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Should Employees be Paid for Commuting Time?

UpstartHR

An interesting piece of research on publicly available WiFi access in England led to a question that made me pause. Should employees be paid for commuting time? As someone that travels a fair bit for work, I know the value of being able to connect and work from any number of strange locations–restaurants, hotel lobbies, airports, etc. But what about the commutes that make up a significant part of the day for so many workers?

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5 Key Tips To Remove Social And Cultural Bias From Employee Self-Evaluations

15Five

“How’s your tennis game?” (This probably seems like a strange way to begin a post about performing employee self-evaluations, but bear with me.). Last weekend, my husband and I went out to dinner with friends we hadn’t seen in years, back when I was an avid tennis player. As part of our catching up conversation, our friends asked me this question. “It’s fine,” I replied.

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Mandatory Flu Shots: Can You Make Employees Roll Up Their Sleeves?

HR Daily Advisor

Believe it or not, summer is almost over, and it’s time to think about flu vaccines again! How effective will the shots be this year? Will you and your family get them? Can you require your employees to be vaccinated? Many employers believe that employees should be inoculated to keep the workforce healthy and the office fully staffed during flu season.

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4 Tips for Improving Your Background Checks

InfoMart

BLOG. 4 Tips for Improving Your Background Checks. Tammy Cohen , PHR, SHRM-CP. October 4 2018. Running background checks on candidates is a crucial step in the recruiting process. Making a bad placement can sour a relationship with a client or cost your company valuable resources. But background checks can be tedious and difficult to navigate; many states have their own specific laws and requirements, such as Ban-the-Box legislation.

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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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5 Things Keeping Financial Services HR Teams Up at Night

Cornerstone On Demand

It's an extremely challenging time to be holding the reins of an HR team at a financial services institution, with 45 percent of senior executives revealing their companies are hit by cyber attacks as often as on an hourly basis. Plus, as new technology emerges, so do new avenues for hackers to find vulnerabilities and attack. These ongoing data threats not only plague executives tasked with securing their organizations, but they also weigh heavily on HR departments in charge of hiring securit

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Four HR Analytics Trends to Know

Reflektive

Analytics tools provide the opportunity for organizations to dive deeper into data than ever before. But HR analytics is relatively new territory for many companies, some of whom may be wondering whether the benefits are worth the cost. To gain a better understanding of the present state of HR data analytics, let’s examine some trends. SEE ALSO: Managing a Multigenerational Workforce in the Age of The Millennial.

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Crafting an Effective Total Rewards Program

eni

Above-average employee benefits packages have long been tools for employers to entice candidates. With a shift from healthcare cost avoidance to retention, top employers are placing more focus on building competitive employee benefits packages. Commonly referred to as Total Rewards Programs, today’s comprehensive benefits packages include employee services that go beyond traditional healthcare coverage and minimal fringe benefits.

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Putting the 'Total' in Total Talent Management

Allegis Global Solutions

We all know the biggest disruptors of the last ten years were; globalization, demographic changes and speed of technological advancements but what’s next?

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Saba Buys Lumesse: Fills Critical Gaps for Technology and Customer Acquisition

Lighthouse

Things are moving quickly in the HCM technology industry. Last week I reported in from Saba Insight, the company’s annual user conference. This week news popped that Saba has entered talks to acquire Lumesse, a European talent management provider. Here’s the snippet from the news. In the News. Saba, a portfolio company of Vector Capital, to acquire Lumesse, extending Saba’s global leadership position in HCM.

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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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Can Managers and Employees Be Friends?

Reflektive

Let’s say you just got a new job in a management position. As you settle into the new role, you notice that your employees go to lunch together, they go out for drinks on Friday evenings, they even make plans to get together on weekends—but they never invite you along. Do they not like you? Are you doing something wrong as the new boss? SEE ALSO: Why Facebook Employees Are More Productive, Motivated, and Satisfied.

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Pros and Cons of Offering Tuition Reimbursement to Your Employees

Justworks

What do today’s employees want? The answer, it seems, is benefits. A Glassdoor survey found that 4 out of 5 employees would prefer more benefits over a pay raise. In particular, with college costs soaring, tuition reimbursement as a benefit offered by employers is more and more appealing to employees. A survey by EdAssist found that half of millennials expected their employer to help pay for further education.

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The State of Workplace Wellness Around the Globe

CoreHealth Wellness Technologies

We surveyed wellness thought leaders around the globe and asked them for their views on the future of workplace wellness. Here is their forecast for the state-of-the- wellness- union for 2019.

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8 Recruitment Strategies to Attract the Best Talent

TalentLyft

Implementing these 8 recruitment strategies will help you attract and hire the best talent. The current job market is extremely competitive. A strong and planned recruitment strategy can help you stand out of this competition. Read More.

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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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4 Ways We Can All Challenge Ableism in the Workplace

Allegis Global Solutions

I have an invisible disability that I almost never disclose. I have severe, degenerative and genetic hearing loss and it impacts my ability to communicate. Aside from fear of discrimination, I also — and perhaps primarily — don’t disclose because I have an internalized stigma about disabilities. Cultural messages about disabilities come strong and steady from cradle to grave, coupled with the seemingly invisible interface of assuming that people are worth only what they produce.

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Employee engagement: whose responsibility is it?

HR Zone

2nd Oct 2018. Employee engagement: whose responsibility is it? Employee engagement is a two-way street - managers have to actively listen to their teams, but equally team members have a stake in making. By. Jasmine Gartner. Training consultant.

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Coming Soon: Flexible Fitness Memberships from Justworks x ClassPass

Justworks

Let’s face it, traditional corporate wellness programs have become stale, uninspiring, and one-size-fits-all. At Justworks, we believe that all employees deserve high-quality, highly-personalized options for pursuing their physical, mental and financial health. We know that supporting your employees’ health and fitness goals can be tough when everyone’s preference for how, when, and where they exercise is different.

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How Employees Can Remain Happy at Work

Hppy

Nobody wants to be miserable at work. The daily commute, toxic team members, an unsympathetic or unhelpful manager, or even just the awareness that you’re not doing what you’re passionate about, can all lead to stress and a general lack of joy in the workplace. Employers who commit to keeping their staff happy are few and far between, so if you want to really distance yourself from the misery and take charge of your own happiness, you might need to make a few changes to your life.

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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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How Technology Helps HR Spend Less Time on Paper and More Time on People

TalentCulture

There are very few career paths as multifaceted as human resources. HR professionals need insight into human behavior, legal acumen and a proficiency for numbers and data. They need to be strategists, consultants and people developers. They need to be visionaries while at the same time rolling up their sleeves and being doers. How can HR do it all? Perhaps “doing it all” shouldn’t be the goal.

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Do You Care About Onboarding? You Should! [INFOGRAPHIC]

BambooHR

Table of Contents How Long Should Onboarding Last? Why Do New Hires Leave? How Can You Improve the Onboarding Experience? Onboarding Infographic Each of your employees only gets to experience one first day on the job. Effective employee onboarding on day one (and through the weeks and months thereafter) can mean the difference between an […].

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Does your HR system bring your services to life?

HR Partner

Pop quiz: does your company provide HR or payroll services or both? While this question comes across as a very dull and obvious one, it is one that more companies should ask before embarking on their HR transformation journeys. This question is more relevant than ever before as most companies are spending a significant amount of time and money on projects, with the hope to ultimately transform their employee experience (EX).This employee experience is significantly impacted by HR services and sy

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9 ways NOT to conduct a performance review

HR Morning

The end of the year will be here before you know it, and with it — for many — comes the annual performance review. . And while every good manager wants the review to be useful for the employee, many performance evaluations can get a little off track. Strangest reviews. Evil HR Lady Suzanne Lucas took to LinkedIn and Facebook to ask people for their stories about performance reviews gone wrong.

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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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#WorkTrends: How to Rethink the Modern Workplace for Gender Equality

TalentCulture

New research shows that diversity and inclusion are a top priority for leaders. So why does the needle seem to be moving backward when it comes to gender equality at work? On this week’s episode of the #WorkTrends podcast we dive into some of the answers with Dorothy Dalton, who is working to shift the conversation about men, women, work and bias. Based in Belgium, Dalton has been working in talent management and recruitment for […].

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How to Use Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace

BambooHR

Understanding what emotional intelligence is and why it’s so important in the workplace is crucial in today’s increasingly competitive world. Dale Carnegie once said, “When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion.” People are by nature emotional creatures, but only the emotionally intelligent can recognize […].

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One Big Takeaway from the New Workday-IBM Watson AI Partnership

Advos

If you haven’t heard, some interesting news came out of the Workday Rising conference on Tuesday. Workday and IBM have formed a partnership that will make two of IBM’s artificial intelligence capabilities—Match Score and Requisition Prioritization—available in the Workday Recruiting solution. Match Score and Requisition Prioritization are part of IBM’s Watson Recruitment Express.

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Q3 2018 HR Tech Venture Capital Review

WorkTech

Q3 surpassed all expectations for global HR technology venture capital investment, itself exceeding all of the VC we tracked in 2017 and bringing the year-to-date (YTD) 2018 dollar volume to nearly triple what was invested last year. With nearly $1.2 Billion USD invested in Q3, that brings the total year-to-date to $2.83 Billion. And, barring […].

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Delivering DEI Training That Drives Real Change

Speaker: Jeffrey Hall, Chief Creative Office of WILL Interactive

Great DEI training improves engagement, retention, and teamwork. Poor training does little. What content areas are right for our organization? How can you construct training around empathy-building, relatable stories for a positive disposition to hard topics? We’ll cover the latest research on how to make training that actually delivers attitudinal and behavioral shifts.

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How Payments and Collaboration Are Evolving in the Gig Economy

TalentCulture

As the gig economy continues to expand and transform the workforce in significant ways, HR professionals and other business leaders should be thinking about the implications these changes will have for their organizations and their people. Millions of people are already freelancers, entrepreneurs and independent workers who rely on short-term engagements for all or part of their income, and the number is only expected to grow in the coming years.

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Leadership tips: why managers must put ‘care’ at the heart of their people strategy

HR Zone

Culture. Managers: time to show you care.

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How Male Recruiters Can Respond to Misogyny

Workology

She laid her heart and soul right in your hands and you stole her every dream, and you crushed her plans She never even knew she had a choice And that’s what happens when the only voice she hears is telling her she can’t Stupid boy – Keith Urban If in the last month or […] Source.