Tobacco use holds a top spot among the health risks employers focus on through their wellness programs. You may wonder why. After all, public bans on … Read more
Would Employees Pay for One-on-One Financial Guidance in the Workplace?
As financial wellness becomes more of a common component to workplace wellness programs, many smaller employers are considering the cost sharing aspect of … Read more
Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law, Mandate to Buy Health Insurance
See updates below, including statements from SHRM and WorldatWork. Let the finger pointing begin: a divided U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality … Read more
Solving People’s Pay Angst: It’s About Clarity, Process — and Fairness
As an independent advisor, I am often called in to help with situations where compensation has become a very emotional and even intractable problem. Having … Read more
The 4 Factors Critical to a Smart Total Rewards Program
Recent Total Rewards research conducted by WorldatWork surveyed 2,300 HR pros from around world on the top factors they see as critical to moving the Total … Read more
Overturning Federal Health Care Law Might Be a Mixed Bag For Employers
A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court (due to be announced later this month) to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act would have vastly different … Read more
Survey: How Innovative Employers Use Technology to Improve Health
ShapeUp and context released the findings from our first annual Technology + Employee Wellness Survey this week. Over the past six months, we’ve … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Some 20% of Workers Can’t Afford to Take a Vacation
It’s vacation season, but according to a new survey from CareerBuilder, a good portion of the nation’s workforce can’t afford to take … Read more
Counter-Offers: Why They Don’t Deliver Much Bang For Your Buck
We had a brief but lively conversation, my Compensation Cafe colleagues and I, about counter-offers during our Advice on Pay from the Compensation Cafe … Read more
What Are You Doing For Employees During National Wellness Month?
June is National Employee Wellness Month, an annual recognition of the importance of employee well-being that Virgin HealthMiles initiated in 2009. One … Read more