Sat.Oct 19, 2019 - Fri.Oct 25, 2019

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Managing unexpected change in the workplace

Insperity

Change is inevitable. Managing change in the workplace is an everyday responsibility for business owners and managers. Often, change is predictable or planned well in advance, such as: Implementation of a new system or technology Introduction of a new office policy Moving to a new office Mergers and acquisitions Modification to senior leadership Reorganization of staff Retirement of a top-performing, highly valued employee.

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The Importance of Democratizing People Data

Visier

The pace of business moves fast and the amount of data organizations create in the process is staggering. In fact, the World Economic Forum notes that by 2020, there will be “ 40 times more bytes than there are stars in the observable universe.” With so much information available, savvy organizations are able to figure out better ways to be more competitive.

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The Good, the Bad, and the Best: 3 Sample Employee Recognition Programs to Strengthen Your Own

Fond

Spurred by visions of crafting the ultimate employee recognition solution, eager HR leaders often dive prematurely into refining their recognition programs. They neglect to address the basic building blocks of a successful program, which is why we’ve done the heavy-lifting for you. This article takes an important step back to discuss what those basics are by highlighting three distinct sample employee recognition programs and how they can help you craft and strengthen your own.

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It’s a Candidate’s World

General Information Services

We read with interest the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Highlights July 2019 published last quarter. Of course, we were well aware of historically-low unemployment in the U.S.; the number of unemployed persons. Visit the HireRight Blog to read the full article.

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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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What Drives Employee Engagement in Europe?

Great Place to Work

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20 Employee Engagement Tips Employers Shouldn’t Ignore

Semos Cloud

Category. All. 20 Employee Engagement Tips Employers Shouldn’t Ignore. Higher employee engagement leads to more productive workplaces. Moreover, employers with highly engaged employees attract new talent and retain existing employees much easier. October 25, 2019. By Kristina Martic. Our employee engagement tips will help you build a healthy workplace in which your employees will love working.

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Management Development Programs Today Need to Add This Topic

HR Bartender

Forgive me for the cryptic title on today’s post. I won’t keep you in suspense. The answer is, management development should include “virtual” management of remote workers. My guess is that managers are being asked to supervise an increasing number of remote or virtual employees. Even if they only do it on a part-time or sporadic basis. A great case in point – – the news headlines last winter that said, “ 75 percent of the population will suffer below-freezing temps this week ”.

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Jason Averbook: Make the most of the rest of 2019

HRExecutive

Remember the Millennium Bug? Y2K? We were obsessed with it. If you weren’t stockpiling water and essentials in your basement, you were wondering if computers were going to stop working at the toll of midnight on Dec. 31, 1999. Programmers and coders frequently used only the final two digits to recognize the four-digit calendar year, so it was anticipated 2000 would be indistinguishable from 1900.

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My new employee asked to work from home

Brigette Hyacinth

My new employee asked to work from home. Then she started to tell me the reason. I told her “No need to apologize and I don’t need to know the details.” I do not pay for seat warmers. Come to the office fine. 9 to 5? Fine. Work from home. Fine. Work from the garage while they fix your car? Fine. I don’t need to know you will be late because of a doctor’s appointment, or you are leaving early to attend a personal matter.

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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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should I hire someone who’s unhappy with the salary, a coworker’s “people I need to hit” list, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Should I hire a temp who’s unhappy with the salary? We’re looking for a temp to come in and cover one of my colleagues, Melisandre, who is going on extended medical leave because of pregnancy complications and then maternity leave. We’re expecting her to be gone six months. Melisandre has a blended role that involves high-level logistics as well as supporting several executives with their tasks.

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A Business Owner’s Guide to Hiring Seasonal Workers

Tandem HR

How to Create a Plan for Hiring Seasonal Workers. It’s the most wonderful time of the year… for breaking sales records. As consumers prepare for the holiday shopping season, so are retail giants. Target is projected to hire 130,000 seasonal workers for the 2019 holiday season, while UPS is looking to hire about 100,000. Amazon has already hired a substantial portion of their seasonal team but is still looking to add an additional 30,000.

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Uber Works, Robotic Mobile Restaurants & Other Weekly News

Homebase

This week in Homebase News we cover Uber Works, a robotic mobile restaurant, and Amazon’s attempt to change the perception that it hurts small businesses. Read below to get the details on these stories involving local businesses and hourly workers. New Uber Jobs Platform Connects Shift Workers and Businesses . Uber recently announced a new platform that will aim to connect shift workers with businesses who need openings filled. .

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How To Boost Productivity Through Intrinsic Motivation, Part 2

15Five

Until the 1980’s, the consensus in psychology was that mental development slowed significantly when you physically stopped growing. This myth has led to many organizational leaders believing that their employees are only as good as their current abilities, not realizing the value of their potential. Thankfully, we now know that each person is capable of flourishing far beyond our late teens/early twenties (phew).

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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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Cost of a Bad Manager

DecisionWise

The Cost of a Bad Manager.

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Employee feedback: your secret weapon for business success

HR Zone

Employees Stop ignoring employee feedback.

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The Difference Between Performance and Productivity

Kazoo

The Difference between Performance and Productivity. Guest Post by Stuart Hearn , HR speaker and Founder and CEO of Clear Review. When it comes to the definition and the differences between employee productivity and performance, there remains a great deal of confusion. Though the two terms are often used interchangeably — even by human resources professionals and senior managers — there are subtle differences between these two concepts.

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How Severance Pay Works and Who Typically Receives It

Intoo USA

Discover How Severance Pay Works and How it Should Be Used In Your Organization. Severance pay, also referred to as post-employment compensation, gap pay, or a separation package, is rarely a fun topic to discuss—no matter what your company calls it. Typically, severance pay is money given to an employee at the time of a layoff or termination. How severance pay works typically is the pay is often provided as part of a larger severance package, which can also include benefits such as outplacement

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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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Disney Fighting Class-Action Status for Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

Trusaic

A pay discrimination lawsuit against Walt Disney Company claiming the entertainment company has violated the California Equal Pay Act has expanded to include ABC Television, as well as Disney’s music label and film studio. Lawyers for the plaintiffs are seeking class-action status. Andrus Anderson, the San Fransico law firm representing the two employees who initially filed the lawsuit, had been seeking other potential plaintiffs employed by Disney over the past four years to join the class-acti

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Leadership: how to maintain employee engagement during a time of change

HR Zone

Employees Empowering employees in times of change.

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The Difference Between Performance and Productivity

Kazoo

The Difference between Performance and Productivity. Guest Post by Stuart Hearn , HR speaker and Founder and CEO of Clear Review. When it comes to the definition and the differences between employee productivity and performance, there remains a great deal of confusion. Though the two terms are often used interchangeably — even by human resources professionals and senior managers — there are subtle differences between these two concepts.

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Bill McDermott Takes CEO Role At ServiceNow: Employee Experience Is Even Bigger Than You Think

Josh Bersin

This week I’m in Paris at the Unleash HR Tech conference and I was having dinner with a large room of HR executives, hosted by ServiceNow and Deloitte. The person next to me handed me his phone and I saw the news: Bill McDermott, the former CEO of SAP, just took over as CEO of. Read more» The post Bill McDermott Takes CEO Role At ServiceNow: Employee Experience Is Even Bigger Than You Think appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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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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How to Optimize Workplace Conversations for Better Business Success

Reflektive

Effective communication in workplace environments isn’t always easy, as the traditional annual performance review illustrates. If you only meet once a year, both manager and employee are often guarded and defensive — hardly the best mental state for real, meaningful communication. Under such circumstances, misunderstandings and conflicts are possible, and many an employee has left an annual review confused or angry as a result.

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This Isn’t Feedback: Four Things You Think Are Feedback, But Actually Aren’t

Achievers

For many of us, “feedback” is a dirty word that we associate with painful conversations, bias, politics, resentment, and self-doubt. Feedback certainly has a branding problem — a negative reputation we’ve collectively built one lousy experience at a time. It isn’t that we all set out with bad intentions; some of the worst experiences frequently arise out of a genuine desire to do the right thing by providing honest feedback to improve performance.

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How HR Professionals Can Support Employees in Need

Hppy

[link]. Though most people try to leave their personal life at home and focus solely on work when they’re in the office, reality isn’t quite that simple. We can’t subdivide our lives into neat sections. Everyone occasionally finds that a personal matter is distracting them from work, especially in our modern 24/7 work culture. Fortunately, workplace expectations are changing and employers are beginning to recognize that employees’ personal lives affect them on the job.

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Company culture: How and why bad HR can bring down a promising merger

HR Zone

Culture Mergers: don't be complacent with culture.

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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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Getting Workers Comfortable with New Time & Attendance Software

nettime solutions

Every day, organizations in every industry are turning to advanced, cloud-based software to help manage the changing needs of a dynamic workforce. This includes time & attendance software, which can help managers and leaders track and analyze time-on-the-clock data, and utilize key information to create schedules, help control costs, and measure productivity.

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Wiley and Scherbaum Sound Off on Managers and Recognition

Engage2Excel

Is your employee recognition program missing a key enabler for success? Although organizations devote an average of 1-2% of corporate expenditures to employee recognition, a majority provide no training for managers. Why is it important to help managers get better at recognition, and what can your organization do to improve recognition effectiveness?

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How to Find the Right Goal Setting and Tracking Methodology for Your Business

Reflektive

Without goals, your company will likely drift aimlessly while your competition sails on to success. Having clear goals, and tracking against said goals, will keep you moving forward. That said, no matter what types of goals you want to accomplish, you won’t get far without a goal setting and tracking system. Below are four of the most popular goal methodologies.