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Core HR, Payroll, & Benefits: Simple but not Easy

PeopleStrategy

It seems simple enough. You get hired for a job. You tell your employer who you are, where you live and sign up for various programs and benefits. Every two weeks your pay shows up in your bank account, and if you need to go the doctor, your insurance works the way you expect. Sign up, work, get paid. Want to provide a positive employee experience? Get the fundamentals right – every time.

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How To Have Employees That Never Leave

Get Hppy

It starts with the recruitment process. Hire the right person and they are more likely to stay; hire the wrong one and they will likely leave at some point. These key recruitment actions will help target the right person for your organization. Use your strategic game plan and values as context for who you hire. Be honest in describing the employment opportunity you have. Career development plans.

Why Your Toxic Employee Could Be Costing You Millions

ATD Human Capital

Have you heard of the 80:20 rule? Eighty percent of your energy is spent on 20 percent of your relationships. Most often this energy is wasted in drama. Then there are toxic employees, who epitomize the 99:1 rule; 99 percent of the negative energy in the workplace is caused by 1 percent of the people. Victims over-adapt, feel hurt, act needy, and invite others to cover for them. Guilt. Sunk costs.

4 ways managers screw up progressive discipline

HR Morning

Most companies have established a system of progressive discipline for dealing with employees with performance or behavior problems. Too often, though, unthinking managers derail the process. The tough truth is that any policy’s only as good as the people who have to enforce it on a day-to-day basis. Four pitfalls that trip up many supervisors as they try to correct employee problems: 1.

Secrets to Boost Your Offer Acceptance Rates!

Losing a quality candidate at the job offer stage is one of the most costly pitfalls in recruiting. Download our guide to boosting your offer acceptance rates and learn the 5 secrets to closing top candidates every time.

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H-1B Filing Season Opens April 3; Premium Processing Suspended

HRWatchdog

The USCIS will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year 2018 cap on Monday, April 3, 2017. Employers who need to apply for H-1B visas for foreign workers in specialized skill areas, such as science, engineering or computer programming, have a fast approaching deadline, as well as some new information regarding requests for premium processing. The U.S. master’s degree or higher.

Training: One Size Doesn’t Fit All

HR Daily Advisor

by Theresa Damato, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Saba Software. Just like your company, every person working in it has a unique point of view, approach, and style. Just like our mothers told us when we were kids, we are all truly one of a kind, and thus, we all have our own unique learning styles. Still others are tactile learners, and just reading or seeing is not enough.

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To remember Dave MacKay: Inspire one, they’ll inspire a movement

Ceridian

By: Zain Jaffery, Application Support Manager, Ceridian. It was September 12 th and I was walking on the streets of Toronto with a few colleagues *queue rap music*. We were all smiling, sharing stories about our families and learning about each other, what makes each other tick and laugh and well, be human. Seeing all members sign up with such passion and commitment really opened my eyes.

Comp Time vs. Overtime—What’s the Big Deal?

HR Daily Advisor

Are you accurately paying your employees in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)? According to a recent survey, released by TSheets , one-third of employers say they have paid their employees compensation time, or comp time, instead of overtime, a common violation of the FLSA. The survey polled 500 business owners on their pay practices and the results are below. Survey Findings.

Employer Branding Ebook

With tips and real examples from companies that have mastered their employer brand, this Ebook is a must-have for talent execs. As a bonus, we’ve added a free audit at the end to help you score your employer branding activities. Download the Ebook now.

What You Need to do to Make Your Engagement Strategy More Effective

TLNT: The Business of HR

Employee performance management trends are in constant evolution due to the different needs of five generations all in the workplace at once. Poor performance management strategies will leave you with disengaged employees and high turnover rates, but finding ways to keep up with the changing trends can be difficult.

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5 Steps to a Compensation Strategy That Helps Your Company Thrive

Compensation Today

As we discussed in part one of this series , PayScale’s 2017 Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) found that just 37 percent of organizations have a defined compensation strategy. Here are five steps you can take to develop one so you can start being more intentional with your comp spend. Start by thinking about your organization’s culture, business strategy, and HR strategy. Click To Tweet.

2d Cir: Pharmacists must inject customers. Oh, word?

The Employer Handbook

No, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t say, “Oh, word?” ” But, it did just toss a $2,600,000 jury award in favor of a pharmacist in an Americans With Disabilities Act case. From $2.6M to zero. That’s zero point zero. In Stevens v. Rite Aid Corp. The plaintiff, a 34-year employee of the company, hadn’t encountered a problem until 2011. Pay attention now.

How to Rock Your Next HR Job Interview

UpstartHR

Recently a friend was applying for a job, and she came to me for help with preparing. She had worked with the firm for some time, and the opening was for a more senior position she was hoping to achieve. We took a little time to make sure the resume was presentable, and then we went to the fun part: a strategic plan. Together, we developed an action plan for the first six months after she got the job that would allow her to be more effective than the previous leader, generating new business for the organization. And she got the job. Not true. The second piece of advice is to make it attainable.

The definitive guide to choosing the right applicant tracking system

Choosing an applicant tracking system should be exciting, not confusing. We've developed a quick guide to everything you should look for while going through your selection process, to free you from the stress often associated with choosing a new ATS.

Happy, Honest, Humble, Hungry: The 4 “H’s” Behind One Tech Company’s Success

Great Place to Work

A Culture Conversation with Pattie Money, Chief People Officer at SendGrid. Maintaining a strong culture through rapid growth is no small feat – in fact few companies can do it well. Yet Great Place to Work-Certified company SendGrid is doing just that. Founded 8 years ago in 2009, SendGrid is still a relatively young tech company. To read the full transcript, scroll down. I need to listen.

5 workplace communication mistakes you should stop making

Jostle

Are your employees satisfied with how you communicate in the workplace? Sure, you may think you have good communication skills - people understand what you’re saying and what you want - but communication runs a lot deeper than that. Culture Clarity

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Homing in on Behavioral Health

HRE's The Leader Board

Just over two years ago, we posted a piece on this site highlighting findings from a Disability Management Employer Coalition study on behavioral health in the workplace. The DMEC’s research painted what HRE described at the time as a “somewhat incongruous picture.” In 2012, 25 percent of respondents said the same, according to DMEC. The firm’s 2017 Behavioral Health Study , which polled 314 U.S.

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How Executives Intentionally Create a Culture of Collaboration

Switch and Shift

Collaboration is a central part of our humanity; it’s how we have always accomplished important outcomes. From our ancestral history where working together meant survival to technology linking humanity across a global, virtual network, collaboration has always been the glue to achieving significant advancements.

Building your Learning Experience! What’s it all about?

Join Jesse Novak as he covers what building a Learning Experience is all about, how this should tie into your company culture and why building a foundation around fun, value and recognition is important to engagement. We’ll also discuss how this ties into Gamification and Badging programs to build a brand beyond your organization.

Bill Would Add Parental Bereavement Leave to FMLA

HR Daily Advisor

A bill introduced in the House March 16 would amend the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to allow parents to take 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for the death of a child. The FMLA requires that employers with 50 or more employees provide workers 12 weeks’ leave for certain reasons. Only employees with at least 12 months’ service who have worked at least 1,250 hours are eligible.

Crushing It in Hustle Mode

Laurie Ruettimann

I flew out to San Francisco last week for 24 hours. I wanted to stay longer, but my husband was out of the country, and my cat 16-year-old cat needed his medicine. So I got on a plane, flew through a blizzard, met a guy who works for The Shins at an airport bar who invited me to a show and it wasn’t creepy, landed in San Francisco, went to bed, woke up, spoke to HR ladies about feedback, did SoulCycle , took a meeting and then took a shower (in that order), and flew home on the red-eye. It was pretty exhausting, but I’ve inadvertently found myself in hustle mode. It’s awful.

Why sharing gender pronouns at work matters

CultureAmp

Creating an inclusive work environment can be a complex task, but the important thing is to get started. One step organizations are taking to ensure communications are inclusive, is enabling conversations about people’s gender pronouns. Personal gender pronouns are often referred to as ‘PGP’s; or more simply, just an individual’s gender pronouns. Why are gender pronouns important?

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A Must-Have Resource for Planning Your HR Marketing

HRmarketer

The French writer Antoine de Saint Exupéry once said, “A goal without a plan is just a wish.”. Similarly, marketing to HR without a plan is merely wishful thinking. To achieve great marketing results, and to grow your business, you need a good marketing plan. To help you develop a good marketing plan, we created this three-page “ Sample HR Marketing Plan.” Get the PDF Click To Tweet. Good luck!

Learning Insights Guide 2017: Progress with Purpose

Navigating the ever-changing world of eLearning can be a challenge, but many people are finding a way to manage it, as well as a clear path forward. With Learning Insights, you can develop an even clearer sense of purpose, taking your vision to reality.

The Elevate Summit: Now Featuring a Magic Elevator

BambooHR

Still unsure if you want to register for our user conference, The Elevate Summit? If so, we made a video just for you. As you’ll see below, you’re a click of a button away from elevating to the highest heights of HR—literally and figuratively. Go here for your magic button, and we’ll be waiting […]. The post The Elevate Summit: Now Featuring a Magic Elevator appeared first on. General HR

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Succession Planning: The Core Issue of Leadership Failings

Visibility Software HR

An organizational succession plan should always have a plan B. It is one of the biggest problems for any business and a core issue for leadership. Succession planning is like an insurance plan for the survival of your business. So it stands to reason then, that if you don’t have a succession plan, you can’t ensure that your business will survive after your resignation. What do they have in common?

How to Sell Employee Recognition to a Skeptical Executive

Bonusly

Two thirds of employees don’t believe senior leadership supports recognition programs. Unsurprisingly, 83 percent report their organization’s culture doesn’t support recognition. While many members of the C-suite have personally benefited from recognition, their priorities now are operational and financial. Employees want money, not praise. Quality of course matters a great deal. Revenue. Learning.

i4cp 2017 Conference Day One: 7 Quotes

i4cp

Day one of i4cp’s 2017 conference began with a familiar tune: we live in a world of disruptive and accelerating change. Our organizations -- and personal lives -- are being assaulted by a record rate of government uncertain, global instability, wild economic swings, social unrest, and more technology, technology, technology! Next up would be a chorus of “ It’s a VUCA World After All ” and “ You Gotta Innovate.” But as the morning unfolded, it quickly moved from that commonplace rally cry to a less common turn. Culture is in service to our mission and that is how we are defining success.”

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13 Signs of Inefficient Recruiting

Losing track of job applicants and resumes? Struggling to schedule interviews and follow-up with all your candidates? Tired of waiting on that interview feedback from the team? You’re not alone. In fact, these are just 3 of the 13 most common symptoms that plague every recruiter. Want to stop wasting time and money? Read our guide below and learn how you can avoid these pitfalls.

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