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
Beyond COBRA: Changing Insurance Options For Employees Leaving Jobs
Workers who lose their jobs and their employer-based health insurance will have new coverage options when the Affordable Care Act’s state … Read more
Are You Ready For $43 Per Hour Fast Food Workers?
There is this new, hip burger joint in Detroit called Moo Cluck Moo (all right, it’s a SmashBurger knock-off) which is becoming famous for paying its … Read more
Is This The Worst Thing You Can Ever Do to an Employee?
Editor’s Note: Sometimes readers ask about past TLNT articles. That’s why on Fridays we republish a Classic TLNT post that some of you have requested. What … Read more
What Happens When Superstars Don’t Get Much More Than Joe Average?
You just received an above average performance rating from your manager, which naturally put a big grin on your face. Which was subsequently wiped away … Read more
Bonuses Are Nice, But Do You Really Know What Drives Your Top Talent?
Retention has become a big deal and a top concern for many organizations. This is acutely true around high performers and employees with very in-demand … Read more