Benefits Think How to build an intentional culture
Culture is the single most important factor in your organizations success or failure.
Laura Hamill
Limeade
Benefit management
Training seen as key strategy to combat turnover
A healthy if not spectacular jobs report from the Department of Labor supports mid-market employer plans to bolster training programs to keep employees from jumping ship.
Engagement tools target wrong audience
Organizations dont necessarily focus on building engagement tools for team leaders, said consultant Marcus Buckingham during this week's SHRM conference, and, as a result, these tools are being developed for the wrong audience.
Benefits Think 5 lessons from millennials in the workforce
Commentary: In comes a generation that challenges the way we do things with how we could do things.
Erin Krehbiel
ACI Specialty Benefits
Benefits ticket to the game of attraction, retention
Benefits decision-makers from Groupon, Radio Flyer, Lou Malnatis and CareerBuilder share their biggest recruiting and retention issues and address whether benefits really matter.
SEC exec comp rules prompt deeper thinking on disclosure
Employers expect the new rules to fundamentally change the way they approach executive pay disclosures.
Benefits Think How health care consumer engagement can boost employee satisfaction, reduce costs
Consumer engagement in health care is the magic interaction that employers are striving for, yet for most it remains elusive.
Employers fail in giving consistent, open feedback
Employers are falling short on adequate systems and training to provide employees with in-the-moment critical feedback. But all is not lost as some experts have a few steps employers can take to get back on track.
Benefits Think The science behind employee engagement
Commentary: Numbers can tell you if your internal communications are effectively engaging employees, and resulting in a stronger culture and higher benefit participation rates.
Keith Kitani
Guidespark
Benefits Think Is your benefits plan wagging the dog?
If you talk to a benefits administrator or human resources professional, odds are theyre going to tell you theyre overwhelmed with trying to keep up with the pace of change and the demands of todays benefits landscape. It seems like just about everybody is, at best, treading water.
Robert Stumper
Corporate Synergies
Whats the best way of tracking the ROI of benefits programs?
The correlation between benefits policies and enterprise financial performance has been thoroughly studied, and the correlation is positive. The problem is that many investors have yet to grasp the significance of that correlation, and lack basic tools to assess the quality of the company from an HR and benefits perspective.
Benefits Think Why employee communications, engagement fail as companies grow
Enrollment goals fall short when key points get lost or the message itself fails to connect with the employee.
Keith Kitani
Guidespark
How to avoid an EBSA investigation
Commentary: Self-policing, self-reporting and self-correcting before there is an investigation gives plan sponsors and administrators a better opportunity to control the costs and mechanisms of the corrective process.
Employer handbooks: 8 areas to watch
Recent guidance from the National Labor Relations Board includes details about the types of employer policies and rules likely to be considered to unlawfully interfere with employees rights.
Benefits Think Millennials do not learn differently, contrary to popular belief
Much has been written about how millennials learn differently, suggesting companies should change the way they manage and train this digital generation. While its true millennials have grown up without ever having used a pay phone or typewriter, read a newspaper or waited for a scheduled TV program, does this mean they learn differently?
Obamas Executive Order on immigration: What employers need to know
There are several important aspects of Obama's immigration Executive Order that potentially can impact employers in a wide range of industries.
Private companies see a rosy 2015 but is this a jobless recovery?
In the last quarter of 2014, the hiring picture changed very little, a calm that belies an important story.
Anthem to tell customers within two weeks if they were hacked
Anthem Inc., the second-biggest U.S. health insurer, said its going to take about 10 to 14 days to figure out who was affected by a data breach and begin notifying those people.
Former Blue Cross CIO: How insurers can secure data
The most common vector of cyberattack is still poor habits by associates, says Joseph Smith, former CIO of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
Case highlights importance of dependent eligibility audits
Good recordkeeping is important to avoid paying for benefits for ineligible recipients.