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Is Your Company Ready for the Era of Intelligent Automation?

The age of Intelligent Automation (IA), defined as artificial intelligence combined with process automation technology, is becoming increasingly realistic as new advances to devices and software become commonplace in our professional and personal lives. This quickly approaching era will see the use of robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence and advanced analytics technologies to automate […]

A Refresher Course on FMLA Return-to-Work

In my opinion, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) remains one of the most (if not the most) difficult employment laws to administer. The federal regulations are lengthy and detail-oriented, setting forth various compliance deadlines, rules, and (of course) exceptions.

NLRB’s New Guidance Loosens Reigns on Handbooks

Earlier this year, we predicted that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) would be “loosening the reins on employer handbook rules.” We can finally tell you exactly how much the reins have been loosened because the NLRB’s General Counsel has outlined the standards the Board will follow when assessing employers’ personnel policies. Overall, you will […]

Survey Reveals HR Departments Increase Focus on Engagement, Company Culture

For the second consecutive year, from the annual SHRM Conference & Exposition, Paychex released the results of its Pulse of HR Survey, offering insights on the challenges and priorities of today’s HR leaders. The survey, which collected over 300 responses from HR leaders (managers and up) in small and midsize organizations across the United States, […]

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4 Ways L&D Departments Are Becoming More Agile

This year and in the future, organizations across the globe will spend more on their L&D departments’ initiatives and technologies than ever before so that they can become more agile. In 2017 alone, global spending for L&D and training reached $362 billion.

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5 Actions You Can Take Right Now to Retain Employees

According to research highlighted by iCIMS, workers are now only staying with an employer between 2 and 3 years on average. And up to 70% of employees leave a company for higher pay, and 53% claim that they leave because they don’t think that their employers care about them as individuals. In other words, retaining […]