Airbnb finds a union it can work with after failed efforts
Airbnb Inc. cafeteria workers are joining the United Auto Workers, a new twist in the home-rental company’s troubled relationship with organized labor.
Practice and client management
Benefits Think An adviser’s pipeline needs both prospecting and marketing
For a business-to-business organization like a benefit advisory firm, a core function of growing the brand is to support sales efforts.
Wendy Keneipp
Q4intelligence
Meeting the needs of clients in coal country
2018 EBA Rising Star in Advising Taylor Lindsey works to deliver lower costs for a complex industry.
PepsiCo improves onboarding with Appical app
The system helps the beverage and snack company’s global procurement department more efficiently move new hires into its work stream.
5 onboarding platform providers to follow
Breezy, HR Cloud and WorkBright are some of the vendors offering human resource managers tools to quickly get employees up to speed.
Benefits Think With analytics and digitalization taking center stage, HR still needs to stay human
Human resource technologies need to be center-focused on employees to be effective. Here’s how to achieve that goal.
Janet Clarey
Bersin by Deloitte
Benefits Think What is the central aim of the broker-employer relationship?
Trusted advisers have an emerging opportunity to broaden their value to clients by embracing a new expertise around provider quality.
Shane Wolverton
Quantros, Inc.
Banking’s response to #MeToo: Training employees to speak up
Strong policies against sexual harassment appear to be a factor in shielding banks from the public shamings that have occurred in other industries, but even they know they can’t get too complacent. Some are ditching old training sessions and trying new things like coaching witnesses on how to report demeaning behavior.
Why employers should revisit their executive compensation strategies
About 40% of companies plan to adjust their C-suite benefit offerings in the wake of tax reform.
Benefits Think 3 data-driven HR hiring and recruiting trends for 2018
Artificial intelligence will play a big role in how employers retain top performers as well as help eliminate bias from candidate selection.
Deb LaMere
Datasite
Growing a book of business in the cannabis market
While still an up-and-coming industry, Rising Star in Advising Matt Gilroy is diving head first into the field and is already seeing a profit.
Direct contracting touted as rising cost antidote
Steve Kelly of ELAP Services envisions fair pricing scenario in response to health system consolidation.
HR leading the way toward digital transformation at Monsanto
The agriculture giant is using dashboards that help managers monitor employee performance and training progress, explains Dipankar Bandyopadhyay.
Why the Olympics might be freezing up office productivity
Do distractions and absenteeism abound when it’s time for the games? Employers need to set expectations to avoid losses in worker effectiveness.
Benefits Think How to determine ‘reasonable’ compensation for a broker
Advisers who rely on the Best Interest Contract Exemption need to comply with the three Impartial Conduct Standards, otherwise they fall under non-exempt prohibited transactions.
Josh Waldbeser
Drinker Biddle
Alera Group acquires four brokerages
A strong economy and firms eager to sell are fueling the consortium’s acquisition wave.
Why employers should revisit their executive compensation strategies
About 40% of companies plan to adjust their C-suite benefit offerings in the wake of tax reform.
Benefits Think R2-Me2? How should employers respond to job loss caused by robots?
There is no question that the use of robots, along with other similar technological changes in the workplace, will continue to eliminate or downgrade jobs.
Gregory W. McClune
Foley & Lardner
U.S. jobless claims decline, approach an almost 45-year low
U.S. filings for unemployment benefits unexpectedly declined last week, hovering close to an almost 45-year low and signaling a tight job market.
Becoming the ‘True Trusted Adviser’
EBA Rising Star in Advising finalist Braden Monaco seeks to offer the total concierge package as his primary tool to drive growth for his firm and success for his clients.
