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Mentors offer so much to mentees and can be extremely pivotal to their mentees’ success. But sometimes, regardless of their good intentions, they can offer their mentees extremely bad advice.
The health insurance industry is very complicated and getting more so every year. There are many different players, as well as numerous policies and practices insurance companies and their partners use that can delay or deny the care your employees need. According to a Business Group on Health survey1, cancer is the top driver of […]
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 […]
In HR, it’s your responsibility to ensure your employees have what they need to succeed and that you help the company shine in the best light. Nowadays, one way to be favorable to the world is to show that your business is safe and sustainable. You can do that in almost all facets of your […]
Workers’ compensation fraud is always good fodder for HRSBT! Case in point, a New York man was recently caught defrauding the system, as he claimed to be unable to work at his job, yet he was still able to teach kickboxing.
For nearly a decade, corporate inclusion efforts were all about signing pledges, building coalitions, and making big promises. But in today’s intense legal and cultural environment, good intentions simply aren’t enough to protect a business or unite a workforce. To meet this high-stakes moment, SHRM has officially launched the SHRM Center for Inclusion and Diversity […]
I hear the incredulity from clients constantly: “Overtime? We pay our employees a salary—they aren’t eligible for overtime.” I call it the salary assumption. Unofficially, it’s the most common misconception in employment law. And it’s an understandable mistake. If an employee is paid a salary, how could an hourly overtime rate apply? The Fair Labor […]
A tough-talking, strictly business consultant says yes, and we need to stop it, and start focusing on business. It’s the closing seconds of an NFL football game, and the losing team has the ball. If they can score now, they can win! The team huddles, and the quarterback calls for a long pass. But then, […]
The latest trend among older Americans is one that may benefit your company. A significant number of retired Baby Boomers want to rejoin the workforce.
For many employers, online recruiting has become the primary means of soliciting candidates. However, the system is not without its challenges. In today’s Advisor, we’ll look at how to measure the effectiveness of your online recruiting program. When measuring the effectiveness of your online recruiting program, it is important to measure what matters to your […]