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In yesterday’s Advisor, we reported on a recent study on the increasing rates of workplace suicide. Today, we provide training for your employees on how they can recognize and get help for depression—before it leads to suicidal thoughts or actions.
Hiring an auditor with limited experience auditing benefit plans, or experience auditing only small plans … may cost plan sponsors. That conclusion can be drawn from a new assessment by DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration of audit quality after reviewing annual reports from 400 sample retirement plans of various sizes. The agency found a nearly […]
Yesterday, we looked at new executive compensation disclosure rules proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Today: who’s covered by the rules, and how to calculate executive compensation that was actually paid out over a given time period.
In yesterday’s Advisor, we shared the latest data on training and development from our recent survey; today, more results from the study, including detailed responses regarding professional development, popular topics covered in training, and products and services used for training.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures how much average prices are moving by surveying households to find their average spend on specific goods and services during a given time period and then comparing that total cost to previous time periods.
Does your company conduct exit interviews? What questions do you ask? What benefits do you gain? These Q&A sessions with an employee who is leaving the company can be done in person, but they can also be done in writing—via e-mail, online forms, or even mailed questionnaires.
In today’s Advisor, we look at recommendations—including for training—from a recent study on suicide in the workplace.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently proposed rules that would require companies to disclose the relationship between executive compensation and the company’s financial performance. Today and tomorrow, we’ll look at what these rules mean for employers.
A great many employees indicate that professional development is a key to retention—so it’s important to know what’s happening in the real world! The results of our Training and Development Survey are in. Read on to see how participants are dealing with this issue.
Athletes have many ways to generate income—from their sport compensation to product endorsements and licensing to public appearances. Forbes recently issued a list of “The World’s 100 Highest Paid Athletes,” and which sports dominate the list may surprise you, as well as where the first female appears.