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You’re asked by your company’s board of directors to reexamine your executive compensation. How, they want to know, does the company’s executive pay stack up when compared against other organizations? The first thing to do is to decide which companies should make up your peer group. Should you compare to the companies against whom you […]
Where are benefits heading? To Value-Based Benefits Design (VBBD), says consultant Carla McCormick. If you are not evaluating VBBD for your company, you are ignoring large potential savings, she adds. What is VBBD? It’s about taking a comprehensive approach to helping employees be healthier—and helping the company save money. McCormick, a consultant with Fallon Benefits […]
For example: If salespeople don’t view your program as competitive, your best salespeople will seek greener pastures. If salespeople don’t view your program as fair, there will be morale issues. (For example, if plans aren’t carefully thought through, some territories may experience a high volume of easy sales, while other territories have little opportunity to […]
LITIGATION VALUE: $300,000+ Thank god for damage caps. No matter how well intentioned, throwing a “welcome back” party for your Mexican-American employee by decorating the break room with piñatas, paper sombreros and streamers in the colors of the Mexican flag is not a good idea. Ever. Under no set of circumstances. Sure, Michael (and the […]
At the start of her career, Janine Yancey was an employment lawyer, helping to support HR and people leaders. While she advised business leaders and managers on employee relations issues and helped them resolve employee conflict, she noticed the same patterns of behavior that led to culture bias, including harassment, exclusion, and unethical business practices. […]
Social media is clearly part of the cultural fabric, says attorney Elijah Yip, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t risks when employers use it or try to limit employees’ use of it. The 4 S’s of Social Media Risk Yip, who is litigation partner at the Honolulu office of law firm Cades Schutte LLP, offered […]
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, our work environments, and the ways we interact with one another in them, have changed, likely forever. Before COVID-19, only 20% of Americans were working from home full or part time; today, it’s over 70%. A recent survey from Gartner suggests this trend isn’t going anywhere, even as […]
The modern workplace has experienced a radical transformation in recent years. Remote and hybrid models aren’t just trends, they’re the future of work. With the hybrid work environment in full swing, a new normal necessitates new leadership strategies to foster a people-first, distributed workforce. Organizations must implement technology, policies, and processes in thoughtful, innovative, and […]
Research shows companies plan to spend more on diversity and inclusion programs this year, in an effort to attract job candidates.
As much as recruiters try to avoid it, age discrimination is still popping up in the hiring process. Like singer Aaliyah once said, “Age ain’t nothing but a number,” and new survey findings reveal that discrimination is happening at any age.