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Advisory Body Calls for HHS to Rescind Plan Identifier Rule
A federal advisory committee called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to rescind a 2012 rule that established a standard unique identifier for health plans.
Are Your Leaders Taking Charge in the ‘Digital Disruption’ Era?
The digital revolution has already changed the face of business, and it’s only going to continue to do so. Is your leadership team ready to take charge? Here are 5 ways that you can prepare leaders to be effective in the age of digital disruption.
Update on the Ultimate Dead-End Job—Literally
Last year, HR Strange but True! reported on a call for applicants by Dutch organization MarsOne to staff a trip to Mars. Well, according to Yahoo! News, it looks like the “hiring process” is still progressing and has become the subject of a short film, “Mars One Way,” featuring five of the “applicants” and why […]
Creating a Learning Strategy Is Critical to Company Success
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that most leaders in mid- to large-size organizations include learning and talent development initiatives in their overall business strategy. Additionally, they found that training and development ranks among the five most important benefits that employees consider when seeking employment opportunities. Add Learning and Development (L&D) to your organization’s […]
New App Helps Improve Employee Sleep
The sleep-deprived business professional is a bit of a cliché in modern culture. We often expect to see businesspeople and other professionals spending long hours and late nights to earn their success. And regardless of why the employee may be sleep deprived, from a company perspective, why does it matter how much sleep the employee […]
Lessons from Lombardi—The 8-Hour Session
(Oswald, CEO of BLR®, offered his thoughts on Lombardi and leadership in a recent edition of The Oswald Letter.) As a young assistant coach, Madden attended a coaching clinic where Lombardi was the speaker. As Madden tells it, he was quite confident in his football knowledge. Showing up at the clinic, he sat in the […]
Caregiving responsibilities, temporal flexibility, and the gender wage gap
by Kelly Boehner We often hear that women earn approximately 77 cents for every dollar men earn. That statistic comes from data in the 2010 American Community Survey, an annual survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The statistic means that if you calculate the median annual income for all men and women who work […]
EntertainHR: “Don’t Look Back in Anger” by Failing to Include Arbitration Clauses in Employment Contracts
I was fortunate to receive tickets to see Oasis over Labor Day weekend in New York. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a concert quite like the one put on by the biggest British band from the 1990s. At times, it seemed like the entire crowd was singing to the band, instead of the other […]
Q&A: What Are Barriers to Successful Ethics Programs?
LRN Corporation recently released its “2019 Ethics and Compliance Program Effectiveness Report,” which seeks to understand how organizations enact and enforce their ethics programs.