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The stakes are very high when it comes to hiring salespeople, says Consultant Joseph DiMisa. It isn’t just a matter of salary and training—it can mean an average of $2 million in lost sales. And it’s not just dollars, adds DiMisa, who is senior vice president and the head of the Sales Force Effectiveness Practice […]
When Is an Employee Protected from Retaliation? Retaliation should never be a motivating factor for employers. While this statement may seem obvious, it’s all too easy for emotions and frustrations to cloud employers’ (and individual supervisors’ and managers’) judgment when something goes awry at the workplace. Unfortunately, it’s also easy to inadvertently appear to act […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, we listed 15 management actions that can increase your company’s risk of being sued. Today, we present 12 more manager/supervisor actions that you must be training against according to our sister publication HR Daily Advisor.
Yesterday, Laraine McKinnon, defined contribution director at investment management company BlackRock, provided some insights on legacy 401(k) plans that may have fallen out of date. Today, her thoughts on forecasting outcomes by groups.
Like an old house that was cutting-edge when it was built but hopelessly archaic today, your 401(k) may have fallen behind the times. Is this true of yours? And, if so, what can you do about it?
Yesterday, we got some important guidance on job descriptions as they relate to your compensation program, courtesy of John Rubino of Rubino Consulting Services. Today, Rubino’s thoughts on salary surveys: the good, the bad, and the potentially illegal.
Yesterday’s Advisor presented rankings of recruiting software from G2 Crowd. Today, the infographic that displays the information graphically. As was mentioned in yesterday’s issue, the grid ranks recruiting software on two scales, market presence and customer satisfaction. (Of course, these are not necessarily the two factors that will be priorities for your organization. For example, […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, we shared 10 ways that your employees can recognize and deal with workplace stress; today, consultant Bridget Miller presents the basics of Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs), and how they can benefit both employees and the business as a whole.
The renewed decline of funded status for defined benefit retirement plans this year has not led the largest U.S. DB plan sponsors to contribute from their coffers to compensate, a phenomenon that one investment advisory firm attributes to temporary interest rate stabilization. Until this year, corporate contributions to DB plans typically correlated with the plans’ […]
Plans and insurers must cover all 18 contraception methods approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to a new set of questions and answers on the Affordable Care Act’s preventive care coverage requirements. “Reasonable medical management” still may be used to steer members to specific products within those methods of contraception. A plan […]