Thursday November 21, 2024

Turn employees into brand ambassadors with these super simple techniques

Your employees are your most valuable asset, and they can really boost your brand if you motivate and encourage them to become strong supporters. When it comes to recruiting brand advocates, companies mostly focus on their customers believing that they’re the only relevant audience. That’s undoubtedly true because 90% of people trust recommendations from friends […]

Gamification and employee engagement: How e-design stimulates training

Introducing gamification doesn’t mean installing PlayStations all across the workplace. It means using your online training software or any other eLearning tool to stimulate training by converting work activity into a more game-like experience. But, why should you? Because gamification boosts employee engagement by making training, and other regular tasks, more exciting and appealing.   […]

Paid family and medical leave should be federal law, CEOs say

Business Roundtable, an association of U.S. CEOs that advocates for business-friendly public policy, last week called for congress to make paid family and medical leave available to as many American workers as possible. The group sent letters to congressional leaders and the President urging lawmakers to legislate a national paid leave. The letter comes as […]

Payroll tech trends guaranteed to boost employee experience

Is your company evolving with the technology and payroll policies that support the way today’s employees want to be paid? Payroll tech trends play a significant role in the employee experience, from payment-on-demand to GDRP compliance for the growing remote workforce. The way people are paid and how companies keep deductions correct today is a […]

Resolve to achieve good health and excel in 2020!

Is today’s corporate environment conducive to good health and happiness? It doesn’t appear that way. Approximately 80% of companies with 1000+ employees offer wellness solutions for their teams, and another 33% of companies with 50-100 employees offer the same.  Yet, medical claims are on the rise, employees are experiencing grave amounts of stress, and younger […]

Letter from a disgruntled ex-employee? How to respond

When you terminate an employee and they leave quietly without incident, you may think that’ll be the end of it. But “vent letters,” messages in which ex-employees air all their grievances, are becoming increasingly common — and it’s important to know how to respond. Take complaints seriously A few old employees might just want to […]

Why automating onboarding can help retain top talent

Employees are an indispensable resource – and in this competitive hiring market, companies can’t afford turnover. So now more than ever, businesses must work on retaining their best employees to ensure they’re running as effectively and efficiently as possible.  There are many ways companies can do this, but getting started out of the gate with […]

The new war for talent: Why you should consider offering benefits to freelancers

The growing war for talent , especially millennial talent, is prompting employers to get creative and offer a new wave of benefits like pet insurance, telemedicine and college loan repayments. Unfortunately, the fastest-growing part of the employment economy, freelance and contract workers, almost always find themselves left out of that conversation.  The latest Freelancing In […]

Sexual harassment training: Does your state have a new law?

In the wake of #MeToo, where does your state stand on the expanded sexual harassment training trend that’s starting to spread to more workplaces? New York’s become the latest state to require firms to not only educate staff on harassment, but make it easy to find and file complaint forms. Newest state laws In the […]

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

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. Control Alcohol Service and Consumption Inebriated office colleagues at a party pose […]