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04 Dec How to Drive Human Resource Efficiencies with Technology

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Improving workplace efficiency is about helping employees work smarter, not harder. Fortunately, in today's world, technology can help improve efficiency and productivity in the workplace —especially for HR professionals.

No matter the size of the company, its needs can feel overwhelming for HR leaders, especially when they are faced with normal factors like team vacations and evolving role duties—or new responsibilities due to COVID-19.

03 Dec IRS: Unused Transit Benefits May Be Used for Parking

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In response to a question from a worker who, due to COVID-19, opted to drive to work instead of using public transportation, the IRS has issued a letter saying that employees may apply unused commuter transit benefit amounts to parking benefits in certain circumstances.

02 Dec Important Employee Skills for the Post-pandemic Workplace

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As the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly changed workplaces, workers’ skills have changed as well.

Job skills were evolving before the pandemic, but it has prompted more change in a much quicker manner. In fact, the number of skills required for a single job is increasing by 10% per year, according to Gartner data. In response, organizations should embrace a dynamic approach to reskilling talent in order to shift vital employee skills and help develop skills as they become relevant and necessary.

20 Nov How a Biden Administration Might Impact HR and the Workplace

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Each presidential transition brings changes to the HR landscape.

When President Donald Trump took office in 2016, he overturned or revised many of his predecessor’s federal regulations, a common trend between administrations of opposing parties. It is also something likely to continue under President-elect Joe Biden.

13 Nov New DOL Opinion Letters Address Pay for Employee Travel and Training

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On Nov. 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published two new opinion letters providing the DOL’s official position on how the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to employee pay when there is work-related travel or employee training.

Voluntary Training Programs

The FLSA requires employers to compensate their employees for all hours of work. While the FLSA does not define what qualifies as “work,” the U.S. Supreme Court has determined that employees should be compensated for any time that “is spent predominantly for the employer’s benefit.”