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Launchways Goes Above & Beyond for Business Insurance Clients
Launchways specializes in providing growing businesses with the human resources, employee benefits, and business insurance services they require to maximize profits, foster buy-in among their workforce, and build a culture of overall excellence. Business insurance is...
Fostering Mental Health Awareness in Your Workplace
“Mental health” is one of the biggest talking points in the current social climate. People are more aware than ever about the direct connection between how they feel and how they function. At the same time, many businesses are struggling to assess and calibrate their...
CoreCentric Streamlines HR Operations & Creates a Strategic Employee Benefits Solution with Launchways
CoreCentric has been helping clients around the world build business value and increase customer satisfaction through the recovery, repair, and return of appliances, parts, and related consumer goods since 1995. In 2016, CoreCentric got the funding they needed to...
How to Adapt to the New Illinois Sexual Harassment Training Requirements
Governor Pritzker signed the Workplace Transparency Act in August of 2019 and this January, the new law went into effect. While many people, business owners and employees alike, welcomed the law as appropriate in the #MeToo era, employers are grappling with how to...
Understanding Employee Burnout from the Inside-Out
Imagine the following scenario: an impactful, talented, well-liked employee walks into your office and tells you that they quit. You’re shocked – betrayed, even, and in spite of your best efforts to make things right, that employee is so sure that they’re done working...
Everything You Need to Know About Building a Killer Employer Brand Identity
In the twentieth century, employers attracted talent and kept great workers within their organization for decades because the marketplace generally perceived that “good jobs” were rare and precious. As we enter the 2020s, unemployment is at an all-time low, which...
What Employers Need to Know About Coronavirus
Global coronavirus diagnoses are nearing 100,000, and the international marketplace is beginning to feel the pain as well. Many businesses are unsure how to address worker concerns and are quickly discovering they don’t have pandemic control policies on the books to...
Ruprecht Improves Workplace Safety and Forges HR & Benefits Partnership with Launchways
https://vimeo.com/385531326 Ruprecht has been an essential part of the Chicago meatpacking industry since 1860. They provide food service businesses and retail establishments with a stable supply of raw proteins with global sourcing and exacting standards as a...
Launchways Hosts Compliance Webinar on Recreational Marijuana Legalization
In June 2019, Illinois became the 11th state in the country to legalize the use of recreational marijuana. This January, that law went into effect and was met enthusiastically by Illinoisans: newly legal dispensaries did $10 million in business in the first week...
Preventing Discrimination in Your Employee Benefits Program
“Discrimination” is a word that no human resources professional ever wants to hear. Unfortunately, many HR leaders are unaware that discrimination can easily be lurking where we expect it least: in our employee benefits programs. Moving forward, we’ll explore: The...
Battling Onboarding Scope Challenges with Employee Management Platforms
The flow of talent into and out of your organization has a direct impact on your ability to do great business and thrive. That means every organization should have a clear vision and thoughtful approach to new employee onboarding. Unfortunately, for many businesses,...
Launchways Announces Rollout of New Group Insurance Captive Program
At Launchways, we’re constantly looking for new innovative,effective ways to help businesses meet their HR, employee benefits, andbusiness insurance needs. This month, we’re proud to announce we are adding GroupInsurance Captive solutions to our ever-expanding...