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We all know how tight the unemployment numbers have been (and continue to be), and with no immediate end in sight, it’s no surprise that it will continue to be a candidate-driven market.
The apparent lack of qualified workers has become a well-publicized conundrum during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can’t drive by a retail establishment without seeing a “help wanted” sign in the window. Theories abound about why jobs are going unfilled. It’s common to assume the answer is to offer higher pay rates. Although the variables in […]
Nearly every experienced manager has had a high-maintenance individual on staff at one time or another. High-maintenance employees may have different characteristics, but the bottom-line issue is the same: Working with these folks is downright difficult.
Compliance ROI—The Cost of Noncompliance Last year was a record year for federal court lawsuits, says McCutchen. We broke the 8,000 mark. Some notable suits you can use as ammo for convincing bosses to take action about wage/hour violations: Novartis, $99 Walmart, $85 million Staples, $80 million Wachovia, $50 million Merrill Lynch, $44 million JPMorgan, […]
We can’t avoid a simple fact—We’re dealing with an aging workforce. For example, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that over one-third of the civilian employees working for the federal government are eligible for retirement. The same situation exists, but to a somewhat lesser degree, in the workforce as a whole. Companies can’t duck the […]
According to global marketing firm IDC, your employees are receiving, on average, 576 billion e-mails annually! Yes, that’s “billion,” with a “B,” and that’s a lot of e-mails! How can companies successfully develop and deploy a corporate communication strategy to keep their workers informed?
While the number of COVID-19 cases appears to be plateauing in much of the country, employees continue to have more questions and concerns about their health benefits and coverage than ever.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and the ability to predict outcomes based on analysis of patterns are helping advance almost every area of human society, ranging from autonomous vehicles to predictive medicine. The business world derives great value from AI-driven tools and leverages data in almost every function.
As the year winds down, employees everywhere are looking forward to a familiar end-of-year tradition: annual bonuses. For companies, this is more than just a financial transaction. Bonuses represent an opportunity to reward performance, align employees with organizational goals, and foster a culture of motivation and accountability. But how companies approach bonuses can vary widely, […]
Benefitfocus, Inc., a provider of cloud-based benefits management software, has released its “State of Employee Benefits – Regional Edition” research report, a snapshot of real, but anonymous employee benefit election data from over 500 employers on the BENEFITFOCUS® Platform, broken out by U.S. Census region.