Are women advancing in the workplace? And what is HR doing to help level the playing field so they can? It depends who you ask, I suppose, and I keep … Read more
What Are You Doing to Help Retiring Workers With Health Care Needs?
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been on a roadshow of workshops across the country, talking to groups of pre-retirees about health insurance coverage in … Read more
Weekly Wrap: A New Workplace Trend – Mandatory Tests for Smokers
The workplace push to get smokers to quit is starting to ruffle some feathers in Arizona. According to a story this week in the Arizona Republic, “Some … Read more
Your Workers – And the Rest of America – Are Still Confused About Health Care
Hey HR Pro: Here’s one thing to keep in mind as you and your organization struggle to figure out the ramifications of the federal health care … Read more
Employers Rapidly Losing Confidence in Their Ability to Offer Health Care
If you want to know the future of employer-sponsored health care, you only have to look at this finding that literally leaps out from the 16th Annual … Read more
Five Ways to Breathe Life Into Your Benefits Communications
Let’s say you’ve discovered that employees aren’t aware of a new benefit. They don’t understand how the new consumer-driven health plan works. They’re not … Read more
Are You Sure You Want to Ask Employees What They Think About Their Benefits?
Are total rewards redesigns the new black? They seem so fashionable that companies are jumping on the benefits redesign bandwagon faster than you can say … Read more
Communicating Goals: Does Your Pay System Affect Leader Productivity?
The topics of pay and motivation along with pay for performance are “hot.” It may be the overall lack of salary increases and bonuses over the last few … Read more
Embrace Wellness? Time to Get Your Head Out of the Sand and Just Do It
I’ll admit it. Until a couple of years ago, I thought corporate wellness programs were a silly waste of time. I didn’t get it. I was uninformed, naïve and … Read more
U.S. Incomes Increase, But Are 2011 Tax Breaks Just Another COLA?
Do you feel a bit richer? After a tax break that took effect at the beginning of the year, the Associated Press reports that U.S. incomes have been given a … Read more