That made employee benefit changes in 2019
With a hot job market—the national unemployment rate is currently at 3.7%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics—many employers have set their sights on an important way to recruit and retain talent: employee benefit. Scores of employers this year announced...
15 employers that made employee benefit changes in 2019
A sampling of companies that boosted or rolled out new programs this year. With a hot job market—the national unemployment rate is currently at 3.7%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics—many employers have set their sights on an important way to recruit and...
Intel expands paid leave benefits
The tech company is the latest to enhance its leave policies/leave benefits for new parents, caregivers and grieving employees. (Image credit: Walden Kirsch/Intel Corp.) Intel is significantly beefing up its paid leave policies to “better support employees during...
Intel expands paid leave benefits
Intel is significantly beefing up its paid leave policies to “better support employees during life’s critical moments,” the company says. The tech giant is expanding leave for new parents to 12 weeks from eight weeks, providing up to eight weeks of paid leave for...
Survey: Two-thirds of global staffing firms to adopt AI-driven ATS by 2021
If a recent survey is correct, AI will continue to take the recruiting by storm, especially when it comes to tracking job seekers. It looks like 2020 is going to be a major year for artificial intelligence in the recruiting space. According to a recent global survey,...
Ensuring an enriching experience for remote employees
Here are three steps to help boost the employee experience for remote employees/workers. With the labor market as tight as it is, employers are feeling pressure to learn about the employee experience—what it’s like for individuals to be employees of their...
Buyer beware: Reimagining HR with tech purchases
Shopping for HR technology is going to be a different game in 2020 and beyond. Keeping up with the dizzying array of new or updated technology products can be mind-boggling for HR decision-makers. Yet, among the potential confusion, one thing is clear, according to...
Josh Bersin: Here’s my reading list for 2020
Josh Bersin writes HRE’s HR in the Flow of Work column. Bersin is an analyst, author, educator and thought leader focusing on the global talent market and the challenges and trends impacting business workforces around the world. He recently spoke at the HR Technology...
Nonprofit rolls out student loan benefit, adding to growing trend
Northern Rivers Family of Services hopes the perk will help them recruit and retain talent. Another employer has jumped on the burgeoning student loan benefit bandwagon. Northern Rivers Family of Services, a New York-based nonprofit, announced a new program to help...
These will be the top HR challenges in 2020
Finding and landing high-quality workers ranks as the toughest HR challenges, faces in the coming year, according to a new survey. While the issues may be unsurprising to many HR leaders, sourcing and landing high-quality applicants, along with managing future...