Conference speakers are an acquired taste, and if you have heard very many of them, you know that they come in all shapes, sizes, and varieties. … Read more
On the Health Care Reform Horizon: New Info on How to Handle W-2s
With the slew of other new legal disclosures coming up this summer, adding the full cost of medical coverage on W-2s in January 2013 may have fallen off … Read more
Total Rewards Day 1: Dual Speakers Debating the Generational Divide
I’ve attended a lot of conferences in Orlando, and I’ve attended WorldatWork Total Rewards quite a few times, but I’ve never attended a … Read more
Here’s What to Do if You Want Employees to Quit on the Spot
I’ve been having an interesting email discussion with a UK doctoral candidate whose thesis is focused on qualitative recognition and reward program … Read more
5 Tools to Help Get Employees Up and Out of Their Desks
We know prolonged sitting is detrimental to individual and business health. Prolonged sitting decreases productivity and creativity and ratchets up stress. … Read more
Disability Coverage: More Important Than You (or Your Employees) Think
So what is DIAM? It stands for Disability Insurance Awareness Month, sponsored by the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE). Many … Read more
Why You Should Really Avoid Making That Counter Offer
Think about it: an employee successfully went through the process of finding, interviewing and accepting a new job, only to be pulled back in by the … Read more
When You Reward, Make It About the Employee – Not the Employer
If you have ever had occasion to reward talent there is one question you must ask before you can begin to answer the question of how to reward high … Read more
Many Offering Health Benefits to Same-Sex Couples Ahead of Laws
President Obama’s pronouncement last week in favor of same-sex marriage has no legal effect on employers’ decisions on whether to offer benefits to … Read more
The 9 C’s of Engagement, and Why Everything is About Communication
R. “Ray” Wang, Principal Analyst and CEO at Constellation Research Group, shares this warning in the HBR blog about attempts to communicate … Read more