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Using Personality Tests to Predict the Ability to Multi-Task Do you find yourself constantly distracted? Your attention constantly divided, jumping from one task to another? Does every day feel like you've been really busy but not really productive? The hustle and bustle of everyday life has become a regular occurrence for many people - so much so that we have embraced a word to describe our efforts to respond to the many pressing demands on our time: multitasking. Multitasking has become so prevalent in our lives that that the youngest generations are defined by it and employers idolize workers who do it. Used for decades to describe the parallel processing abilities of computers, multitasking is now considered a required skill for peak job performance. It is shorthand for trying to get many things done in the least amount of time possible. Read on to learn how personality tests can be used to predict a worker's ability to multi-task. 10 Ideas For Getting the Most from Your Staffing Service Great staffing results don't happen by accident. They occur when HR professionals invest in creating the best possible relationship with a quality staffing services firm. If you'd like to hear more positive feedback about the temporary workers your company uses, consider these 10 ideas for achieving GREAT staffing results! Read on. What's the difference between "Training" and "Development"? Asked at a recent HR Roundtable in Cincinnati, Ohio, Susan Otto, owner of Training-Modules.com, LLC, provided some insight via a small group discussion. Here are the results of the overall discussion as captured that day by facilitator Steve Browne: Training is the means to a development end. It's important to remember that not all training leads to development, but it could and you should see if this is how to look at things in developing that "vision"... Read on. Whistleblowing Protections Under the Affordable Care Act When most employers think of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the focus is on the employer mandate deadline. However, the ACA has been law since March 23, 2010. One aspect of the ACA that employers cannot lose sight of is its broad whistleblower protections. Section 1558 of the ACA added Section 18C to the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide protections to employees who are subject to retaliation for reporting potential violations of the law's consumer protections (e.g., the prohibition on denials of insurance due to pre-existing conditions) or affordability assistance provisions (e.g., access to health insurance premium tax credits). Read more Supreme Court's DOMA Decision Impact on Your Employee Benefit Plans On June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court held that the Defense of Marriage Act (known as DOMA) is unconstitutional. What does this mean for your company's employee benefit plans? Under DOMA, federal law did not recognize same-sex marriages. This meant, among other things, that the federal tax advantages and rights afforded with respect to opposite-sex spouses were not available to same-sex spouses, even if the couple was married in a state that recognizes same-sex marriages. For example, employees in a same-sex marriage were taxed on the value of health benefits provided by the employer to the same-sex spouse, but those same benefits were tax-free if provided to an opposite-sex spouse. DOMA covered all federal rights, including rights as a spouse under employee benefit plans and federal labor laws.Read more |
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> FEATURE ARTICLE Using Personality Tests to Predict Multitasking ability > TIP OF THE MONTH 10 Ideas For Getting the Most From Your Staffing Service > Q & A What's the Difference Between Training & Development? > LEGAL UPDATES Whistleblowing Protections Under the ACA DOMA Decision Impact on Your Employee Benefit Plans Area Temps, Inc. 1228 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115 Toll Free: 1.866.995.JOBS www.areatemps.com |
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