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Mental health at work: the rise of work separation anxiety

HR Zone

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What the Ice Cream Road Race Taught Me About Work-Free Vacations

WeSpire

Saturday Spark #25. By Susan Hunt Stevens, Founder & CEO. Like many leaders, I don’t completely stop working while on vacation. It’s partly the nature of entrepreneurship and running a small company. There are just certain things that can’t wait, nor is there someone else to do them. I also pride myself personally on being responsive, particularly to customers, so will check in just to make sure nothing urgent has emerged.

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Tracking Employee Life Cycle

SHRM

We who study Employee Engagement are consistently looking for trends in hiring and the direct effect on retention. The Human Resource landscape is slippery, no other profession is tasked with such a diverse cycle of management skills. The ability to find great talent, train, engage and promote are an unenviable set of tasks. Recruiters mirror sales people, Total Rewards professionals have to have an acumen for numbers and the disparate technologies that represent the progression from hirin

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How Companies Are Stepping up for Refugees

Great Place to Work

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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So You Want To Be a Thought Leader, But You Hate Writing.

The HR Capitalist

Readers of this blog often ping me to have conversations about the best way to get started writing and sharing thoughts on the world of HR. With the exception of the recent period where I finished my book (shameless plug - buy my book, The 9 Faces of HR, here ), I've written most business days since 2007. . Only freaks do that. For ideas on starting your own blog, see this presentation I did way back in the day.

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Why Leaders Need to Be Recognition Champions

Achievers

During my time as the former CEO and President of Intuit Canada, the company was included in the “ Best Workplaces in Canada ” list twice and was listed under the top 10 all but one year. How did this happen? For starters, employee recognition played a major role. According to a recent Aptitude Research Partners study , companies identified recognition as having the greatest impact on employee engagement.

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Going on Planned Leave? Here’s What You Need to Know to Prepare

Justworks

As a human being with a life outside the office, at some point in your career you may find yourself needing to take a leave of absence from work. Whether you’re experiencing complications from an ongoing medical issue, welcoming a new child into your family, or taking advantage of your company’s sabbatical policy, going on planned leave can be both a challenging and rewarding experience.

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Low productivity and long hours characterise modern British office culture

Workstars

A new study has shone light on what many have known for a while now; British offices lack productivity but are also.

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Make Sense of HR Technology Options Available For Your Business

Reflektive

Human resources technology has transformed how organizations manage all aspects of HR, from recruiting and retention to payroll and grievances. Multiple types of HR software and applications exist, with a wide range of features, scalability, and prices. . The ubiquity of human resources technology presents a problem to any HR department looking to modernize processes and improve analytics.

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Transform Employee Wellbeing and Control Costs Through Data-Driven Strategies

In today's dynamic business environment, HR leaders face immense pressure to optimize costs while maintaining a competitive edge to attract, retain and engage their workforce. Gallagher can help you meet that challenge head-on. Our proprietary data and people analytics platform, Gallagher Drive ® , provides the elevated insights you need to make impactful program decisions that are aligned with your organizational goals and set your strategy up for long-term success.

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Technology to Better Manage Contingent Workers Is in Demand

SHRM Resources

?As the use of contingent workers continues to grow, many companies are trying to determine how to effectively assimilate these workers into their organizations, extend their performance management processes to incorporate gig employees, and manage these workers in ways that mitigate compliance risk and lessen administrative burdens.Whether part of core HR systems, vendor management systems (VMS) or new stand-alone platforms, new technologies can give HR leaders a unified view of all full-time a

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How Long Commutes Hurt Employees

Commuter Benefit Solutions

Heavy commuting can lead to more social isolation, less exercise and unhealthy eating habits. It’s a lifestyle that can have a severe impact on a commuter , and therefore, less productivity at work. If your employees have long commutes , there’s a good chance some of them will quit. No one likes commuting, and as much as people like work, it’s becoming a significant problem in this country for people to get there without stress.

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Why HR is Important

Pingboard

Having come a long way since traditional “personnel,” HR is a critical business function that helps companies succeed in hiring employees, keeping them engaged, and supporting their growth and development. Given the many activities in the workplace that are impacted by HR, there’s a good chance that there are some that not everyone knows about. Here are 10 key reasons why the human resources department is important to the success of any organization: 1.

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The 5 Steps of Analytics-Driven Workforce Planning

Visier

The post The 5 Steps of Analytics-Driven Workforce Planning appeared first on Visier Inc.

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Protect Your Business: Tackle the Future of I-9 Fraud with Expert Strategies

Speaker: Speakers

Is your business ready for the future of document fraud? AI advancements have made forgery easier, increasing risks for employers. With 85% of identity fraud last year linked to impersonation, proactive compliance is essential. Join WorkBright’s webinar on October 8 to equip yourself with crucial insights for protecting your business from fraudulent I-9 documents, including: Understanding Risks: Learn about new fraud tactics impacting your business.

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5 Ways To Improve Employee Experience

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Podcast: Do I Trust My Employees and Do They Trust Me?

DecisionWise

In this podcast episode, DecisionWise VP of Consulting Christian Nielsen, discusses the topic of trust between employees and the management of an organization. In this age of technology, some companies have implemented new ways of monitoring their employees, from tracking internet and email usage to running surveillance on their driving habits through GPS!

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9 Steps for Optimizing the Employee Experience During Your Next Technology Project

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Qualtrics , the leader in experience management. They help organizations listen, understand, and take action on experience data. Mark your calendars for the Qualtrics X4 Summit. The event will be in Salt Lake City on March 10-13, 2020. Enjoy the article!). In a pulse survey conducted by HRE , producers of the HR Technology Conference, almost one-third (31 percent) of respondents say their HR tech spend will increase in 2019.

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Flexible working: how virtual offices are changing the art of leadership

HR Zone

Future. Are you an effective remote leader?

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Why Emotional Intelligence is a Critical Skill for Your Future Workforce

Achievers

For those of us in the Human Resources field, we’ve heard about the term Emotional Intelligence (EI) back in the mid-90’s when Dan Goleman wrote the eponymous book. At the time, the idea was revolutionary: that there is more to exceptional leadership and performance (and to success in life) than IQ and technical skills. In fact, in the Harvard study that Goleman referenced, EI counted for twice as much as IQ and technical skills combined.

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Video: What’s the Difference Between Engagement and Satisfaction?

DecisionWise

People often confuse the terms “Employee Engagement” and “Employee Satisfaction.” Dr. Tracy Maylett, CEO of DecisionWise, explains the distinction between the two terms and offers some ideas for building engagement.

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Update On HR In India: One Of The World’s Fastest Growing Economies

Josh Bersin

I just returned from a trip to India, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. While the actual numbers are being adjusted, India is growing at almost twice the rate of the US, and is likely to become the largest economy in the world (perhaps outpacing China) over the next decade. As many of you. Read more» The post Update On HR In India: One Of The World’s Fastest Growing Economies appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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EEOC Equal Pay Enforcement on the Rise

Trusaic

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is not letting up on pay equity enforcement, as recent activity demonstrates. Two new gender-based discrimination lawsuits were filed by the federal agency in Maryland last month. In one of the cases, EEOC v Davis & Davis Enterprise, Inc. , the federal agency alleges that a security guard firm pays a higher flat rate to male security guards over female security guards, despite similar work being undertaken by male and female employees.

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HR’s Complete 2025 Calendar of Important Dates

HR leaders can use this calendar from Paycor to track important HR and payroll tax dates. The 2025 calendar includes: Tax filing dates Federal reporting deadlines Bank holidays Links to relevant tax forms …and more! Get your 2025 HR calendar today!

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Tips for Being Text Savvy in Recruiting

Engage2Excel

“That’s an amazing invention , but who would ever want to use one of them?” This is what President Hayes said to Alexander Graham Bell when he first saw the telephone in 1876. Now, fast forward over a century, and answer this question: what was the first thing you did when you woke up this morning? If you’re like most cell phone users, there’s a good chance you started your day by checking your device to catch up on the things you missed out on from the night before.

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Audit Your Recruitment Process Marketing Content to Delight Job Seekers

ExactHire

Use this audit checklist to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of your recruiting process-related content. I’m not the first one to say that recruiters, human resources professionals and marketing specialists should team up to create content that engages top talent in your recruitment process. However, how many of you have actively engaged in measuring the impact of that HR/marketing “bestie” partnership ?

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Diversity and inclusion: why data doesn’t always tell the full story

HR Zone

People. How truly diverse is your workforce?

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How Bosch Uses Gamification to Build HR Analytics Skills (Case Study)

Digital HR Tech

At Bosch in North America, we recognize that it’s possible to effectively use analytics in HR practices to support positive business outcomes. While leadership was eager to bring data analytics into the day-to-day work of HR, we knew that simply introducing an IT tool would not be enough to achieve the desired results. To succeed, we needed to change the culture in HR and build the right skillset to better leverage data and impact HR topics in a new way.

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[Free Templates] Plant the Seed for Successful Onboarding!

Our Free Welcome Email Templates (designed for both in-office or virtual employees) are ready for you to customize and use to plant the seeds of success for new team members.

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Finally, a Sympathetic Deconstruction of What HR is Doing Wrong!

HRExecutive

In his ninth book, Nine Lies About Work (Harvard Business Review Press, 2019), Marcus Buckingham (along with his co-author this time, Ashley Goodall, an HR senior vice president at Cisco) applies his wit and famously out-of-the-box critical thinking to decades of academic research to debunk many of the bedrock operating principles traditional HR departments hold so dear–in the politest manner imaginable.

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Form I-9 Expires Aug. 31

SHRM Resources

?The federal government's Form I-9, used by HR departments across the country to verify workers' employment eligibility, is expiring at the end of the month.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is expected to extend the current version of the form (marked 8/31/2019) without changes, although minor clarifications will be made to the form's instructions.

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Gender equality: why we need to talk about unpaid care

HR Zone

People. Unpaid care: a business problem.

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