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Having children is a momentous occasion for anyone and often means big changes in one’s personal life. But for those of us in the working world, our personal lives are often inexorably intertwined with our work lives.
For most of us, the traditional 9–5 workweek is normal and so ingrained in us that we don’t question it. For some businesses and their employees, however, there has been a shift to more flexible working patterns. Today, you’ll find working from home and compressed hours are regular occurrences. But what does the perfect workweek […]
10 Bad Habits for Your Compensation Strategy Ten bad compensation habits to avoid: The "peanut butter" approach. Avoid always spreading money evenly across employees. "Keeping your top employees and rewarding and nurturing them and engaging them is the opposite of the peanut butter approach. With low merit budgets, this becomes harder, but we can differentiate […]
On July 13, the Senate released a revised version of its proposed Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal/replace bill, known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017. As of July 13, the Senate had not yet voted on the original version.
Oswald, CEO of BLR, offered 3 reasons why employees want to work for bosses in a recent edition of The Oswald Letter. People go to work for a company for many reasons, Oswald continues. Maybe the work is challenging and rewarding or the pay and benefits are too good to pass up. It might be […]
A workplace that promotes psychological safety—the feeling of freedom to be one’s whole self at work without negative repercussions—comes with myriad benefits, from more productive, happy employees to a better corporate reputation. But even more important are the things it can help you avoid. Fines, lawsuits, bad press—without psychological safety, you can’t effectively prevent these […]
The disconnect between executive leadership and HR can often have disastrous consequences for an organization. Perhaps a critical talent identification program isn’t considered important by leaders, or safety and compliance concerns are not taken seriously. But what happens when the leader is HR? I recently had a chance to speak with someone who got into […]
Security risk analysis and risk management were among the most acute compliance problems found by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in its recent desk audits of covered entities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
In recent years, employee engagement, or “the level of an employee’s commitment and connection to an organization,” has been the pinnacle of a successful business strategy. This workplace attribute has set organizations apart from their competitors and maintained their productivity long after.
It’s hard to get a clear read on your organization’s culture in the best of times. It’s much harder now, as just about everyone is working from home.