How your HR department can manage both full and part-time employees

Long story short: How your HR department can manage both full and part-time employees

July 2, 2021 11:13 AM

The workplace is no longer one-size fits all, and your HR strategies and programs shouldn’t be either.

As employers look to recruit and hire, they need to be prepared to manage a new workforce that plans to work part-time, along with their full-time hires. Managing these various work arrangements has led many organizations to look for new technology to make payroll, scheduling and employee benefits easier than ever.

In this week’s top stories, employers like Ernst & Young and workforce management platform Legion, are relying on the power of artificial intelligence to take the guesswork out of paying employees. Both organizations have new apps on the market designed to streamline the experience and give employees more flexibility and control.

Bed Bath and Beyond is also boosting support for both their full-time and hourly workers with a new suite of benefits. All employees will now be eligible for more PTO, family leave and disability benefits. Supporting all employees — regardless of their status — is a surefire way to retain and satisfy current employees, while attracting new talent.

How AI can help manage your hourly employees

Through the COVID-19 pandemic, hourly and gig employees have discovered they now have more leverage when it comes to their work hours and wages. As companies seek to recruit new talent and tap into this pool, questions loom around the best ways to provide a new workforce experience while managing their previous policies.

Legion, a workforce management platform, taps into AI to provide employers with a customized model best suited to their needs. Employees have access to self-service tools via the app to allow them schedule autonomy and flexibility.

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How AI can help manage your hourly employees

Ernst & Young is tackling complicated payroll processes with this new app

Employees are demanding better, more comprehensive tech solutions from their HR departments — and Ernst & Young is supplying. The consulting firm recently announced the launch of EY Interact, a mobile app to support its global EY Payroll Operate service, according to a press release. For employees, the app provides access to pay slips, tax documents, personalized reports and an AI chatbot to help answer questions in over 48 languages.

Companies have been re-thinking their current HR tech offerings after the pandemic forced thousands of employees to depend on inadequate strategies. In response, 35% percent of marketing leaders are overhauling the technology tools they offer in 2021, according to a survey conducted by Gartner.

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Ernst & Young is tackling complicated payroll processes with this new app

Bed Bath & Beyond rolls out paid leave to full- and part-time workers

Bed Bath & Beyond is expanding its benefits package for full- and part-time employees to include paid parental leave, disability benefits and financial relief programs. Through the paid parental leave program, Bed Bath & Beyond will pay their employees in full for up to two months following childbirth, adoption, or welcoming foster children.

The shift is part of a broader ESG initiative designed to help employees “home happier,” and provide an equitable and inclusive work environment. The benefits were also put in place to help employees weather the challenges of COVID-19.

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Bed Bath & Beyond rolls out paid leave to full- and part-time workers

Does your payroll need a makeover? How earned wage access can help employees take financial control

The economic pressures of the COVID-19 crisis have highlighted the need for employers to support their employees’ financial well-being, and one way organizations are doing this is by offering earned wage access, which allows workers to access their real-time earnings prior to pay day.

In an exclusive report on earned wage access by Arizent, parent company of Employee Benefit News, research shows that lower income employees are struggling more with day-to-day living costs, while middle-income users need help handling life’s unexpected expenses:33% of lower-income users said that they would utilize EWA funds to pay their rent or mortgage, compared to 21% of middle-income employees and 16% of higher-income employees.

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Does your payroll need a makeover? How earned wage access can help employees take financial control