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Employers Have Until March 22 to Apply for ERC Disclosure Program

PayrollOrg

The program allows businesses that claimed the employee retention credit (ERC) and received questionable payments to disclose and avoid future IRS action against them.

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Personal and Professional Uses of Generative AI

Money Talk

I recently co-taught a webinar for one of my clients about professional uses of artificial intelligence (AI) platforms such as ChatGPT. Below are eight highlights from my webinar presentation and some advice to get started: Previous Experience - Most people have had some experience with AI through word processing software, online searches, online pop-up ads, AI-enabled “smart home” features, and virtual assistants such as Alexa, Siri, and Cortana.

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Unlock business results: the power of employee performance management

Achievers

Arguably the most important factor to business success is its people. Employees are the embodiment of an organization’s purpose, vision, and objectives. That’s why it’s so crucial that every employee is clear on the role they play in the bigger picture. But more than just the role they play, it’s equally important they feel supported, recognized, and valued throughout their entire employee journey.

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Educate Employees to Practice Better Cybersecurity

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes As you may know, Mr. Bartender and I are fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Lately, we’ve been getting caught up on older episodes of the show Jessica Jones. One of the episodes we watched recently showed private-investigator Jessica breaking into a morgue to gather information about someone and she needed to access the computer.

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6 Steps to a Better Compensation Strategy

Compensation is one of your biggest expenses as a business, but it is also your biggest investment in your people and your culture. A great compensation strategy can be an incredible asset that supports your business goals and lays a foundation of trust between your company and your employees. Whether you already have a compensation strategy in place or you’re building one from scratch, this guide will help you level up your approach through these 6 steps: 1.

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10 Best SOC 2 Compliance Software in 2024

HR Lineup

In today’s digital landscape, ensuring the security of sensitive data has become paramount for businesses across all industries. With the rise in cyber threats and regulations governing data protection, companies are increasingly turning to SOC 2 compliance as a standard framework for safeguarding their systems and data. SOC 2 compliance, developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), focuses on security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, an

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Do employers have a role to play in overcoming the UK childcare crisis?

Employee Benefits

Employers can offer onsite nurseries , workplace nursery schemes, and subsidised and emergency care provisions to help with childcare. There are a variety of different flexible working options that employers could offer those who are struggling. Support for working parents can help with attraction, retention, skills shortages and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

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Organizations: Start Thinking About the Connected Customer

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes One of the conversations that frustrates me is the one about generations. Mainly because a lot of people get the generation conversation wrong. They assume that because you were born in a certain year and fall into a generational date range like Boomer, Gen X, or Millennial that you’re a certain type of person. Granted, some of the conversations about generations are true.

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Webinar Explores the Earned Wage Access Effect

PayrollOrg

Learn how earned wage access (EWA) makes a positive impact on the bottom line by increasing employee retention and productivity during the webinar “The Earned Wage Access Effect: What Your Company Leadership Needs to Know,” sponsored by DailyPay, on March 26 at 1:00 p.m. ET.

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10 Best Learning Experience Platforms (LXP) in 2024

HR Lineup

In the ever-evolving landscape of education and professional development, Learning Experience Platforms (LXP) have emerged as powerful tools for delivering personalized and engaging learning experiences. As we step into 2024, the demand for dynamic, cloud-based solutions to enhance learning has never been higher. In this article, we explore the top 10 Learning Experience Platforms reshaping education and training in 2024.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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UK office occupancy levels reach post-pandemic peak

Workplace Insight

New data from Remit Consulting suggests that UK office occupancy rates have risen to their highest level since the start of the pandemic. Although still below pre-pandemic levels, the data indicates a gradual return to more office-based work patterns. The ReTurn Report is compiled by Remit Consulting each week. It uses data provided by building managers in ten cities based on their property’s access control systems.

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Brewers introduces cancer support benefit

Employee Benefits

Paint, wallpaper, and woodcare supplier Brewers has launched a comprehensive cancer support benefit to provide tailored guidance and assistance for those with a cancer diagnosis. It has launched this month and is available to all of its UK employees. Through a partnership with Reframe Cancer, Brewers employees, either with cancer or caring for a loved one with the disease, will receive cancer information, and emotional and practical support at all stages of the cancer pathway.

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Benefits in a Multi-generational Workplace

InterWest Insurance Services

With multiple generations working side-by-side in this economy, the needs of your staff in terms of employee benefits will vary greatly depending on their age. You may have baby boomers who are nearing retirement and have health issues, working with staff in their 30s who are newly married and have had their first kids. And those who are just entering the workforce have a different mindset about work and life than the generations before them.

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Join These Upcoming “Talking Payroll” Chats for 2024

PayrollOrg

Join your fellow payroll peers in our “Talking Payroll” Chats on The Payroll Community! Don't miss the next one this Thursday, March 14 at 3:00 p.m.

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Bridging the Gap: The Intersection of DEI Initiatives and Employee Benefits

Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP

Unlock the secrets to transforming your organization’s employee benefits into a strategic tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). During this informative session, we will discuss common pitfalls in traditional benefits and then delve into the essence of DEI in employee-centric benefit offerings. This involves not only defining DEI in the workplace but also understanding the pivotal role that employee benefits play in fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

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How to handle unproductive team members

Business Management Daily

Some people don’t do good work consistently. Whether they are coworkers or managers, these folks seem to have all the capabilities of a high performer but can’t quite measure up. Slacking off, daydreaming, and time-wasting are some of the names people call it, but feeling overwhelmed, helpless, and stressed out can also contribute. Employees who struggle at work put employers in a difficult spot.

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Digital communication tools are a constant source of workplace strife

Workplace Insight

A new poll of 4,000 knowledge workers in the UK, US, Germany and Australia suggests that digital communication tools are a constant source of strife in the workplace, especially between different generations of people. The poll from the Adapatavist Group, Mind the generational gap , was co-authored by Dr. Eliza Filby, a Historian of Generational Evolution.

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Median monthly pay for February up 5.5% year-on-year

Employee Benefits

Median monthly pay for February 2024 increased by 5.5% compared to the same period last year, to an estimated at £2,331, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Its labour market figures published on 12 March revealed that regular pay growth fell to 6.1% year-on-year in the three months to January from 6.2% in the previous period.

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Gender Evolution

Florida Workers' Comp

It was recently International Women's Day (March 8). In the sometimes vacuous and disturbing world of social media, there are positive moments. One example is that I learned it was International Women's Day. Not through the news, but through social media, I was informed. That ability to pass information is a critical benefit of the medium. Granted, there are plenty of countervailing challenges with those platforms, but some opportunities for greater knowledge.

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5 Trends to Help Your Organization Boost Job Satisfaction and Productivity

Treating your workforce as the organization’s top priority improves customer satisfaction and revenue growth and can boost job satisfaction and productivity. Read about five trends that are helping organizations around the country improve their people’s career well-being.

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What is Team Cohesion and Why is it important?

HR Lineup

In the realm of teamwork, cohesion stands as a cornerstone, binding individuals together to achieve shared goals. Team cohesion goes beyond mere camaraderie; it embodies the collective synergy, trust, and unity that propel teams towards success. Whether in sports, business, academia, or any collaborative endeavor, understanding the significance of team cohesion is paramount.

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Get the most out of pre-employment assessment tests

Business Management Daily

Human resources professionals and business leaders need to put a great deal of time and care into their candidate selection processes. Recruiting and onboarding a new hire is a time-consuming and costly endeavor, so you want to make sure you’re picking a great match who will excel in the role. Making a bad hire often means repeating the process just a few months later while suffering lost productivity.

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UK and other countries sign international pledge to cut carbon emissions from buildings

Workplace Insight

The inaugural Buildings and Climate Global Forum, organised by the French Government and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) concluded last week. Representatives from 70 countries adopted the Declaration de Chaillot , a foundational document for international cooperation. This declaration aims to facilitate a swift, equitable, and effective transition within the sector to lower carbon emissions from buildings.

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RNIB names Sean Mileusnic as new chief people officer

Employee Benefits

Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has appointed Sean Mileusnic as its new chief people officer. In his new role, Mileusnic will lead the charity’s people function and focus on developing high-performing teams and a collaborative culture, while nurturing talent from within the organisation and attracting external talent. He will support the delivery of RNIB’s increased focus on tackling the root cause of inequality by challenging misconceptions, changing behaviour and influencing sy

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Fertility Benefits for Every Age: A HR Roadmap from Gen Z to Baby Boomers

Speaker: Lauri Armstrong, SHRM-SCP - Sr. Director, People Operations at Carrot Fertility

Today’s workforce includes multiple generations of employees all looking for something different from their benefits package. While meeting these disparate needs can be challenging, a comprehensive fertility benefit can support everyone from junior staffers learning about their fertility health to senior leadership managing menopause and low testosterone symptoms.

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Employees Need AI Skills: A Comprehensive Guide to Training

HR Digest

According to a recent report from PeopleScout and Spotted Zebra , about 90% of HR leaders believe that a significant portion of their workforce will require reskilling in the next five years. This widespread demand for AI skills is not limited to a few industries but spans across various sectors. To stay competitive in the evolving job market , organizations must prioritize AI training for their employees.

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Paid Family and Medical Leave Legislative Developments

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Proposals for paid family and medical leave at the federal level historically haven’t had enough support to become law. Many states have added paid leave mandates since 2017, creating a challenge for multistate employers seeking to deliver consistent benefits to their entire […] The post Paid Family and Medical Leave Legislative Developments appeared first on Word on Benefits.

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Pending Oregon Law Undermines Traditional Physician Practice Structure

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

In an apparent attempt to shield physician practices from perceived abuses of close association with physician practice management (PPM) companies, a pending Oregon law could undermine a broad range of structures and transactions between physicians and laypersons, including loans, real estate leases, practice sales, national virtual care platforms, investor sponsored practice roll-ups and payor-provider joint […] The post Pending Oregon Law Undermines Traditional Physician Practice Structu

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New issue of Works magazine focuses on sustainable office design

Workplace Insight

As you’ll see as you make your way through this new issue of Works magazine , we’ve spent even more time than usual discussing and learning about sustainable office design – and in particular how the interiors industry is determined to keep sustainable products, business practices and processes at the forefront of our thinking. We were privileged to join Hunters for their inaugural sustainability forum, we met up with the brilliant Sustainable Design Collective to discover their latest initiativ

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How to Implement Pay Transparency: A Comprehensive Guide

With pay transparency legislation on the rise globally, it can be difficult for organizations to navigate how to share salary ranges due to administrative complexities, lack of clear job architecture, employee reactions, and more. To help make this process easier, Barley's comprehensive guide shares how to begin implementing pay transparency while staying true to your compensation philosophy.