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What’s the purpose of human resources (HR)?

Insperity

It governs important aspects of your business, such as: The people on your team Workplace culture Policies and procedures Compliance with employment laws. And why should we value it? For starters, the purpose of HR is to provide the structure for your organization and serves as the engine that keeps it running smoothly on a daily basis.

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Employee learning curve: Ways to get employees up to speed fast

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During the interview process, perhaps once you’ve narrowed down your candidates to the top three, you can ask the candidates how they learn best. She doesn’t know labor laws in detail or rules governing employee benefits, payroll, etc. You can set up a training schedule with regular checkpoints along the way to get her up to speed.

Learning 299
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Create a hiring policy: 6 steps to improve your process

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It may seem like a new set of rules to govern an already challenging task would just become an additional burden. Questions the team should consider when developing a formal hiring process include: How many rounds of job interviews do we need and how many people need to get involved in the first, second and third interviews?

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What is a PEO?

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This allows the PEO to handle functions such as payroll, benefits, tax remittance and related government filings. Typically, a PEO can manage all the HR jobs that you would have to outsource to multiple service providers – like payroll processing, benefit plan management and administration, recruiting and training, and more.

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Emotion tracking tech in the workplace puts people’s wellbeing at risk

Workplace Insight

The authors of the report, Professor Phoebe Moore and Dr Gwendolin Barnard draw on research, interviews, and surveys to warn of potential risks tied to the deployment of these systems while highlighting opportunities for positive outcomes if used responsibly.

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Essential steps to avoid new, higher OSHA fines

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Quiz your staff with unexpected questions OSHA inspectors may ask and make sure safety and training records are readily available. If he or she doesn’t know the answer to something, train him or her to say “I don’t know.”. It’s common for OSHA inspectors to do a random sample of private employee interviews.

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Corporate social responsibility 101: Everything you need to know

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A CSR program has many different audiences with varying interests: Employees Prospective job applicants Clients Industry partners, including vendors and contractors Investors Government Members of the surrounding community, including community partners Media. Reports can range in length from 10 to 100 pages. However, it is up to you.

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