HR Management

Helpful Hacks for Taking Great Meeting Minutes

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0400

Discover helpful hacks to take comprehensive meeting minutes in-person and remotely. Learn to take notes during meetings like an expert minute taker.

How employers can help as workers' mental health bottoms out

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:08:32 -0500

Amid all-time lows in mental health, employers are finding a new mandate to step up efforts to help struggling employees. “After two-plus years of pandemic ambiguity, employee burnout is emerging as the next widespread health crisis, while employers pour more resources and attention into...

3 ways to turn the Great Resignation into a Great Retention moment

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:03:42 -0500

Employees are switching jobs at record numbers. Workforces are also shrinking. Together, these events have created an environment in which business and HR leaders are having to play catch-up. While the roar of the “war for talent” has been heard for decades and tightening talent markets have been experiencing it in bits and pieces...

Is it time for the four-day workweek?

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:00:10 -0500

Again and again over the past several years, the same type of news has emerged from the business realm: a new company has made the switch to the four-day workweek. In 2017, Basecamp blogged about its "Summer Hours," or four-day workweeks between May 1 and August 31. Volt Athletics wrote...

Employee benefits: Latest data shows what employers are offering now

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 10:03:54 -0500

While providing comprehensive employee benefits may be expensive, it’s well worth the investment to stay competitive with your peers and retain your best people. Other companies are offering employees a host of benefits. And they’re using them at significant rates...

2022 may be 'watershed moment' for company culture, LinkedIn says

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:06:30 -0500

Flexibility may be one of the key trends to shape 2022 for HR, sources told HR Dive, which means employers may need to get creative. Letting workers pick their...

What is ATS in Recruitment?

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:38:17 -0500

An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) automates and streamlines recruitment and staffing processes. A good ATS organises your data better and allows recruiters to place more qualified candidates.

An Applicant Tracking System can also help you enhance the candidate experience with personalised emails & reminders.

The exact definition might be vague. For an exact definition you can check multiple sources and literally create your own!

How Does an ATS Work?
The best way to see how an ATS in recruitment works is to...

Loneliness: How HR leaders can help teams move forward

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:27:30 -0500

The pandemic has kept people apart. What can HR leaders do to help reduce the impact of loneliness as we go forward?

Consider this: More than 40% of employees struggle with mental health issues, and pandemic restrictions left 54% of them feeling isolated.

We were already forming fewer friendships than in the past. Previously, as life got busier, our social network got smaller and smaller. Then, COVID hit. Never before has the entire world been subjected to such collective feelings of fear, uncertainty, anxiety, and sorrow. Loneliness became pervasive.

Colleagues were no longer...

Are you ready? Here are the top regulatory concerns facing HR this year

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:13:49 -0500

Workplace safety ranks number one on a top 10 list of regulatory issues employers face for the balance of 2022 and beyond, a new report finds. According to the report, from Paychex, a provider of...

'Silent' Benefits: Not So Silent Anymore!

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:26:11 -0500

As a SHRM HR Knowledge Advisor, I’ve received many calls asking about how to find, attract and retain talent during this hot job market. Employers have been very creative in attracting talent—offering sign-on bonuses, remote and hybrid work arrangements, increased paid leave, and education reimbursement, to name just a few benefits. Some have considered...

12 New Approaches To Compensation

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:10:23 -0500

Higher compensation is part of the ransom for dealing with the pandemic for most American companies and industries. So salaries, wages, benefits and perks will cost them more—perhaps a lot more—in the year ahead.

Fight the Great Resignation by changing how you treat the workers who stay

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:00:50 -0500

Among the many 2021 pandemic-era trends, the Great Resignation received a lot of media attention for good reason. The number of workers quitting hit an all-time high in November 2021, with 4.5 million Americans leaving their jobs...

Retaining Talent: Tech’s Starring Role In The Great Resignation

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:41:16 -0500

We’re in the middle of a major shift in the workforce. The pandemic caused a massive change from shared office space to remote work. As people spent time at home—and as they faced a multitude of intense stressors and even direct loss—they reevaluated what’s important when it comes to their careers. Because of this...

Here's how leading-edge companies are redesigning for hybrid

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 12:43:55 -0500

From the moment in August 2019 that Heyward Donigan became CEO of Rite Aid Corp.—operator of nearly 2,500 drugstores nationwide, in a highly competitive sector—she was thinking of radically shaking up the workplace. High on her list of concerns was...

Top Ten HR Trends For The 2022 Workplace

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 12:13:31 -0500

As we enter 2022, changes in how we work, where we work, who we work with, why we work, and the technologies we use are in continual flux. Many of these changes started prior to the pandemic, were accelerated by it, and have become permanent aspects of the workplace. Just as I have done in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, here is my countdown of what you should include on your HR roadmap for 2022...

How to deliver layoff news compassionately

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:56:33 -0500

Layoffs are never easy. But in some cases, leadership can do such a poor job of delivering the bad news that it attracts the attention of the wider public. Mortgage lender Better.com is the latest such company to find itself a target. On Dec. 3, CEO Vishal Garg invited 900 employees to...

Destigmatizing talking about mental health in the workplace

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:36:03 -0500

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on mental health and wellbeing. Over the past two years, the prevalence and severity of mental health conditions has surged, affecting individual employees and entire organizations. As of this past summer...

Strategies to help employees and teams thrive post-pandemic

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:14:04 -0500

The last 18+ months have taught us many things including how critical wellbeing and resiliency are not only for individual employees but to organizations and businesses. The stress, isolation, and shift for many employees to work remotely due to the pandemic has taken its toll. Nearly half of...

4 benefits working parents likely need now

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:04:48 -0500

Working parents are far more susceptible to stress and burnout than their childless counterparts. In fact, full-time working mothers experience 40% more chronic stress than working women with no children, and it was recently reported that 9.8 million working mothers in the U.S. are suffering from burnout.

Are your company’s 1099s and W-2s error-free? 4 best practices

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 01:00:00 -0500

Of all the strict IRS requirements your finance team strives to meet at year-end, accurate 1099s and W-2s hit the top of the list. The good news is...

Managing A Remote Workforce

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 02:00:00 -0500

How we work is an idea that has undergone rapid and considerable change in recent years. One of the more prevalent changes has been a break from the traditional model of the nine-to-five office experience. In addition to increasingly flexible hours...

Managing office holiday party risks: Mistletoe no-no’s

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 04:00:00 -0500

The office holiday party season is in full swing. And employers who don’t want to suffer the old adage that “no good deed goes unpunished” would be wise to manage holiday party risks by considering these key suggestions from an employment law expert...

5 Ways to Fine Tune Talent Acquisition with an Eye on Recession

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 03:00:00 -0500

Will the global economy go into recession in 2020? That’s the worry on so many minds. News headlines reflect that concern with stories of trade disputes and that wonky-sounding inverted yield curve. The validity of those fears is...

Want to Make Your Employees Happier? Let Them Live Abroad, Recent Study Says

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:00:00 -0500

Having to move to a new city--let alone a new country--used to be considered a pain. But the economy has changed drastically in recent years, and now, traveling abroad is often considered a perk. Not only does the employee get to explore new areas and profoundly experience a new way of life, but...

Can managers bully employees? Ask HR

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Johnny C. Taylor Jr., a human resources expert, is tackling your questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world's largest HR professional society. The questions are submitted by readers, and Taylor's answers below have been edited for length and clarity...

Single vs. Married Employees' Benefits Aren't Equal

smiller@shrm.org — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Nearly all U.S. companies—90 percent—offer benefits of greater value to employees who are married, according to a new analysis. Disparities between single and married employees' benefits result in significant monetary inequalities, according to...

The 8-Hour Workday Is a Counterproductive Lie

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500

The eight-hour workday started its life as a socialist dream. The Welsh textile mill owner and social reformer Robert Owen is credited as the first person to articulate it, by calling for “eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, and eight hours rest” for workers in the early 19th century. This was much better than...

Eggnog With a Splash of Paid Time Off

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:43:36 -0500

Providing employees extended time off at the end of the year is one way to add a bit of holiday cheer. Office closures during the holidays — typically the days between or immediately around Christmas and New Year’s Day — can...

Handling the tricky questions in FMLA intermittent leave

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 04:00:00 -0500

Intermittent FMLA leave is a giant thorn in the side of HR people everywhere. But not all intermittent leave requests are equal. Here’s a look at some of the most common scenarios, and how to handle them...

7 Affordable Ways to Boost Morale

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 03:00:00 -0500

You don't have to spend a lot to make a big difference in your workplace. We asked HR practitioners, via the SHRM Connect online community and LinkedIn, to share their ideas for easy, affordable ways to boost morale in the work environment. Many of the ideas show...