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CoAdvantage Political

The Ultimate Guide to Navigating Political Tension and Fostering a Positive Work Environment

CoAdvantage- 2020 has seen a lengthy, emotional, and frequently tense race between two candidates strongly and passionately supported by each of their core bases. In this kind of environment, it’s easy for post-election day talk to tip into dangerous territory that can lead to temporary or ongoing fractures between different groups of employees with strongly
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CoAdvantage Burnout

How to Protect Your Employees From Burnout: Unplugging From Work

CoAdvantage- Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, employees already had a hard time establishing firm boundaries between home life and work and fully unplugging from their job duties. A CareerBuilder survey from earlier this year (pre-pandemic) found that nearly half of workers “complete work outside of office hours,” including responding to emails at night and while
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CoAdvantage OSHA

Preventing and Dealing With OSHA Complaints During COVID-19

CoAdvantage- Since the pandemic began, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been flooded with thousands of complaints by workers concerned they have been exposed to COVID-19 in the workplace. Complaints allege a variety of incidents that may violate OSHA’s requirements that employers maintain safe working environments, including: Insufficient protective gear provided to workers
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CoAdvantage Outsourcing

The 3 Core Advantages Gained by Outsourcing Human Resources

CoAdvantage- Outsourcing HR gains three big advantages for businesses: time, money, and competitive advantage. Even better, outsourcing can have an outsized impact for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in particular; and this is true even if all your team does is offload transactional HR tasks to a third-party. But how exactly does outsourcing deliver these core
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CoAdvantage Workplace Bias

7 Tactics to Deal with Workplace Bias

CoAdvantage- In our recent article, we looked at the subtle red flags that may indicate workplace bias is a problem at an organization. But what happens next? If workplace bias is present and manifesting in the form of illegal harassment or discrimination, what can HR and employers do to protect their employees and keep the
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CoAdvantage Political

Tips for Managing Political Speech and Election-Related Discourse in the Workplace

CoAdvantage- If election-related political discourse is proving disruptive or difficult in your workplace, here are four proven best practices for managing how employees handle political disagreements to promote a civil and civic-minded atmosphere for everyone. DO: Establish formal policies that discourage political speech and activity at work. One easy option to manage political disagreements: turn
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CoAdvantage COVID-19 Testing

Is It Legal to Test and Monitor Employees for COVID-19 Infection?

CoAdvantage- In general, employers are prohibited by anti-discrimination and privacy regulations from delving too deeply into employees’ medical histories and conditions. However, the COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented threat to workplace health and safety, so the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued guidelines that specify employers may require COVID-19 testing and may require a
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CoAdvantage NAPEO

NAPEO Report: How PEO Clients Have Fared During First Months of the Pandemic

CoAdvantage- The COVID-19 pandemic has hit American businesses hard. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the unemployment rate rose from 3.5% in February to 14.7% in April, representing tens of millions of jobs lost, with expectations that the average unemployment rate will remain close to 10% in 2021. And it’s not just the workforce
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CoAdvantage Political

What Does the Law Say About Political Speech and Activity in the Workplace?

CoAdvantage- As the 2020 election season reaches a fever pitch, politics are more top-of-mind than usual in many workplaces. This can be a headache for employers when political disagreements spill over into tension or even outright bad behavior in the workplace. Can employers legally impose limits on political speech and activity at work? Here’s what
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CoAdvantage Business reopening

For Businesses, Reopening Doesn’t Mean Going Back to Normal

CoAdvantage- In the aftermath of a wave of lockdowns, shelter-in-place orders, and quarantines to prevent the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19, U.S. businesses are slowly reopening. These lockdowns have been devastating in their own way: 43 states are facing record unemployment rates, and the national unemployment rate jumped from 4.4% in March to a staggering 14.7%
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