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A Pandemic-Triggered Change in Job Roles Shows the Extent of Work Disruption

Visier

There can be no doubt that the events of 2020 are among the most disruptive the world of work has seen in many decades. The depth and extent of the changes to the whole process of work that occurred are still being understood, and the repercussions of this major disruption will be felt for the next decade or more. One of these disruptions is, of course, the “Great Resignation,” with the impacts of open positions and the challenges employers face in re-energizing, or replacing their people curren

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How Leaders Can Help Employees “Give It a Rest”

The People Equation

After nearly two years of the grief, trauma and anxiety of living through a pandemic, it’s no surprise that most of us are tired and have brain fog. Many workers report a feeling of languishing and it shows no signs of abating. As of the writing of this post, the omicron variant has hit the shores of the United States. The uncertainty of its impact creates fresh dread across the globe, which further fuels weariness. .

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HR Blogger Becomes Maui Travel Blogger!

The Tim Sackett Project

Let’s start with I’m not a travel blogger, but I like to travel and I like to think I can vacation with the best of them! I spent the last two weeks in Maui, part family trip with the boys, part anniversary trip (with no boys) with my wife and eye. I’ve traveled all over the world, but for some reason never went to Hawaii. First, I spent all two weeks in Maui, don’t @ me!

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7 Employee Engagement Strategies for 2022 | ClearCompany

ClearCompany HRM

Employee engagement is higher than ever — but even so, only 20% of workers globally are engaged, according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workforce: 2021 Report. The costs of disengagement, however, are not so low, estimated at over $8 trillion annually in the U.S. Recently, we looked at the benefits of using software to create or improve employee engagement strategies.

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Creating a Company Culture of Care: Integrating Mental Health, Wellbeing, and DEI in Benefits

Speaker: Sean Raible

Picture a workplace where physiological safety is not just an aim but a reality, driven by thoughtful employee benefits that prioritize mental health, wellbeing, and DEI. 🤔 ✨ Achieving this vision requires more than just occasional training sessions and employee assistance programs. Moving beyond the basics, this vision calls for a holistic approach that integrates these elements into your company culture as well as your HR and benefits strategy.

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Latest research reveals “secret sauce” to impact wellbeing in the new world of work

Achievers

If you’re looking into how to improve wellbeing at work, or instilling a new wellbeing program, this new research is for you. HR and business leaders know that wellbeing affects workplace performance, but sometimes the journey to cultivating a solution for wellbeing in the workplace can be a long one. We wanted to help shorten the time it takes to demystify the ways in which people want to experience wellbeing at work — and create new pathways to help managers deliver them.

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A Year in Review: 2021’s Hottest Topics

Engage2Excel

January 1, 2021. We were entering the New Year, and we thought many of the problems from the previous one would finally come to a halt. Little did we know, this wasn't the case. The world of work evolved in front of us - from work from home scenarios to record unemployment rates and job quits, we were presented with many challenges.

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2022 ACA Deadlines To Avoid IRS Penalties

ACA Times

Employers preparing for a smooth 2021 filing season should keep in mind the important ACA deadlines to avoid IRS penalties. Every year, Applicable Large Employers (ALES) must file and furnish their ACA information to the IRS as required by the ACA’s Employer Mandate. Under the ACA’s Employer Mandate , ALEs, or employers with 50 or more full-time employees and full-time equivalent employees must: Offer Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) to at least 95% of their full-time employees (and their depend

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6 Ways To Improve Employee Engagement & Mental Health in the Workplace

Pathways

Employee mental health issues are rising, and COVID-19 presented unprecedented challenges in workers’ professional and personal lives. American workers have seen a 45% spike in COVID-related mental health issues. These mental health issues affect an employee's ability to work, lowering job productivity by as much as 35%.

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Customers React Negatively to Wage Gap Disclosures, HBR Study Finds

Trusaic

Lawmakers across the globe are finding that pay data reporting requirements for employers are critical for helping to close the gender wage gap. As recently seen in the U.K. and states throughout the U.S., mandatory public disclosure of wage gaps lays bare the integrity of an organization’s pay practices. This increasing visibility into companies’ compensation systems has serious implications for employers.

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6 Strategies to Navigate Social Determinants of Health for a Better Workplace

In today’s dynamic work landscape, where the lines between personal and professional life blur, understanding the intricate interplay between social determinants of health (SDoH) and emotional wellbeing is paramount. Employers must acknowledge that the whole person comes to work and every aspect of a person’s personal and professional life, especially their mental health, comes with them.

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Webinar: Employee Engagement Best Practices for 2022

DecisionWise

Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Time: 1:00pm Eastern / 10:00 am Pacific. Presenters: David Long, COO, DecisionWise; Charles Rogel, VP of Consulting, Decisionwise. Cost: Free. One question to consider as you think about whether to put effort and investment into employee engagement: “Is engagement worth the effort and investment we put into it?

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3 Causes Behind Employee Disengagement and What You Can Do About It

Hppy

As both employers and employees most likely noticed during these past years, the employment market has changed its dynamics greatly, becoming more competitive than it’s ever been. It’s exactly for this reason why companies tend to place such great emphasis on employee engagement nowadays and there’s important science behind this concept too. Unfortunately, employee disengagement can be more harmful to a company’s healthy development than one might initially think.

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Should you include salary in a job description? Let’s talk!

Workable

There are very few reasons for a candidate to apply for a job if the salary is below their threshold: The real question is, if you want to attract top talent with high potential, should salaries be included in the job description? As an embedded recruitment firm , the ACELR8 team works with a wide range of clients from a variety of industries. Despite this variety, there are many common themes that play a big part in creating a solid hiring strategy.

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Men Asked to Pay More at First “Pay Gap Store”

Trusaic

Some customers are being asked to pay more at the world’s first “Pay Gap Store,” a ground-breaking new online store, where the prices reflect – and offset – the pay gap in the wider world. The store’s male customers are among those invited to pay higher prices, since U.S. men still earn, on average, 18% more than U.S. women – a difference known as the gender pay gap. .

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Improving Access To & Utilization Of Cancer Screening With Color

Discover how Color's comprehensive care solution is revolutionizing cancer screening adherence and knowledge. Through an in-depth case study, Color's unique approach to comprehensive cancer care has shown significant benefits in increasing screening rates and enhancing patient knowledge. Participants reported a 2-3x increase in adherence to screening guidelines over just 8 weeks, with 84% of participants increasing their familiarity with timing and frequency of cancer screening.

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Management development should be HR's number one priority in 2022

HR Zone

Managers Make management development a top priority in 2022.

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Essential HR Practices in the Era of The Great Resignation

Hppy

Employees are too-often quitting for reasons that are solvable problems. The so-called “ Big Quit ” has affected companies across the United States. Workers resigned, switched, or retired from jobs in record numbers in 2021. And while the reasons people quit are unique to each individual, you can be sure both upper management and those responsible for HR and the so-called ‘employee lifecycle’ of recruiting, hiring, training, and firing were huge parts of any employee’s decision about leaving a c

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The agile recruitment process: hiring with leaner teams and budgets

Workable

Many businesses had massive cutbacks in 2020 and are trying to come out of that, but still operating on a shoestring budget and with a slimmed-down staff. Many companies laid off recruiters in 2020 (because you were cutting heads, not adding them) and now need to add – but recruiters are now at a premium. What can you do? Here are five ideas to help you build an agile recruitment process, and hire when there aren’t extra people and extra dollars in the budget. 1.

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New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Expands Protections Against Ageism

Trusaic

The state of New Jersey recently updated its Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) to include protections against age discrimination. NJLAD “prohibits discrimination and harassment based on actual or perceived race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, and other protected characteristics,” now including age.

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Performance Review Calibrations Made Easy

Every company aspires to be the best, and performance reviews are the cornerstone of that journey. However, discrepancies in how managers rate their teams can lead to unfairness.

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update: my team is requiring us to do a diet/exercise/”mental toughness” program

Ask a Manager

This post, update: my team is requiring us to do a diet/exercise/”mental toughness” program , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer whose team was being required to do the 75 Hard diet/exercise/”mental toughness” program ?

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Build Back Better Act Includes Reviving Unused Green Cards

SHRM Resources

Immigrants waiting years to receive employment-based green cards to live and work in the United States would have a chance to realize their goal under provisions in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act.

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A ‘Great Return’? 3 conditions that may bring talent back

Workable

Almost every company seems to be struggling to retain and hire good talent these days. Of the firms hiring or trying to hire, 92% indicated there were few or no qualified applicants for open positions , and thanks to the Great Resignation employees are leaving left and right. If it isn’t because they’ve accepted a new opportunity with better pay, growth, and/or benefits, it’s to pursue a totally different career direction or to take a break from working altogether.

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10 Techniques to Manage a Flexible Workforce

SHRM

What is one effective technique or strategy to manage a flexible workforce? To help you run a more flexible workforce, we asked business HR professionals and business leaders this question for their insights. From cultivating mutual respect and trust to focusing on results, there are several strategies you can use to guide a flexible workforce. Here are 10 techniques to manage a flexible workforce: Cultivate Mutual Respect and Trust Be Rigid on Goals Prioritize Regular Online Communication Treat

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Discover the 4 Big Recruitment Challenges for 2024

It’s no secret that today’s hiring market is tough! The constant changes can make it seem impossible for HR leaders, hiring teams, and hiring managers to remain flexible and agile. However, there’s a silver lining amongst all the hiring chaos, as these changes also bring great opportunities and fresh ways for HR leaders to gain that competitive edge in the race for top talent.

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The Value of Building Competencies Over Skills

TLNT: The Business of HR

I’ve spent my career dedicated to learning and employee growth at a variety of organizations, from a global Fortune 200 IT company to now spearheading learning for Kershaw County, my local government.

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12 Tips for Improving Your Communication Skills

Stratus

As a manager, your relationship with employees has a direct correlation to their retention. Those who build positive relationships are more likely to have employees with higher rates of morale, productivity, and engagement. One of the primary keys to building positive relationships is through communication. Whether you’re a new manager or an experienced pro, here are 12 tips to assess and refine your communication skills.

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9 Tips to Improve Your Careers Page and Attract Talent

TalentCulture

In today’s competitive job market, it is more important than ever to stand out from the crowd. Your careers page is one of your most valuable marketing tools for attracting […]. The post 9 Tips to Improve Your Careers Page and Attract Talent appeared first on TalentCulture.

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How HR and IT can find hybrid harmony

HR Zone

Change Hybrid harmony: When HR and IT work together.

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Balancing Cost and Care: 3 Key Considerations for Cost Optimization in 2024

Discover essential strategies for employers to balance cost optimization with care. The top priorities for employers in 2024 are retaining talent, growing revenue and sales, and attracting talent. To achieve these goals, employers are turning towards comprehensive total rewards strategies informed by data-driven insights. Hear from industry experts on cost optimization strategies and how to leverage these approaches for a healthier workforce.

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How to Redirect Rampant Complaining

TLNT: The Business of HR

There are plenty of reasons for people to complain right now. For example, recent data shows that only 25% of leaders think their employees are thriving emotionally and mentally. And in the typical workplace, there are dozens of legitimate grievances that workers could have on any given day.

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5 Things Leaders Need To Know About Developing Remote Employees.

The Tim Sackett Project

I think we try and deliver a message to organizations that all employees need and want to be developed. This is a lie. Many of our employees do want and need development. Some don’t need it, they’re better than you. Some don’t want it, just give me my check. Too many of our leaders truly believe they can develop and make their employees better than they already are.

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Brushing Up on Your Leadership Skills for the Post-Pandemic Workplace

TalentCulture

The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is finally starting to come to an end. Because of this, many companies are re-opening their brick-and-mortar offices. Employees who wish to return to […]. The post Brushing Up on Your Leadership Skills for the Post-Pandemic Workplace appeared first on TalentCulture.

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