Dr. John Sullivan’s recent TLNT posts about Facebook that included a discussion of their fabulous perks were pretty impressive: An extended six-week boot … Read more
Shutdown or No, House Committee Debates What Is a Full-Time Employee
By Ilyse Wolens Schuman While the federal government remained on shutdown mode, the House Small Business Committee, Subcommittee on Health and Technology … Read more
Are You Really Paying More Than You Need To?
By John E. Thompson Employers sometimes pay workers more than the federal Fair Labor Standards Act requires. Of course, some do so as a matter of choice. … Read more
Does Your Organization Ignore (and Maybe Reward) Bad Behavior at Work?
Nice guys finish last. We’ve all heard that phrase before. Which probably means that there’s something to it. Now why is that? Because … Read more
Heading Down the Slippery Slope With “Bridge” or Temporary Incentive Plans
When and where do we create temporary incentive plans, meant to bridge a short-term gap in our reward offerings? Let me lay out one particular (but not … Read more
What Happens to COBRA When Obamacare Kicks In?
Health-law provisions taking effect next year could save U.S. employers billions of dollars in expenses now paid for workers who continue medical coverage … Read more
Yes, Most Employees Are Dumb When It Comes to Health Care
We are at a watershed moment in the history of employee health care in the United States. As Obamacare gets ready to go live on October 1, many companies … Read more
What Happens When Company Culture Gets a Big Wake-Up Call
When will executive leadership wake up and realize that employees can see through the rhetoric when it doesn’t match their actions? Perhaps my comments are … Read more
How Employee-Sponored Health Insurance Is Changing
United Parcel Service got attention by dropping some working spouses from its health plan and partly blaming the Affordable Care Act. But UPS’s move is … Read more
Pay Secrets, or Why Don’t We Post the Salary Structure on the Office Wall?
To what extent is your compensation program transparent to employees, or on the other hand, how much is kept a big secret? Early in my career I worked for … Read more