staying 6 feet apart, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance

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Work-Life Balance & Remote Work: 5 Tips for Balancing Work and Family

Quantum Workplace

Under normal circumstances, the transition to remote work can be challenging. Add caregiving to the mix and your employees are well on their way to burnout. How can parents and guardians balance conference calls and science projects, laundry and math homework, or kids and coworkers—all while living, studying, and working under one roof?

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HR’s Biggest Problem? The People Hiring HR.

Robin Schooling

The worst thing (probably) about your company’s HR Leader is the person who hired your HR Leader. In fact, I would love nothing more than to banish, forevermore, the CEOs, Business Owners, COOs and CFOs who recruit, interview and select their company’s HR leader. OK …not all of them need to go; there are quite a few who understand the value of great HR.

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Independent-Contractor Classifications May Need to Be Reviewed

SHRM Resources

Now that the Biden administration has announced plans to crack down on the misclassification of employees as independent contractors, employers should audit who they.

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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.

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HR Tech Number of the Day: HR automation

HRExecutive

$54,709: Amount of money employers could save annually if they automated their time management processes. While automation is quickly becoming a cornerstone of HR, there are still many processes being done manually—and that’s costing employers both time and money. A new report from Deloitte and Paylocity found that employers could reap significant cost savings across an array of HR functions by turning to automation.

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How to Foster Better Mental Health in the Healthcare Workforce

Precheck

How to Foster Better Mental Health in the Healthcare Workforce May. 18, 2021. Bryan Barajas Marketing Director. The COVID-19 pandemic raised concerns about how we treat mental health in the workplace. And few employees felt the stress of the pandemic more than those on the front lines: practitioners and healthcare workers treating severe COVID-19 cases or exposed to the virus in hospital settings.

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Infographic: 3 Steps After Every Employee Survey

DecisionWise

Download the PDF of this Infographic. Employee surveys come in many shapes and sizes. While the feedback received in each may differ, there are some universal steps that apply across almost all employee surveys. 1. Understand. When employees provide feedback, they are seeking to be HEARD and UNDERSTOOD. Spend time reviewing and analyzing feedback data.

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IRS Limited Non-Assessment Periods Help Avoid ACA Penalties

ACA Times

4 minute read. The Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions (ESRP) under the Affordable Care Act may seem straightforward, but, in reality, complying with them can be challenging and time-consuming. An area that many Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) struggle with is knowing when they are required to extend an offer of coverage to their full-time employees.

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Improve your Organization’s Career Experience

Engage2Excel

Research and recommendations provided in our The Career Experience Continuum eBook explains that the career experience is more than career development. From the employee's perspective, it is an important indicator of their fulfillment throughout their journey with your organization. When employers don't provide the experiences employees want most, employees disengage, under-produce and seek employment elsewhere.

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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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5 Statistics to Help Build Your Case for an Employee Recognition Strategy

Achievers

Companies and employees are at a critical crossroad. For the last year, employees have operated in crisis mode as a result of the pandemic. Despite many employees demonstrating admirable flexibility and creativity amidst rapidly changing requirements, employee engagement has suffered, and employee commitment is not expected to last. In fact, employers may soon see a turnover “tsunami” —a mass exodus of employees quitting their jobs after the pandemic ends.

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What Leaders Need to Know About Trauma in the Workplace

The People Equation

Editor’s note: To what degree has the “collective” trauma of COVID-19 seeped into workplaces around the world? And what do leaders need to know about trauma in the workplace? The People Equation reached out to psychiatrist and trauma expert Dr. Mark Goulston to learn more. In this guest post, he shares the leadership lessons about healing from the trauma of COVID-19.

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Strategies to Engage Remote Teams in 2021

Hppy

Did you know that happy, engaged employees are approximately 12% more productive than dissatisfied workers? It’s true, and they’re also far more likely to stay with your company and contribute to the results that matter. Yet many companies still wonder how to increase employee engagement. One of the best ways to do this is by recognizing and rewarding employees (including the use of a true recognition and rewards platform ).

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an expert on how to get what you need from your health insurance

Ask a Manager

This post, an expert on how to get what you need from your health insurance , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. An Ask a Manager reader who works in health insurance as a customer service trainer wrote to me and offered to give advice about navigating health insurance, saying, “Basically, I get paid to learn and teach how to beat the system as much as possible.

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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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5 Most Potential Advantages of a Procurement Solution

SutiHR

With advancements in technology, operating systems, hardware, and software have all undergone a massive evolution. Most big organizations are optimizing the use of updated tools and techniques in order to maintain higher standards of operational efficiency within their business processes. Procurement software is aiding these companies in automating the purchasing facilities effectively.

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If I Can’t Monitor My Remote Employees, They Must Not be Working

Blend Me Inc

If I Can’t Monitor My Remote Employees, They Must Not be Working. Jennifer Cameron. Mon, 05/17/2021 - 12:47. Most of us probably don’t want to relive March 2020 – and the fear and uncertainty that accompanied the lockdowns at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic – ever again. So why does trust matter? When you don’t trust your employees, it’s easy to jump to the wrong conclusion about their behavior, as Deshawn’s manager did.

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5 Tips To Streamline Your Hiring Process 

Hppy

Hiring a workforce can be stressful and overwhelming for many business owners. You want to find all the best possible candidates and learn as much about them as possible to hire the right person the first time around. . Recruitment can also have high risks and costs. When done right, it can get you the best people to make your business thrive. Otherwise, you are setting yourself up for high attrition rates, time-consuming interviews with unsuitable candidates, and longer turnaround times for the

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The Surprising Source of Most of Your Problems

Evil HR Lady

Do problems seem to plague you wherever you go ? Are you always passed up for promotions? Have you struggled to get new jobs? Is your personal life filled with drama ? Why on earth are you so plagued when other people seem to have much smoother lives? I’ll give you a hint: The common element in your problems is you. Sorry, but there’s a good chance if you made some changes, some of these external problems would just melt away.

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The Employer’s Guide to Early Cancer Detection

A comprehensive early detection strategy for cancer is no longer a nice-to-have for employers; it’s a must. The reality is 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, and the physical, emotional, and financial impact on both employees and employers is great. To help improve your employees’ health outcomes and reduce cancer-related costs, download The Employer’s Guide to Early Detection.

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Why trust is the future of the employee experience

HR Zone

Employees Trust: the future of the employee experience.

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Brooks: Will hybrid work be heaven—or a horror show?

HRExecutive

As we head toward the one-and-a-half-year mark of working in a pandemic, many organizations are now quickly adapting to prepare for a Q3 return to the office. In the darkest and most challenging days of the pandemic, so many of us pined for a return to normalcy like the clean simplicity of commuting to and working from the office with our colleagues.

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HR and Cybersecurity: Why do we need to involve HR for Cybersecurity

Hppy

Different security researchers have revealed that employees are often the sole reason for the cyberattacks on a company. By developing a cybersecurity strategy, culture and involving HR, this problem can be resolved. In today’s world, with the addition of technology into everything, everyday life, work, home, and organization environments are induced with electronic keys that can open the door to high-level and sensitive data and other confidential information. .

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Things HR Managers Can Learn From Brands That’ve Worked Remotely Since Inception

6Q

The conventional walls of an organisation no longer describe what an organisation is. Technology has broken those walls into shambles and built a new remote organisation structure. How do HR managers adapt to this? Getting lessons from successful brands that have worked remotely is one way. The world saw two years’ worth of digital transformation in just two months during the second quarter of 2020.

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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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New Employee Onboarding Guide

SHRM Resources

How employers handle the first few days and months of a new employee's experience through the onboarding process is crucial to ensuring high retention.

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Employee experience: how to give employees a ‘safe space’ to speak out

HR Zone

Culture Creating a ‘safe space’ to speak out.

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Top Tips for Boosting the Morale of Remote Employees in 2021

Hppy

The pandemic forced many employers to make their teams work remotely. It is very likely that the majority thought that it would be a temporary change, but it seems like this model of working is here to stay. It should come as no surprise, though. Working remotely has a number of benefits , such as lowering the costs associated with renting an office space.

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What makes me truly happy?

The Tim Sackett Project

I read an article the other day about happiness. All the science, all the research, Shawn Achor acting like we can actually make our employees happy, etc. It’s all a bunch of bullsh*t really, right? I mean, Shawn doesn’t think so, because he has studies and stuff, and he’s a nice enough fellow (Editor’s note: Who says “fellow”?

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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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The Looming Talent Pandemic

SHRM

I s your Organization Prepared? With vaccine penetration approaching herd immunity levels, businesses rebounding and re-opening, and more optimism around a “return to normal” there is yet another pandemic looming that threatens business: A talent pandemic. The covid aftermath is impacting the enterprise’s most precious asset – its core talent. And top talent has an evolving, if not yet fully clear, framework of how they are defining their expectations for the new workplace.

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my employee injured his coworker in an office prank

Ask a Manager

This post, my employee injured his coworker in an office prank , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I manage two employees, Roger and Niles, who are friends and in their 20s. This team is not an entry-level team; both employees have been promoted to be on this team, and they have both worked for the company for several years.

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Walmart Sued for Failing to Accommodate Deaf Applicant

SHRM Resources

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued Walmart, alleging the retailer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and discriminated against a job applicant because he is deaf.