Why Did the Corrections Officer Find Himself Sentenced to Jail?
HRSBT can’t believe that people just don’t get it! If you are on workers’ comp—and you shouldn’t be—don’t photograph your fraudulent activities.
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Help Your Team Cross the Finish Line Strong—4 Steps to Success
Do your team members know what the ultimate objective is for each project they work on? Do they know what the purpose is—what they’re trying to achieve? Are you confident that you consistently communicate exactly what the goal is for each and every project?
More Performance Management Survey Results—What Might Your Supervisors Be Doing Wrong?
In yesterday’s Advisor, we presented some of the results of our 2015 Performance Management Survey; today, the rest of the results, including the role of HR and the top five errors supervisors make.
A Coveted Employee Benefit that Actually Saves You Money
Telecommuting continues to grow year after year, despite some high-profile stories to the contrary (such as Yahoo!’s decision a couple of years ago to eliminate telecommuting options). In fact, some experts predict that a whopping 30 percent of workers in industrialized countries will be telecommuting by 2019!
What is Employment Branding?
Most employers want to be known for being a good place to work, but it takes active management to drive this perception both internally and externally. This is where employment branding comes in.
Paternity Leave: Does Your Company Offer It?
Paternity leave—either paid or unpaid—isn’t talked about nearly as often as maternity leave, but perhaps it should be. After all, the two go hand in hand. It can even be argued that it is a matter of equality—all parents should be able to have the option to take time off after the birth or adoption […]
IRS Freezes New DB Lump-sum Distributions for Retirees, Beneficiaries
IRS on July 9 announced that it intends to amend regulations to prohibit defined benefit retirement plans from replacing retiree benefits being paid through joint and survivor, single-life or other annuity benefits with lump-sum distributions or other accelerated payments. The change is effective immediately, IRS said. Notice 2015-49 will amend IRS required minimum distribution regulations […]
Take the HR Policies Survey—What’s Really Happening?
Policy—you deal with it in human resources every single day. Are you keeping your practices up to date? Are they being consistently and fairly applied within the organization? What are your competitors up to? Help us find out!
Catch-up 401(k) Contributions Didn’t Increase Savings Rate Much
The participants 50 or older who have taken advantage of contributing much more of their salary to 401(k) retirement plans through catch-up provisions already were among the highest savers — and so few workers overall are constrained by the annual IRS limits that catch-up contributions aren’t a solution for low retirement savings rates. Those conclusions […]
The Benefits of Employee Mentoring Programs
The Benefits of Employee Mentoring Programs Mentoring programs provide a multitude of benefits for both employees and the companies they work for. Employers have found that while an initial time investment is required in setting up the program, employee mentoring programs can reap positive results across the board. For example, employee mentoring programs can: