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Want an easy and cost-effective defense to employment discrimination claims? Provide harassment training for your employees

Harassment training? If you read the title of this blog out loud and heard groans from other people in your office, I understand. In fact, when I have done harassment training for clients, I have heard every complaint and bad joke about harassment training there is. Harassment training is one of those dreaded exercises by employees and management alike. Indeed, harassment training has become comedy fodder for many a tv sitcom. My personal favorite is still…

How to make employee training a winning investment

When Javier Muchado joined Gentle Giant Moving Company in 2004, he thought he would be there for a few months and then move on. But Larry O'Toole and John "J.P." Pacocha, the Somerville, Mass.-based company's owners, had other ideas. They observed Muchado on a few jobs and recognized that he was physically strong and smart–a winning combo for a business that requires equal measures of muscle, troubleshooting ability and people skills.

Comprehensive benefits plans key to building a strong workforce

It's no surprise that having a well-rounded compensation plan in place is key for employers looking to amp up their workforce. As such, offering medical insurance benefits and paid time-off is often simply not enough. The Benefits USA 2011/2012 survey results found employers are offering a myriad of benefits to keep their employees happy. Dental insurance, for example, is offered by 98.2% of employers, while vision insurance is offered by 84.5%. Information was collected from nearly 4,500 benefit plans covering over six million employees across the country.

Lisa V. Gillespie
By Lisa V. Gillespie
Writer

Flexibility makes significant impact on workplace

It doesn't matter what size company you work for; flexibility matters. Workplace flexibility programs benefit employers of all sizes and industries, resulting in increased employee job satisfaction, lower turnover and lower insurance costs, according to the new report from The Society for Human Resource Management and the Families and Work Institute.

Lisa V. Gillespie
By Lisa V. Gillespie
Writer

Positive attitude linked to work success

Predicting an employee's future success at a company has traditionally stumped experts, and relying on metrics, such as IQ level, only tells 25% of the story. What makes up the other 75%, according to Shawn Achor, Harvard researcher and positive psychology expert, is the belief that your behavior matters, a positive social support system, and whether you view a challenge as a stress or an impetus to improve.

By Kathleen Koster
Freelance Writer

Linking the educational world with business

Universities struggle with diversity just as much as the corporate world, admitted Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, speaking Tuesday at the 2011 SHRM Diversity and Inclusion Conference in Washington, D.C. However, the two universes have a common link — education — and that link can help both worlds overcome diversity obstacles.

Lisa V. Gillespie
By Lisa V. Gillespie
Writer

Harvard happiness expert links positive attitude with work success

Predicting an employee’s future success at a company has traditionally stumped experts, and relying on metrics such as IQ level, only tells 25% of the story. What makes up the other 75%, according to Shawn Achor, Harvard researcher and positive psychology expert, is the optimism that your behavior matters, a positive social support system, and whether you view a challenge as a stress or an impetus to improve.

By Kathleen Koster
Freelance Writer

Prepaid cards increasing as incentive of choice, says survey

Prepaid card programs are becoming one of the more desired incentive rewards among corporate HR execs, according to a survey from incentive marketing firm Young America. Nearly half (46%) of HR executives use prepaid cards for their incentive/reward programs, compared to 33% who reward with cash and 47% who use checks, according to the survey of 355 executives in HR, sales or marketing departments at U.S.-based companies with motivational or incentive programs in place. …

Andrea Davis
By Andrea Davis
Editor-in-Chief
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