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An SMB Employer’s Guide to Streamlining Open Enrollment

Extensis

For employers, open enrollment is equally significant—it’s a time to communicate benefit options, ensure compliance with regulations, and support employees in making informed decisions. However, without a streamlined process, open enrollment can become stressful and chaotic for everyone involved. Why is open enrollment important?

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HR Year-End Checklist: 10 Critical Areas to Assess

Extensis

Quick look: As 2024 comes to a close, it’s time for HR professionals to review, reflect, and fine-tune their processes to ensure compliance, enhance employee satisfaction, and streamline operations. Additionally, human resources (HR) teams must tackle a variety of tasks to maintain compliance and streamline operations for the year ahead.

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A Small Business’s Guide to Hiring Seasonal Employees

Extensis

Here, explore what you need to know about hiring for seasonal positions, from compliance considerations to incentivizing staff to come back next season, and how a PEO can help you achieve year-round success. Events and entertainment : Festivals, fairs, and concerts all require operational staff.

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Workplace Violence Rule: CalChamber Urges Changes, Draft Regulation Broader than Legislation

HRWatchdog

This legislation created new obligations for training, and additional obligations whenever a workplace violence event defined loosely as any event involving verbal threats or physical violence occurs in the workplace.

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Up Your Analytics Game: How to Empower People to Take Action

Speaker: Tom Davenport, President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management, Babson College

This is compounded for the Financial Services sector, which is faced with rapidly changing regulatory and compliance requirements, and the need to attract and retain tech-savvy talent in an industry that is sometimes viewed as more traditional and less tech-savvy. This event is co-hosted by Human Resources Today and Oracle.

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HR Tech Awards 2025 Winners Announced

Lighthouse

Core HR/Workforce Best Innovative or Emerging Tech Solution AbsenceSoft Winner AbsenceSoft excels in providing an intuitive and comprehensive leave and accommodation management solution tailored specifically for HR teams, addressing the growing complexity of compliance with over 200 state and federal leave laws.

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Employee Scheduling Software: 10 Best in 2024, Reviewed!

Vantage Circle

plumbing or HVAC), this software saves time, ensures compliance with labor laws, and enhances operational efficiency. plumbing or HVAC), this software saves time, ensures compliance with labor laws, and enhances operational efficiency. Rippling : Streamlines shift management, boosts team productivity, and ensures compliance with ease.

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Ringing in the New Year: 10 Things HR Should Do Now

Speaker: Kirsten Goulde SHRM-SCP, M.S., Principal, K. Goulde & Associates,

From #MeToo to the mid-terms, 2018 was a banner year for significant events and momentous societal movements that should make HR practitioners sit up and take notice. HR’s role in protecting organizations as well as their human assets is a complicated business, yet so necessary particularly during tumultuous times.