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It’s HR Hell Month: 6 Ways to Survive the Holiday Season with Your Sanity Intact

December 17, 2024 by Kerry Flynn Barrett

If you’re in human resources, you already know… December is HR Hell Month! A plethora of hard deadlines like payroll reconciliation, helping employees understand Open Enrollment, ensuring FSA funds and remaining benefits are used up, performance reviews, and processing year-end bonuses are all annual requirements on your list. Tack on a variety of arbitrary deadlines […]

Filed Under: HR Strategies Tagged With: burnout, culture, employee relations, leadership development, managing employees, mental health, open enrollment, productivity, workplace conflict

All I want for Christmas is NO MORE DEADLINES! Easing the end-of-year HR burden

December 26, 2023 by Kerry Flynn Barrett

As the year comes to a close, many organizations find themselves caught in the chaos of holiday festivities, erratic schedules, and looming project deadlines. The end-of-year and holiday season can be particularly overwhelming for HR teams, who are tasked with managing a myriad of responsibilities. This includes the standard HR burden, plus the normal year-end […]

Filed Under: HR Strategies Tagged With: burnout, compassionate leadership, culture, employee benefits, employee relations, healthcare, managing employees, mental health, open enrollment, processing paperwork, productivity, wellness, workforce planning

How do you find the right HR solution? Be ready, willing, and able.

January 23, 2020 by Kerry Flynn Barrett

How do you know if your company needs an HR solution? Here’s a simple test we use: Is your company ready, willing and able to make necessary changes?

Filed Under: HR Stories Tagged With: hiring employees, open enrollment, processing paperwork, small business

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