A room of their own
Special-interests groups among employees are not only making a comeback in corporate America, but the groups are also receiving significant financial support from employers, finds a new study by Mercer.
Benefit management
Forecasting salary budgets for 2011
U.S. workers can expect median base salary increases of 2.8% in 2011, compared to 2.4% in 2010, while executives and skilled-trade workers can anticipate a 2.7% increase, according to the "Salary Budgets Survey" by the Hay Group.
Small employers saw job growth in Dec.
Small-business employment continued to show growth in December with hours worked up and wages flat, according to the latest update of the Intuit Inc.’s "Small Business Employment Index."
Small biz: Business protection trumps health insurance
Business owners who employ between two and 500 workers recently told pollsters they have reshuffled business priorities where now business and income protection have taken center stage.
Gender gap in job tenure narrows
Over the last three decades, the job tenure for American women who work full time increased, while the length of time men workers stayed with an employer dropped, report researchers at the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Benefits tighten employees’ ties to their jobs, EBRI poll finds
According to a survey on workers' perception of employee benefits, both high- and low-wage earners say benefits are vital to their health and financial security.
Citing lack of critical mass, The Principal exits group medical business
Principal Financial Group will exit the medical insurance business (both insured and self-insured), the firm announced Sept. 30.
Learning standards, licensing, liability – oh my!
Walk into any well-run early learning/child care facility, and you'll likely be floored by an assault of cuteness: happy children working on art projects, being read to by caring teachers and eating nutritious snacks.
Moving to greener pastures
For employers, managing talent has never been more important. Organizations, particularly ones who've suffered massive layoffs over the past two years, are leaner and meaner.
Workers need to hear the business case on health coverage
American CEOs are getting an earful on whether to keep or drop health insurance because of the health law, but Chris McSwain, director of global benefits at Whirlpool, said a business case on health coverage should also occur on the employee-family member level.
Employers prepare for upswing in voluntary exits
Although voluntary turnover has dipped significantly this year, a new PwC Saratoga study says employers are giving more attention to career development and performance management in anticipation of increased turnover as the economy improves.
Are your employees really important business partners?
Most employers say they value their employees. After all, it would sound pretty harsh for an employer to say that its employees are, with a few exceptions, a bunch of idiots who can seldom do anything right.
Benefits Think Employers looking to boost workers proficiency in the 4 Cs
Communication beats out critical thinking (73%), collaboration/team building (72%), and creativity and innovation (66%) as competencies that are the top priorities for employee development, talent management, and succession planning in the next one to three years, according to a new survey from the American Management Association.
Benefits Think Employees productivity decreasing along with their cash flow
While the U.S. economy is showing signs of recovery, nearly three-quarters of Americans are worried about their jobs and are trying to make ends meet, according to a recent national survey by The Hartford.
Benefits Think And the i-COMM Award goes to
In real estate, its all about location, location, location. In benefits, its all about communication, communication, communication.
Benefits Think Texts, Twitter and benefits dont mix, employees say
Clearly, employees love Twitter and Facebook stats from both social media sites show the number of registered users is growing by the thousands every month. And, employees say they want more benefits communication.
Benefits Think Employer brings new meaning to parting on good terms
Heres a story guaranteed to warm your heart and perhaps think twice about how your company has treated laid-off employees.
Benefits Think Lacking multilingual workforce costs employers $2 billion
As if runaway health care costs arent enough now, statistics show U.S. companies annually lose an estimated $2 billion because of employees inadequate language skills and poor cultural competence.