Employer Strategies

In the midst of the holiday season, many of us spend time reflecting on the past year and identifying opportunities to improve ourselves in the one ahead. As you make your personal New Year’s resolutions, why not make some professional resolutions as well? A 2012 review and update of these 10 personnel policies will help manage employee expectations, limit company liability and ensure regulatory compliance. …

While it is well known that the National Labor Relations Board governs issues involving unions and unionized employers, it also protects employees' rights to engage in "protected concerted activities," defined as two or more employees conferring or taking action for their mutual aid or protection regarding terms and conditions of employment. It does not matter if the employees are unionized. If an employer disciplines or discharges an employee for engaging in such activities, it may…

For once, it’s the whippersnappers who are behaving more wisely. At least when it comes to saving, Generation X and Generation Y workers are more diligent than their peers.

ts Inc. on Jan. 1, 2012, and its stance suggests that the odds of the drugstore making up with the pharmacy benefits manager before the end of the year are remote.

According to data from ACSI LLC, P&C insurers are improving customer satisfaction, while life insurers are steady and health insurers are slightly declining.

On December 5, 2011, the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri granted preliminary approval to a proposed settlement of the Wal‐Mart 401(k) fee lawsuit (Braden v. Wal‐Mart Stores, Inc.). Under the proposed settlement, the defendants will pay a total of $13,500,000. The settlement also describes several potential changes to the plan's investment options, investment education programs and participant disclosures. …

Professional insurance agents have what insurance customers are looking for, according to research results issued by the PIA Partnership. The PIA Partnership is a group of insurance companies that works collaboratively with PIA National to conduct research and develop tools and resources designed to benefit professional independent insurance agents. PIA is a national trade association that represents member insurance agents and employees who sell and service all kinds of insurance.

The United States on Wednesday faced the prospect of an imminent government shutdown for the third time this year as a year-end fight between Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Congress over taxes and spending turned nastier.

Social media tools now are present on most corporate intranets, with 61% of companies reporting at least one social media tool available to some or all employees. Read what the most popular Intranet 2.0 tools are according to a new social intranet study.

A tighter partnership between corporate finance and human resource executives may be on the horizon as U.S. companies begin to address the implications of health care reform for their reward programs and talent management strategy, according to a new survey by Towers Watson and Forbes Insights. The survey finds that both groups of executives share an expectation of further increases to their health care and other reward budgets in the next few years although, surprisingly, neither sees any change in the mix or cost allocation for their overall reward programs