Open enrollment may feel far away. It isn’t. Summer is when benefits planning for 2027 starts taking shape. With health benefit costs continuing to outpace wages and inflation, employers that start planning now have more flexibility to control healthcare costs.…
Change is about the only certain thing in the workplace today. So HR pros need to help employees navigate change year-round. In fact, your guidance to managers and employees is critical because 64% of employees are overwhelmed by the amount…
Regulation rarely stands still. In payroll, the introduction of real-time reporting frameworks and expanded data privacy laws over the past decade marked a turning point. Since then, employers have faced increasingly frequent changes across tax, labor rules and cross-border employment…
Most of us want to do a lot better in some aspect of our lives, but who has the time for a total overhaul? Most of us don't. But you do have time if you’re making an effort to adopt…
Hiring sucks. From attracting to retaining, it can be a difficult process for you and your candidates. Why? Everyone wants to win, and despite the overused phrase, there are very few actual "win-win" situations in business. You want to get…
HR leaders focus so much on employee well-being, they often neglect themselves. So what happens when HR is burned out? Here's how bad it is: According to Sage's report, "The Changing Face of HR:" 81% of HR pros are regularly…
This will likely prove to be another year where we see growing amounts of workplace conflict between workers. A study by SHRM of 1,000 U.S. employees showed that 57% experienced or witnessed incivility at work weekly; a poll of the…
Whether it's a big or little change ahead that will impact employees, the first thing you need to do is this: Make a communication plan. A good one will almost ensure employee buy-in for the change. Even better, you might…
What's the most critical element to keep good employees? Salary? Sure, that helps. Flexibility? Yep, that's important, but not the top one. Work/life balance? Maybe. They're all key to why employees stay, but those are things good employees can find…
Have you ever found yourself motivated or inspired by someone else and thought, “How did they do that?” That person conjured up in your mind has a strong influence. What sets them apart? You may be thinking of charisma or…
HR professionals might consider employee engagement the glue that holds company success together. No matter what you talk about – productivity, leadership, professional growth, retention, recognition, culture, well-being – everything ties back to employee engagement. Not to mention the fact…
GLP-1 medications and hormone therapies have moved from niche to mainstream. About 19% of large employers now cover GLP-1 drugs used primarily for weight loss, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Employer Health Benefits Survey. That figure climbs to 43%…
The global compensation landscape is evolving at an extraordinary pace. From digital assets entering payroll discussions to sweeping transparency mandates on both sides of the Atlantic, HR and business leaders face a convergence of novel legal challenges that demand immediate…
Do you use your time strategically? Being busy and being efficient are not the same, and the most successful people know how to use their time to their greatest advantage. Successful people fascinate us. We are intrigued by how they…
It's bad enough when $#!t hits the fan. Say or do the wrong thing in the midst of a crisis, and you'll almost always make it worse. So there are some things leaders should never say -- write, post, record…
Frontline managers are under pressure like never before. They're the first responders to team stress, the translators of corporate strategy, and the deciding factor in whether people stay or go. Yet many were promoted for their technical skills, not their…
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