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New Benchmarking Analysis Identifies Recent Trends in Balancing Benefit Costs and Attracting Top Talent

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Mar 7, 2017 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

When employers have a sense of how their peers’ benefits and compensation approaches measure up to their own, they can more confidently identify opportunities for improvement. The Best-in-Class Benchmarking Analysis produced by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (Gallagher) examines the strategies and tactics used by high-performing organizations to control healthcare cost spending while competing for […]

Data Shows Nearly Half of Workers Don’t Use All Their PTO

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor Feb 24, 2025 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Feb 24, 2025

A challenging job market, new workplace demands driven by emerging technology, and concerns over job longevity and security are all contributing to stress among workers these days. Add to that an environment in which many employees are grappling with low wages and increasing work demands, and it’s no wonder that companies of all kinds are […]

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Don’t Let Unreasonable Expectations Doom Your Workplace Like It Almost Did to WandaVision

By David Kim, FordHarrison Mar 24, 2021 EntertainHR

Updated: Mar 24, 2021

It’s official. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has successfully expanded to television.  While Marvel has had previous forays into this medium (including Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and various shows on Netflix), WandaVision was Marvel’s first television show explicitly interconnected with the happenings of the MCU, which previously was only portrayed in feature films. And while the […]

Innovation Leadership and Why It Matters to Everyone’s Development

By Kelly Creighton Jan 31, 2018 Talent

Updated: Jan 31, 2018

Effective innovation leadership creates an innovative culture that permeates all facets of an organization. Read on to learn more about what it is and why it’s important to implement innovation leadership in your leadership development program.

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Guidance for Employers Responding to Racial Unrest

By Dawn Siler-Nixon and Wesley C. Redmond, FordHarrison LLP Jul 1, 2020 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Jul 1, 2020

The global response to George Floyd’s tragic and shocking death and other recent acts of injustice (including those involving Ahmaud Arbery, Christian Cooper, Breonna Taylor, and Nina Pop, among others) and the ensuing protests and riots amid the COVID-19 economic crisis have affected businesses directly or indirectly. As the current events continue to unfold, employers […]

Need to root out FMLA abuse? Requesting recertification a valuable tool

By Tammy Binford May 5, 2017 HR Hero Line

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) often enables employees dealing with serious health conditions to hold down a job while also attending to their medical issues. Used properly, it can be a win-win for both the employee and the employer. But many employers can tell war stories about challenges in administrating FMLA leave: […]

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Laughing in the Face of 2020

By Matt Gilley, FordHarrison Jul 8, 2020 EntertainHR

Updated: Jul 8, 2020

2020 seems to have decided to be the year that will live in infamy. COVID-19 hit the headlines early in the year and really swung into action in March. I strongly suspect everyone reading this post has had his or her life upset in one way or another by the virus.

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3 Tips to Help Employees Prepare for Conversations About Their Performance

By Guest Columnist Jan 10, 2017 Talent

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

by Anita Bowness, global practice leader, Business Consulting, Halogen Software As an HR professional, you know that a conversation about performance provides an equal opportunity for managers and employees to talk about what’s going well, what needs to improve, and how things are going in general. The challenge is, it doesn’t always go this way, […]

Faces of HR: Julie Anderson on Unifying a Multi-Brand Workforce

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Dec 11, 2025 Faces of HR

Updated: Dec 11, 2025

Julie Anderson, Senior Vice President of Talent Strategy and Organizational Development at Wrench Group, specializes in unifying fragmented organizations. Her role is centered on building the sophisticated, integrated talent systems required to fuel the growth of the company’s diverse portfolio of brands. From Retail Training to Recruiting Pioneer Anderson’s career foundation was laid early, starting in […]