If you’re reading this today (on a Friday), you’re probably not on a four-day work week (or you’re just an overachiever who likes to … Read more
Do You Need to Be Certified to Understand Health Care Reform?
If you say the words “health care reform” to me, I get an instant migraine. I’m not sure what it is: the thousands of pages of … Read more
Salary Increases are Down, But That’s Not Driving Employee Engagement
It was only a couple of weeks ago that the Hay Group weighed in with their forecast on salary increases for 2011 – 3 percent, and slightly better than … Read more
Is Your Employees’ Health Their Own Private Matter?
My health is my affair, right? If I decide to stuff my face, never get off the couch, and chew tobacco until the cows come home, whose business is that but … Read more
Health Care Reform: How it Will Impact Your 2011 Benefits Enrollment
The Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and our new National Prevention Council have been busy! As you and your team develop … Read more
Mega-Merger in HR Consulting World: Aon Acquires Hewitt Associates
Another big shoe dropped today in the world of HR consulting as Aon Corporation announced it was acquiring Hewitt Associates in a nearly $5 billion cash … Read more
How Smart Employers are Dealing With Employee Stress
I attended the annual WorldatWork conference outside Dallas in May, but for the life of me I don’t recall the people from Buck Consultants taking a survey … Read more
Two Views of How Employees (and their Managers) Are Feeling Right Now
With the summer finally in full gear (and those of you living in the Eastern Time Zone know what I’m talking about), it’s time to step back and ask a … Read more
Employee Wellness: What Will You Do to Help Workers Stay Healthy?
One of the very first things I wrote here at TLNT last month was about the wellness push and the debate around the notion of whether getting employees to … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Real-Life Michael Scott, a Safe Driver, and Same-Sex Benefits
With Fourth of July weekend just about upon us, I’m scrambling to catch-up on all I missed this week while attending the Society for Human Resource … Read more