By Eric B. Meyer About a year-and-a-half into Sara Jaszczyszyn’s employment with Advantage Health Physician Network, she began taking intermittent … Read more
The Rewards of Digital Detox: What Happens When Employees Unplug?
There are certainly advantages to having employees accessible 24/7, able to solve problems and respond to employer needs whenever and wherever. But at what … Read more
More Employers Working to Help Employees Stop Smoking
Employers are highly attuned to the risks of tobacco use, particularly when it comes to the business and human toll. Tobacco use is, of course, associated … Read more
No Way Around It: President’s Win Cements Future of “ObamaCare”
President Barack Obama’s victory cements the Affordable Care Act, expanding coverage to millions but leaving weighty questions about how to pay for it and … Read more
Showing Value: How HR Needs to Rethink Itself for a Changing World
Here’s another example of how HR just can’t get any respect. A new global survey of more than 400 senior executives from from audit, tax and … Read more
Health Care Reform: Today’s Election Will Decide Its Ultimate Future
The highest court in the country upheld most of the Affordable Care Act in June. But everybody knew it was only an overture. The law “will fall in … Read more
Will Your Social Media Policy Pass NLRB Scrutiny? 2 Tips That May Help
By Eric B. Meyer Notwithstanding three social media advice memoranda, and another ruling from the National Labor Relations Board slamming Costco’s … Read more
Should Hurricane Sandy’s First Responders be Offered Health Benefits?
From leading evacuees through flooded streets to carrying a family pet out of a collapsing home, first responders have been dubbed the heroes of Hurricane … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Talking Politics in the Office? It Never Comes to Much Good
I’ve worked and managed for a long time, in a number of office environments, and if there is one constant in all that experience, it’s this: … Read more
Court Upholds Employer’s Overtime-Reducing Work Week Change
By Ted Boehm The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (based in St. Louis with with jurisdiction over Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, … Read more