HR Departments Need to Recover from Pandemic Burnout

December 1, 2021by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

HR Departments Need to Recover from Pandemic Burnout

Stress levels among HR professionals dramatically increased during the pandemic as both corporate leadership and employees looked to HR for help in responding to workplace changes. More demands were placed on HR staff due to policy changes, employee safety concerns, and the uncertainty among corporate leadership.

One study reported that 90% of HR professionals had increased stress levels in the past year, and 60% of them felt emotional exhaustion.

How to Calculate Employee Retention Rate

October 15, 2021by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

How to Calculate Employee Retention Rate

First and foremost, you need to determine the time period in which you would like to measure retention. Some companies will do this once a year to once every other year, while others see better results when calculating their retention quarterly or twice a year.

“Annual review [of retention numbers] Employee retention is an essential factor to your business’s success. Your staff lays the foundation of your company’s structure, and you want to keep your employees committed to their roles in the organization. Conserving their engagement and keeping them happy is vital to retain your staff. Thus, you want to make sure to understand and accurately calculate your workforce retention rate.

CEOs Ponder COVID-Imposed Risks Alongside Employee Retention

September 20, 2021by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

CEOs Ponder COVID-Imposed Risks Alongside Employee Retention

For the last 18 months CEOs have struggled to respond to the risks to their workforce and consequently to their business resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Government enacted benefit programs, debates over mandating face coverings, vaccinations, the rising fears of the Delta and other variants of the virus along with information and misinformation on mainstream blasted through social media outlets have only increased the complexity of managing employee concerns and business productivity. In the mist of the pandemic chaos, it’s vital that Human Resources is working with CEOs of small and medium-size companies to take proactive initiatives to engage these issues and manage the hesitation as well as employee fears in the workplace.

The Nuances Of Employees Returning To Work, Post Pandemic

August 4, 2021by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

The Nuances Of Employees Returning To Work, Post Pandemic

While employees may be getting used to their new working environments from home over the past year or so, HR experts say employees need to start returning to their offices. The list of reasons drags on, but factors include decreased productivity working remotely, poor working conditions at home, managing employees is more difficult, obstacles with training new employees, camaraderie is missing, employee mental stress while at home is rising, increased drinking and drug use on the job, increased anxiety, and office space cost.

Employee Engagement While Working From Home

April 19, 2021by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

Keeping Employees Engaged Work From Home

Employee Engagement While Working From Home

Here we are over a year after the COVID-19 pandemic closed office doors throughout the country and employees were forced to quickly adapt to their new at home working environment. The pandemic has unquestionably strained employers and HR professionals to alter how they operate and added means to communicate. And although more and more individuals have the opportunity to become vaccinated, most organizations do not see the workplace going back to normal any time soon. If a business has not done so already, it is imperative to implement a remote work policy outlining expectations for work hours and necessary measures for security of company information and publish to the Employee Handbook.