COVID Look Back & Look Forward: HR, Compliance, Technology, and Legal Issues During the Pandemic
Nobody could have expected 2020 to unfold the way it has, just like no one can predict what 2021 will bring. There were warning signs, predictions, and plenty of if/then scenarios, but ultimately, the real world proved once again to be far too unpredictable. Regardless, there are countless lessons businesses can learn from the past […]
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Navigating New Norms: Virtual Recruiting, Onboarding, and Performance Management
Recruiting, onboarding, and performance management each come with their own difficulties—all of which have now become only more pronounced (and new ones added) during the pandemic. Job applicants are dispersed, new hires are virtual, and employees and management are often remote. Even re-opened offices are still navigating the challenges of new safety guidelines. Despite this […]
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Election 2020: Encouraging Voter Participation and Managing Election Day at Work
Whether on the local or national stage, political elections happen every year. But only every four years, does a Presidential election take center stage. Although each election cycle seemingly grows more imperative and divisive, this year’s election has the added weight of the COVID pandemic, widespread social unrest, high unemployment, and a looming recession tacked […]
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Election 2020: Tips for Handling Politics Inside (and Outside) of the Office
It would be an understatement to say that most Americans have rather strong opinions about the upcoming election one way or another. When discussions get heated or personal, politics in the workplace can cause serious disruptions. Even when conversations are more respectful than the televised debates between actual candidates, one or both participants might become […]
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Tips for Making Human Connections at a Virtual Conference
With more people working remotely and companies scaling back on in-person events due to COVID, making human connections virtually is more important than ever. As many conferences and conventions switch to virtual events this year, it is important to know that attendees can still have the same enjoyable experience and gain valuable new information (including […]
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Virtual Conferences Aren’t Webinars—They’re Way Better
If you haven’t attended a virtual conference before, it’s okay to be skeptical, but virtual conferences have the potential to reach beyond webinars and even in-person conferences. Skip the lines, travel expenses, and the waiting around, and jump straight to the features that make the biggest impact on your professional skills and opportunities. Are you […]
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Get The Most Out Of Your Virtual Conference Experience With These Tips
Whether you are an executive, manager, employee, or HR professional, you have likely helped your company make some big adjustments this year. But as you know, there is always more to do, more to learn, and more ways you can help your company and employees. Conferences are a great place to learn about current HR […]
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First Virtual Conference? Here’s Why We Are Excited—And You Should Be Too
A lot of things can be said about 2020 (most of which, we won’t say here), but proclaiming it the Year of the Virtual Meeting is perhaps the most fitting. As businesses have shifted to a more flexible, remote workforce, the day-to-day business has adapted accordingly. Out of necessity, the prevalence of virtual meetings has […]
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Netchex Receives Multiple Awards Praising Ease of Use, Customer Service, and COVID Response
2020 has been a year marked by near continual uncertainty and change. Through it all, Netchex has remained fully operational and hard at work for businesses that are also working to remain open, adapt their policies, and ensure the safety of their employees. We were able to accomplish this thanks in large part to two […]
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What Is ‘Windowed Work’ and Why It Could Be the Key to Your Remote Work Success
The 9-to-5 workday may now be a thing of the past—and good riddance! It’s time for businesses to really adjust to the fact that your remote employees aren’t working nonstop during so-called normal business hours. Fortunately, “windowed work” can boost productivity and the quality of work performed by remote employees. What is ‘windowed work’? Instead […]
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It’s National Payroll Week! Here’s How You Can Participate
Just about everyone would say that payroll is important because it is how people get paid. But few people are aware of all the additional things that are made possible through the actions of the payroll industry. Most notably, through payroll withholding, the industry contributes, collects, reports, and deposits 70% of the U.S. Treasury’s annual […]
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What Employers and Employees Need to Know About the Payroll Tax Deferral
There has been a great deal of uncertainty in recent weeks surrounding President Trump’s Memorandum on payroll taxes issued earlier this month (on August 8). Meant as economic relief during COVID-19, the Memorandum allows employers to defer withholding, deposit, and payment of the employee’s portion of the Social Security tax (6.2%) through the end of […]
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