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Costco Not Joint Employer of Woman Hired by Staffing Agencies

SHRM Resources

A woman who was hired by staffing agencies to work at specialty events on the Costco premises was not a Costco employee, a federal appeals court ruled. The trial court, therefore, correctly dismissed her claims against Costco under California's wage and hour laws, the appellate court said.

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How to minimize the impact of global crises on your employee and customer experience

Qualtrics HR

Recent global crises have caused significant labor shortages – and the impact is leading businesses to reevaluate how to attract the right talent and protect their customer experiences from the fallout. Read our analysis and tips on balancing labor shortage with great CX. As we move towards the 2021 holidays and the new year, ongoing labor shortages are becoming an ever-more glaring issue.

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Furlough vs. layoff: What’s the difference, and what do employers need to know?

Insperity

When an organization needs to reduce its payroll due to financial hardship, there are two options employers may consider: furlough vs. layoff. Everyone has heard of these terms, but many people don’t know the difference between what it means to furlough an employee or lay them off. And it doesn’t help that these terms are often used interchangeably.

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Onboarding Employees: 6 Common Mistakes to Avoid | ClearCompany

ClearCompany HRM

Recruiting frequently gets the spotlight when it comes to HR strategy, which is no surprise — bringing in new candidates is a top priority across every industry. But today, we’re in the midst of the Great Resignation: a record 4.4 million workers in the U.S. quit their jobs in September. 54% of companies worldwide report experiencing talent shortages.

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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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Temporary staffing startup Jobandtalent raises $500M at a valuation of $2.35 Billion to develop and expand operations

SelectSoftware

Temporary staffing startup Jobandtalent raises $500M at a valuation of $2.35 Billion to expand.

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Employee recognition and reward programs: A quick guide

Achievers

It’s Sunday night. Do you know how your employees are feeling? Are they dreading another work week, or are they looking forward to engaging days with their team? The latter is what every company strives for, and it’s easier to achieve than you think with an effective employee recognition and reward program. Employee recognition has a significant impact on key business metrics like engagement, productivity, and retention.

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6 Benefits of Using Employee Engagement Software | ClearCompany

ClearCompany HRM

Employee engagement continues to be a trending topic as the global workforce quits their jobs at record rates and retention becomes a top priority. Engagement is a top indicator of retention: highly engaged employees are 87% less likely to leave their role. But how can you measure, increase, and analyze engagement on top of everything else on your to-do list?

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Calculating your Employee Recognition Budget for 2022

Engage2Excel

There are several ways to determine a budget for incentive and recognition programs. As employers realize that one program does not fit all, many are moving toward the trend of budgeting per program. Different “sub-audiences” in the employee population need to be acknowledged and rewarded for different results with different rule structures.

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How HR Can Improve Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace

Pathways

Right now, HR professionals are more focused on employee well-being than ever before. The new normal provided a fresh perspective on how employee mental health shows up in the workplace. In addition, record-high turnover rates have made it clear that business outcomes are directly related to employee mental health.

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Here Are the HR Trends to Watch in 2024 + Plus Advice for Driving Impact!

The pressure is on to create a positive onboarding experience. Plus, a sub-par onboarding process can domino into other concerns such as low performance, burnout (for you and new hires), and retention challenges. Our 2024 State of HR report will give you a realistic picture of the HR landscape and tips to onboarding effectively in the year to come.

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How to Improve Team Spirit in Your Office

Hppy

Your office is your second home, a place where you spend the most productive time of the day. Having a great office environment is beneficial to both the employer and the employees and every visionary leader makes every effort to ensure that their office has a productive environment. It’s become widely accepted that a team is more than just a sum of its members’ experience, vision and brains – collaborative efforts have a synergistic effect that brings consistently better results than coul

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I feel insulted by the rolls at my new job, coworker uses baby talk, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, I feel insulted by the rolls at my new job, coworker uses baby talk, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. I’m on vacation. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. And how can we kick off December other than with… 1. I feel insulted by my new job.

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Overworked and Overwhelmed. Welcome to HR Today.

TLNT: The Business of HR

Earlier this year, Lattice surveyed over 700 HR professionals to better understand their challenges and priorities. The resulting 2021 State of People Strategy Report found that 42% of HR teams cited emotional exhaustion and burnout as their top challenges. They also said that they’re feeling overwhelmed and understaffed. Considering how critical these teams will be in driving the economic recovery, results like these should give us all pause. .

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How to develop the agile leaders of tomorrow, today

HR Zone

Strategy Three ways to build resilient and agile leaders.

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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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13 Ways HR Leaders Are Reskilling For a New Future of Work

SHRM

What is one way you are reskilling for a new future of work? What area of HR are you reskilling? To help HR professionals consider what skills to update, we asked HR leaders, recruiting specialists, and business professionals this question for their insights. From reinventing job postings to using people analytics models, there are several ways HR professionals can reskill for the business world’s ever-changing landscape.

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“I will confront you by Wednesday of this week”

Ask a Manager

This post, “I will confront you by Wednesday of this week” , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Several years ago, a reader shared with us this epic email that was sent by their company’s boss after a holiday party gone terribly awry, and as we enter the holiday season we remember its glory. “This happened about ten years ago, but the email I received from our boss was so epic I preserved it.

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Q&A With Sony Sung-Chu, SVP and Head of Science & Innovation, Businessolver

Workology

This interview is part of a series on Workology that features an HR Technology company, its innovators and its features. For this post, we’re talking to Sony Sung-Chu, SVP and Head of Science & Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Four smart ways to boost employee morale this winter

HR Zone

Employees How can HR boost employee morale this winter?

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Boese: 3 ways HR tech can help employees find meaning at work

HRExecutive

One of the most interesting work and labor market developments in the pandemic era has been the tightening of the labor market, especially in the U.S. The combination of near-record-high job openings with the surge in American workers voluntarily leaving their jobs—along with workers’ ongoing concerns for their own health and safety, and lack of affordable childcare—have created a kind of labor market perfect storm, making the filling of open positions and employee retention HR’s top chall

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my coworker is enraged that I call my cat “my baby,” my interviewer called me a schmuck, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, my coworker is enraged that I call my cat “my baby,” my interviewer called me a schmuck, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. I’m on vacation. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. My coworker screamed at me for calling my cat “my baby” I am a woman in my early thirties and my partner and I are childless by choice.

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5 Ways To Look After Your Employee Development

Corn on the Job

Leading employers know how critical it is to prioritise employee professional growth. Why? Talented professionals want to work for a company that will help them grow professionally. Managers should not underestimate the value of career advancement. If they do, they risk lowering morale and productivity by making talented employees feel unappreciated.

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3 Key Steps to Creating a Great Candidate Experience

TalentCulture

The world of recruitment has undergone a power shift in the last decade. With job openings at a record high and alarming talent shortages in some industries, candidates have more […]. The post 3 Key Steps to Creating a Great Candidate Experience appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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3 CHROs share their greatest lessons of 2021

HRExecutive

At the beginning of 2021, many HR leaders likely were looking forward to the pandemic winding down and the new world of work starting to get underway. However, as the year comes to a close and employers everywhere are on edge with news of a new COVID-19 variant, the start of a new normal continues to remain elusive. So, what lessons have HR leaders taken from this year of uncertainty?

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How to Say "No" at Work

45 Things

Do you find it difficult to say "no"? You may find it easy to say "no" to brussels sprouts, but much tougher to say "no" to a work colleague who seems to want your help with something that doesn't sound entirely ethical or may violate company policy. Or, what about the valuable customer who is pressuring you to do something you don't want to do? These are tricky situations because you need to maintain relationships with these people, but also believe that "going along" doesn't feel right and cou

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Powerful Ways to Market Your Business on a Limited Budget

Take It Personel-ly

Without marketing, your business cannot have success in its field since your business builds brand awareness and converts leads primarily through successful marketing strategies. Thus, when you create marketing strategies in-house or hire businesses to do the work, you should be careful and attentive to make the right choice. But what if you have a […].

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How HR Professionals Can Provide Better Support to Single Parents

TalentCulture

A growing number of single parents make up today’s workforce. Besides the challenges of having adequate childcare, these employees are concerned with needs that impact their work time, including sick […]. The post How HR Professionals Can Provide Better Support to Single Parents appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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5 takeaways from Oracle’s HR analytics report

HRExecutive

Human resource leaders are becoming more adept at using data analytics but they still face challenges in the pursuit of integrating people insights into their HR and business strategies. This was among several findings published in Oracle’s recent The State of HR Analytics 2021. Advertisement The report examined HR leaders’ attitudes and practices when analyzing people analytics in order to make changes in their organizations’ operations.

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INFOGRAPHIC: 37% of US workers are passive candidates. Who are they?

Workable

We’re seeing unprecedented quit levels in the United States , according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That means a lot of backfilling – perhaps for roles with you as well. But there’s one potential solution. Have you considered reaching out to passive candidates? They may not be actively looking, but they’re open to a conversation. More so, they may not even know they want to work for you until you talk with them first.

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Automation Aids Closing of Key Skills Gaps

SHRM Resources

Now more than ever, HR and talent leaders need real-time information on the growing gap between skills available in their workforce and the competencies needed to.