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4 Ways to Support Employees During a Crisis

UpstartHR

Over the last few weeks the environment has changed dramatically when it comes to work and life. As an HR leader, I can remember other times of crisis in the past, such as when our employees had their homes destroyed by tornadoes. We have to deal with the logistics of this from a work perspective, because HR is often the hub of policies around working remotely or being flexible for those that have personal needs that limit their availability for work during emergencies.

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New To Remote Work? You’ve Got This!

Newmeasures

If you are new to working from home or newly managing a remote team, it may feel like a big transition. In an already stressful and uncertain time with coronavirus and social distancing, adjusting to a new mode of work can feel like the sour cherry on top. Some types of work are easier than others to move to a remote environment, you may be juggling kids at home, may feel distracted by the plans you have to cancel like travel or a wedding, not to mention dealing with fear for safety and health –

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Best tech tools for the virtual workplace

Workable

There are tools for every business purpose out there and we’ve pulled together the best tech tools for the virtual workplace so you can avoid any breakdown in business processes as you move forward with your digital transformation. NOTE: Those tools marked with an asterisk (*) are seamlessly integrated with our recruitment solution. CONTENTS: Tools for the recruitment process.

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Everything comes to you at the right time. Be patient. Your time will come.

Brigette Hyacinth

Last week a door finally opened that I had been trying to open for so long. I was heading into unknown territory. The odds were totally stacked against me. There seemed to be nothing working in my favour, yet I kept pressing on. The days leading up to my breakthrough were indeed the toughest. As the famous saying goes, “the darkest hour is just before dawn.” Well, the storm unleashed its full fury.

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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Healthcare HR Week 2020: What’s Ahead for Healthcare HR in the Coming Decade?

Precheck

Healthcare HR Week 2020: What’s Ahead for Healthcare HR in the Coming Decade? Mar. 17, 2020. Antique Nguyen Marketing Specialist. Healthcare HR professionals face sweeping changes in medical care delivery, evolving technology standards, staff shortages and shifting workforce demographics. Additionally, the evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic brings its own set of challenges for the immediate future.

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How Organizations Can Address Email Fatigue

HR Bartender

I ran across this article from CNBC on how many hours Americans spend on email each day. It’s an interesting read. The article says that we spend 209 minutes a day checking work email and 143 on personal messages for a total of 352 minutes. That translates to roughly 5 hours and 52 minutes each day (almost 6 hours a day). I have a couple of takeaways from this.

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10 Questions You Should Ask Your Remote Employees To Keep Them Engaged

15Five

Building and maintaining a strong company culture can be difficult when you only see your team for several minutes each week and can be especially challenging if these moments aren’t optimized to be high-impact conversations. One of the easiest ways to combat this common challenge with your remote employees is by asking the right questions. . Questions are how people form deeper bonds and build mutual trust.

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Webinar: COVID-19 – Listening to your employees

DecisionWise

Date: Thursday, March 19, 2020 Time: 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00pm Pacific Presenters: Tracy Maylett, CEO; Matt Wride, President; and Christian Nielson, VP of Consulting Services Cost: Free. Should COVID-19 change the way we survey or listen to our employees? The answer is yes. During times of uncertainty and challenge, it is critical to understand what your employees are experiencing—perhaps even more important than ever before.

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It’s Not About Selling Software

ExactHire

The COVID-19 pandemic has required that ExactHire, like many other companies, move to a mandatory work-from-home model. ExactHire has always offered remote work as an option to our employees, so this change has minimally affected our operations. Obviously, the same cannot be said for the pandemic’s impact on our business. Our software is designed to create efficiencies for HR professionals and allow them to focus on their people.

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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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what to do if your company isn’t handling coronavirus well

Ask a Manager

I am getting a lot of mail about coronavirus, and one common theme is employers who aren’t acting with any urgency at all — not having people work from home where they can, not canceling travel or events, etc. Here’s some advice if you’re in that situation. • One of the most effective things you can do is to band together with other coworkers and push back as a group.

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COVID-19: An Update From Our President, Chad Lane

Allegis Global Solutions

The past few weeks have brought unprecedented change to the world around us, prompting companies to act quickly to take care of their people first, then figure out how to operate in a rapidly changing work environment. And things are indeed changing every day. Uncertainty abounds. But one thing is certain: As a talent leader, AGS is in a position to lead through uncertainty.

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How to Manage Remote Teams (Especially If This Is Your First Time)

Human Resources Today Submitted Articles

Respondent’s Head of People Kat Myers shares her best practices for handling the unique challenges remote work can pose for managers.

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What does employee engagement look like in these challenging times?

HR Zone

Employees Keeping employees engaged in challenging times.

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Delivering DEI Training That Drives Real Change

Speaker: Jeffrey Hall, Chief Creative Office of WILL Interactive

Great DEI training improves engagement, retention, and teamwork. Poor training does little. What content areas are right for our organization? How can you construct training around empathy-building, relatable stories for a positive disposition to hard topics? We’ll cover the latest research on how to make training that actually delivers attitudinal and behavioral shifts.

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DHS Relaxes Form I-9 Review Requirements

SHRM Resources

?The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will defer the requirements for employers to review Form I-9 documents in-person with new employees. The change applies to employers and workplaces that are operating completely remotely."Employers with employees taking physical proximity precautions due to COVID-19 will not be required to review the employee's identity and employment authorization documents in the employee's physical presence," DHS said.

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EMPATHY is the most important leadership skill needed today!

Brigette Hyacinth

In this digital age, there is a big disconnect between leaders and the people they lead. Many managers think they are doing a great job but when you ask the people they lead, it’s quite the opposite. Many employees feel unappreciated and undervalued. Employee engagement is at an all time low. What seems to be missing link? Empathy. Many organizations are focused on achieving goals no matter what the cost to employees.

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Observing Workplace Compliance During a Crisis

TalentCulture

News surrounding the coronavirus pandemic is developing at such a breakneck pace that by the time you read this article, the data in it will probably be outdated. As of this writing, there are more than 186,000 cases of COVID-19 worldwide. In the U.S., 49 states and the District of Columbia have reported more than 4,500 cases of coronavirus and 88 deaths.

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Four ways to support employee financial wellbeing during the coronavirus outbreak

HR Zone

Employees Covid-19: Supporting workers with money worries.

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Are There Gaps in Your HR Policies?

Putting the right HR policies in place can help your organization grow smoothly and help your company culture thrive. Use this essential HR checklist to cover the basics and make sure there aren’t any gaps in your HR functions.

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What Your Employees Need From You Right Now

Jason Lauritsen

For the amount of talk and training and coaching we’ve deployed over the years about change, you’d think we would be better equipped when big changes show up. Maybe nothing would have prepared us for the collective gut punch that we are all experiencing right now. I know that I certainly got knocked off balance by this thing. It’s hard to find your balance when things are shifting so quickly and dramatically all around us.

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COVID-19 pandemic: How to prepare your business

Insperity

News about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 or “the coronavirus”) pandemic understandably can be unsettling, but infectious disease outbreaks need not induce panic. By being well versed in the facts, business leaders can play a critical role in soothing employees’ concerns, modeling healthy behaviors and keeping their workplaces relatively productive – all while not running afoul of related laws and regulations.

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#WorkTrends: The Power of Business Readiness

TalentCulture

Meghan M. Biro sat down with Tim Minahan, the Executive Vice President of Business Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer at Citrix, for a frank discussion about being ready for anything in your business — including COVID-19. Meghan and our team at TalentCulture have been talking about crisis management and business continuity quite a lot — in another time we might even say business readiness is trending.

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Job Interviews Go Virtual in Response to COVID-19

SHRM Resources

As employers begin asking employees to work from home to stop the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, virtual interactions are taking the place of in-person job interviews.

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Trending Payroll Statistics

Staying up-to-date on the latest decisions and payroll statistics ensures businesses can remain compliant and efficient. B2B Reviews research compiled the latest data to help businesses stay on top of payroll in 2024 and prepare for the future.

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Coronavirus: the role of the unexpected remote manager

HR Zone

Managers Tips for the unexpected remote manager.

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4 Ways to Support Employees During a Crisis #Coronavirus

SHRM

Over the last few weeks, the environment has changed dramatically when it comes to work and life. As an HR leader, I can remember other times of crisis in the past, such as when our employees had their homes destroyed by tornadoes. We have to deal with the logistics of this from a work perspective because HR is often the hub of policies around working remotely or being flexible for those that have personal needs that limit their availability for work during emergencies.

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41+ Top Tools for Remote Teams

Bonusly

Your team is ready to work remotely or is even already doing it, and now it’s time to kick things into high gear. But where do you turn to pick up the right tools? We’ve got you covered! Workforces are more distributed than ever. Whether you’re working from home, a co-working space, or a coffee shop, modern teams are made up of coworkers who are located in different places, keep different office schedules, and may not see each other in-person all that often.

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Technology Eases Transition for New Remote Workers

SHRM Resources

?Companies are sending employees home to work in large numbers to curb the transmission of the COVID-19 coronavirus. These dramatic moves mean many employees will be working remotely for the first time. SHRM Online talked with experts about software, data security practices and "group cohesion" techniques that employers can apply to ease the transition and ensure that workers remain productive and engaged.First Determine Bandwidth Levels and Home Office Needs Don't assume all employees

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Managing Your Recruitment Agency Spend in 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by a juggling act of internal recruiting, agency relationships, and direct hire spend? You’re not alone. In today’s competitive talent landscape, building a dream team requires strategic orchestration. Recruiting agencies and search firms provide invaluable services, but managing them effectively alongside your internal team can pose unique challenges.

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Remote Work During Coronavirus: Leadership Matters

TalentCulture

Bottom line: employees, last I looked, are people. And we need to protect and support our people during this incredibly tough time. We’re all facing phenomenal degrees of uncertainty as we navigate uncharted and scary territory. We don’t know how bad it will be, how long it will last, or what it will take from us. Anxiety is as common as oxygen right now, and peace of mind as hard to come by as n95 […].

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15 Essential HR Policies

Human Resources Today Submitted Articles

Workplaces are changing, and policies should reflect these changes.

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How to help employees take care of their own wellbeing during a crisis

HR Zone

People Helping employees take care of their own wellbeing.

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