The Top HR Documentation Killers … and How To Avoid Them
Yesterday, we looked at the Top 5 items on our “HR Documentation Killers” list. Today, the rest of the list—plus an introduction to a webinar next month that you won’t want to miss.
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Head-in-Sand Management, Dead-in-Water Defense
More often than not, managers avoid giving honest evaluations. Maybe they fear causing hurt feelings or maybe they don’t know what to do, but the result is the same—a lost lawsuit. The solution? The two Cs—Clarify and Coach. A Cautionary Tale—How Many Zeros? One juror explained the simple system his jury had used to determine […]
Does Lady Gaga Need Preposterous PPE?
By Elaine V. Quayle When Lady Gaga was hit in the head during a concert in New Zealand, suffering a self-described “clonker” [concussion] and black eyes, there was one conclusion that savvy workplace experts could arrive at—she needs some preposterous PPE to protect her. And she may be just the person to design it! When […]
Compensation Administration: Do You Use Automatic Pay Increases?
A formal compensation administration program is the basic management tool for ensuring that employees are satisfied. You can accomplish this in a variety of ways, but at the end of the day the goal is employee attraction, motivation, and retention. Does your compensation administration program utilize merit pay? Automatic increases? Cost-of-living increases? Bonuses? Some combination […]
Linking performance problems to age is a dangerous practice
Employers may be experiencing the nagging dread of age discrimination more frequently these days. Simultaneous to the surge of baby boomers reaching retirement age comes the decision by many to delay their exit from the workforce, setting up a perfect legal storm centered on age discrimination. Employees who saw their retirement nest eggs dwindle during […]
Supreme Court Upholds Healthcare Reform Law
Reporting by Kyle Emshwiller and Jessica Webb-Ayer The wait is over: The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that the massive healthcare reform law (also known as the Affordable Care Act, or ACA) enacted in March 2010 is constitutional. So what happened, and what does this mean for employers? The wait is over: The U.S. Supreme […]
Top 10 Most Popular HR Daily Advisor Issues of 2012
Your HR Daily Advisor peers have spoken! Here is a list of the top 10 most popular HR Daily Advisor issues of 2012 so far. Read on below for must-read tips on FMLA, GINA, PTO, Retaliation, and more. Here’s to the Crazy Ones I’ve been reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, says business and […]
Crusade to Eliminate Base Pay Merit Increase
Special from Atlanta–SHRM Annual Conference and Exhibition “I’m on a worldwide crusade to abolish merit increase base pay systems,” says consultant John Rubino. “They are demotivational.” Rubino, who is founder and president of Rubino Consulting Services in Pound Ridge, New York, offered his suggestions at the 64th SHRM Annual Conference and Exhibition, going on this […]
Tips for Implementing New or Changing Employee Handbook Policies
Yesterday, we examined the question of whether you can implement a new policy that hasn’t officially been changed yet. Today, some tips for smooth implementation of policy changes, courtesy of Diana Gregory of Insperity.
Top U.S. Court Takes Case to Resolve Limits on Health Plan Recoveries
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on June 25 to decide whether an employee health plan is subject to equitable limits when it demands reimbursement of benefits paid to care for a covered employee who also recovers money from third parties. A 2011 ruling on this issue by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals troubled […]