Connecting the wellness dots
Measuring wellness results with credible data is a laudable goal, but its an incredibly tricky endeavor.
Quality of life benefits
Benefits Think Open enrollment: If you build it, will they come?
Open enrollment season. Your plans are in check. Your benefits fair is squared away. Your communications strategy is set. Its game time, right?
Kristin Baker Spohn
Collective Health
How would UAW CO-OP get into gear?
A potential plan to pool the health care purchasing power of Detroits Big Three automakers in the form of a CO-OP or similar entity sounds intriguing to industry insiders, but they also caution that it wouldnt be an easy road.
Dawn Food Products J. Brian Coleman wins the Judges Choice Benny Award
At Dawn Food Products, J. Brian Coleman, VP of total rewards and HR shared services, cooks up a sweet company culture.
Employers increasingly open to catching boomerang employees
As boomerang employees become more prevalent, nearly half of HR professionals claim their organization previously had a policy against rehiring former employees but are warming up to the trend.
Benefits Think End of life: The real health care crisis
Commentary: There are rampant and seemingly uncontrollable costs of sustaining life in a system which lacks any semblance of common sense.
Craig Hasday
Frenkel Benefits
Variable pay hikes projected to trump salary merit increases
Anticipated merit increases are to remain relatively flat, while some experts say variable pay options like bonuses and cash rewards are gaining popularity.
Working parents voice need for flexibility
New evidence is confirming how important workplace flexibility and family-friendly benefits are for recruiting and retention in todays business environment.
Successful benefits communication built on understanding workplace culture, climate
To be successful communicating change, employers must have their finger on the pulse of their employee population. One CHRO shares some communication lessons learned from an organization-wide restructuring.
Worker loyalty linked to perceived career opportunities
Beyond benefits, employees are looking for clearly defined career paths and providing them one might help employers' retention strategies.
Benefits Think Is your wellness budget being flushed down the drain?
Trying to institute a wellness initiative in a poor corporate culture is like making dinner with rotten ingredients.
Pay increases remain stagnant, variable pay taking center stage
Anticipated payrolls are expected to remain flat in the coming year, though the use of variable pay schemes based on employee performance may rise as competition for talent increases.
Hope of congressional intervention shifts Cadillac tax to neutral
Large employers are playing a waiting game in the coming year on health care cost saving strategies as many wait and see how Washington politics play out.
Student loan refinancing company expands offerings
Student loan debt affects employees of all ages, not just new grads.
Benefits Think Religious accommodations: What employers need to know
Employers must make appropriate religious accommodations just ask UPS and Abercrombie & Fitch.
Total comp statements combine real-time power with old-school communication
Next-generation total compensation statements meet employees demands for real-time benefits information and can offer employers a powerful recruiting tool.
Netflix offers new parents up to a year of parental leave
Netflix's newest offering to new mothers and fathers is probably the most generous parental leave policy in the U.S.
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Jeff Green
More jurisdictions require paid sick leave
Paid sick leave seems to be gaining traction in some parts of the United States, but it continues to face a lot of resistance.
Benefits Think The alternative to health plan spousal exclusions
Spousal exclusions are usually implemented as a cost-saving tactic but they can be a difficult sell to employees whose spouses may be affected.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Benefits Think Momentum building for paid leave
Commentary: Companies that step up sooner, rather than later, on paid parental leave will be better positioned to win the war for talent.
Andrea Davis
Employee Benefit News