6 Practical Ways to Recruit More Strategically
The most successful recruiters will go beyond doing more of the same and instead come up with ways to fundamentally change how they work in order to deliver better results.
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2020 Payroll Taxes Will Hit Higher Incomes
Starting Jan. 1, 2020, the maximum earnings subject to the Social Security payroll tax will increase to $137,700. Before the start of new year, adjust payroll systems to account for the higher taxable wage base and notify affected employees that Social Security FICA taxes will be withheld from more of their pay.
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Today’s Affinity Groups: Risks and Rewards
From a legal standpoint, affinity groups raise two common issues: the use of social media and discrimination concerns.
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Q&A with Oracle’s Gretchen Alarcon
SHRM Online caught up with Gretchen Alarcon, group vice president of human capital management (HCM) strategy at Oracle, to ask her about the company’s new voice capabilities for its digital assistants and other ways employers can support employees’ career growth and help them collaborate more effectively with their peers.
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Keeping Up with Laws and Regulations Is Crucial
Through continuous education, you can become legislative subject matter experts and compliance leaders. By setting goals and committing to a disciplined approach to educating ourselves, then utilizing a variety of SHRM competencies to do so, HR professionals can stay on top of evolving laws and regulations that affect the workplace.
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Putting Humanity into HR Compliance: Active Listening
When I work with executives and managers, a common complaint I hear about HR professionals is, “They don’t listen. They just tell.” So when I work with HR professionals, I encourage them to adopt these three practices of active listening.
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Employees Still Perplexed by HSA Plans During Open Enrollment
Not understanding health savings accounts (HSAs) and the high-deductible health plans the accounts are coupled with leads some to bypass an HSA option during their employer’s annual open-enrollment period, while others who enroll in HSA-eligible plans often fail to take full advantage of them.
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4 Key Employment Law Issues on the Supreme Court Docket
The Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments for the 2019-2020 term, and it will tackle big employment law issues starting in the first week of oral arguments.
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DOL Makes It Easier to Drug Test Unemployment Compensation Applicants
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced a new final rule that gives states more leeway in drug testing applicants for unemployment compensation.
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Calif. Employers: Prepare for New Anti-Harassment Training Mandate
HR professionals who are scrambling to comply with the new California sexual-harassment-prevention training requirements have another year to put those plans in place for most workers. Here’s what they need to know about the new mandate.
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