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Yesterday, we looked at a session at the 19th Annual HR Technology Conference and Exposition at the McCormick Place Conference Center in Chicago concerning the future of recruiting technology. Today we’ll see what else Elaine Orler, CEO & cofounder of Talent Function has to say about the future of recruiting technology.
by Michael Bindner The IRS has issued Notice 2012-58, which describes safe-harbor methods employers may use to determine which employees are “full-time” workers for purposes of the “shared responsibility” penalty of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which is often referred to as Obamacare. Notice 2012-59, issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the […]
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) recently released its annual report for fiscal year (FY) 2015. The report shows the agency paid $5.7 billion to more than 800,000 people in failed pension plans, which is comparable to the payments PBGC made in FY 2014.
It’s clear that your supervisors are the first line of defense in preventing lawsuits, but don’t forget, that means they’re the first line of offense as well—the people in position to make the biggest and most costly mistakes. Your supervisors are good people, well meaning and capable. But especially when they are new, they don’t […]
Generational traits are characteristics common to people born during certain time periods. These traits do not, however, hold true for every individual—or every job candidate.
Announced in a press release, ManpowerGroup recently published its global research revealing that 97% of Millennials think they’ll be the generation to finally achieve equal opportunities for women in the workplace.
Looking for healthcare savings? (Who isn’t?) Start with a look at your prescription drug costs, says Scott Haas, CLU, RHU, vice president of Wells Fargo Pharmacy Consulting. Haas and his colleagues sought a way to get drug costs down for clients. They peered beneath the surface and didn’t like what they found, Haas said in […]
As we’ve previously reported, jobseekers who did not negotiate their salaries before excepting a job offer were more likely to lose out on future earnings with that company. We also discussed how fewer candidates were willing to negotiate during the hiring process, but that’s about to change!
Yesterday, guest writer Bridget Miller explained some of the common types of workers’ comp fraud to watch out for. Today, she covers how to help prevent this common, and costly, problem. What Can Employers Do to Minimize Fraud? The possibility of workers’ compensation fraud can be frustrating, but, fortunately, there are a lot of actions […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, consultant Nicole Price presented 3 faulty assumptions about employee engagement. So, how do you fix it? Today we hear some tips from Price on getting (and keeping) your engagement efforts on track. Nicole Price, vice president of training at Cy Wakeman, Inc., in Elkhorn, Nebraska, offered her tips at the 2014 Advanced […]