Pay Benchmark Tool, Wellness Game Plan & Deloitte’s LEGO Perk - Jun 20, 2025

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Hiya, HR Champs! ☀️ Summer’s heating up—and so is burnout risk! With the summer solstice tomorrow, it’s time for HR pros to sprinkle wellness into the workday. Let’s soak up sun and sanity this season!

On today’s agenda:

☀️ Work wellness game plan

📶 Salary assessment tool

🧱 Deloitte’s LEGO perk

📜 New bill, new rules

THE HR SPOTLIGHT

☀️ Sun, Sanity & Success: Your Summer Work Wellness Game Plan

As the summer solstice shines down tomorrow, it’s not just temps rising—so is the need for smarter wellness strategies! HR pros, it’s your season to help teams thrive (not just survive) through the summer heat.

The situation: Sunshine, sweat… and stress

• Long, hot days can zap energy—hydration levels drop, and so can focus.

• Summer schedule shifts (kids at home, vacation FOMO) can fuel burnout.

• With more vacation leaves and other summer distractions, productivity naturally takes a dip this season. 

What HR can do: Cool moves for hot months

1. Flexible hours → Try summer Fridays or staggered shifts to beat the heat.

2. Plan team retreats → Even a half-day offsite can refresh collaboration.

3. Hydration stations → Simple but effective: keep those water coolers stocked and visible!

4. Mental health check-ins → Summer isn’t stress-free—ensure employees know resources are there (think EAP reminders, quick wellness surveys).

Ready to level up your team’s wellness and teamwork this summer? Let’s make work feel a little less sticky! 🌴

💸 Pay Up or Risk Losing Stars - TecHRSeries

• What’s unfolding: Payscale’s latest report warns that misperceptions about fair pay are pushing top talent toward the exit. Employees think they’re underpaid—even when they’re not—and that’s fueling retention risk.

• Why it matters: If your best people believe they’re being shortchanged, they’ll jump ship. HR can’t afford to wing it on comp transparency. Time to audit pay practices and communicate clearly—before competitors snatch your stars.

• What’s unfolding: A recent study finds “somewhat ineffective” leaders are struggling most in distributed work, which is exposing shaky leadership foundations.

• Why it matters: HR pros should prioritize upskilling managers in communication, trust-building, and accountability for virtual teams. Weak leadership = weak results. Coaching and leadership training can’t wait.

• What’s unfolding: Deloitte offered LEGO kits as a perk—prompting bigger discussions on creative stress relief. Turns out, employees are craving more than meditation apps.

• Why it matters: Perks should support real mental health needs, not just look fun on social media. HR can explore more tactile, playful stress-busters that resonate with today’s burned-out workforce.

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COMPLIANCE CORNER

• What’s unfolding: The UK’s proposed Employment Rights Bill aims to address the flexibility issues in employee-employer contracts, forcing companies to rethink people strategies.

• HR implications: You’ll need to stay ahead by auditing policies—non-compliance could mean legal headaches when the bill becomes law.

• What’s unfolding: Reports indicate potential workplace immigration raids may return under Trump-era tactics, putting employer practices under scrutiny.

• HR implications: Time for HR to review I-9 records and legal hiring processes—raids could restart swiftly if political winds shift.

• What’s unfolding: Recent FLSA rulings are narrowing tolerance for time rounding—with lawsuits on the rise where rounding cheats workers of pay.

• HR implications: HR should review time-tracking policies; precision beats litigation when it comes to wage compliance.

WEEKLY GOODY

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