Why Motivation Is the Real Turnover Protection
The costs of losing quality employees have been well established to be steep. Making sure that your company culture is one that motivates and attracts high-performing employees is critical.
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How Resilience Can Help Manage Healthcare Anxiety
If there is one word that describes the current debate in Congress over the proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA), it is uncertainty. Almost everything about the proposed bill is currently unclear, including whether it will pass, what it will look like if it does, and how it will affect people if it does get […]
Employers, There’s a Right Way to Distribute MLR Rebates
Today was the final day for insurers to issue rebates for 2011 premiums (as required by health reform), so employers should know by now whether they got one. The next step employers face is passing the proper amount of the rebate on to employees. When rebates go to employers, the incentives favor applying the rebates to […]
Drumming Up Leadership Skills with Marching Bands
Leadership lessons can be taken from almost anywhere. In today’s Advisor, guest columnist Ritch Eich, author of Truth, Trust + Tenacity: How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders, discusses the unique leadership skills demonstrated by marching bands.
‘Don’t Obfuscate the Obvious’ Say Confused Fed Workers
It seems so simple. You see this one word on those news crawls at the bottom of your TV picture or on websites every time there is inclement weather—“Closed.” But it seems the federal government can’t be so succinct when it wants to tell its employees that their workplace isn’t open. The confusing language used […]
Jerks at Work II—Don’t Tolerate Them
Yesterday’s Advisor featured Janove’s “jerks at work” tips. Today, more on managing jerks, and an introduction to a training program that might just stop your jerks in their tracks. Some of the trickiest territory for supervisors is dealing with whistleblower jerks and jerks with disabilities, says attorney Jathan Janove. He offered a few cases where […]
Chronic Illnesses—Tough to Balance Compassion and Business
As an HR person, you care about people, says attorney Susan Fentin. Your impulse is to help; however, if the problem is driving the business down, you may not be able to help. You need to balance these sometimes-competing interests, and that’s not often easy. What are the issues when an employee is chronically ill? […]
Workers Want Flexibility
Forget the trendy perks and flashy benefits. One of the things job seekers want most is flexibility.
Are You Training Workers to Sleep on It?
Fatigue on the job is a known risk factor for causing lost productivity and accidents. In today’s Advisor, we’ll provide training information to help your workers get a good night’s sleep—even if their work shift requires sleeping during the day!
Do waves of collective dismissals constitute a single collective dismissal?
by Paul Côté-Lépine In a number of Canadian jurisdictions, when conducting a collective dismissal or mass termination, an employer will have significant obligations that include giving increased notice of the collective dismissal or providing payment in lieu of and equivalent to that notice. In a number of Canadian provinces, legislators have enacted a precise definition […]