A small but growing number of companies have done away with “fixed-number-of-days” vacation policies, instead giving employees – with the approval of their … Read more
4 Ways to Make Your Benefits Communications Plans Successful
You may remember from our Inside Benefits Communication Survey that only 22 percent of employers reported that they currently document their communications … Read more
Don’t Count on Compensation (or Raises) for Employee Engagement
Let’s be honest with each other and – more importantly – with our employees. Raises during the last several years have not even covered cost of living … Read more
Sharing the 7 Habits of Confident Retirees With Your Workforce
From the thousands and thousands of pre-retirees I’ve talked to over the past decade, two consistant comments I hear over and over again are “I wish I’d … Read more
Weekly Wrap: The State of HR Today? By One Account, It May be Picking Up
A New Year always seems to bring a lot of new surveys and studies, but this one with Chief HR officers has some pretty interesting findings and insights on … Read more
Meaningful Work? It’s Just as Important to Employees as a Paycheck
Are employee engagement and retention of concern for you and your organization? If so, are you equally concerned about how you’re conveying the importance … Read more
What Motivates Employees to Stay? It’s Mostly About the Pay
Sometimes, the simplest and most logical answer that makes the most sense. So it is with CareerBuilder‘s latest survey that digs deep into just what … Read more
Pew Study Shows That Employees Are Turning Into Health Care Consumers
Employees have heard you loud and clear, Ms. and Mr. Employer. They got the message that it’s time to become a savvy health care consumer. They’re out … Read more
Why Traditional Salary Ranges May Not be Relevant in Today’s Economy
Our salary ranges are not serving us as well as they once may have. We know it. Unhappily, most employees know it, too. My Compensation Cafe colleague … Read more
Coping With Flu Season: 3 Tips to Encourage Sick Workers to Stay Home
Flu season has hit early and hard this year. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the current outbreak could be the worst in a decade. Things are … Read more