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Cupid — with a little help from the economy — appears to have hit his mark this Valentine's Day, as 78% of American workers love their job more than they did before entering the recession, reports a recent Workplace Insights survey from the recruitment and workplace solutions provider, Adecco USA.
No, not the daily chatfest on tv, EBN's new "View from the Andes" column from Karrie Andes, director of HR for Deffenbaugh Industries in Kansas City, and EBN's newest contributing editor. Andes will be running monthly in EBN this year. This month, she details her experience with mandating employee health…
I agree that executive compensation should be capped, but I believe all the corporations executives compensation should be capped. That will level the playing field and avoid concerns of talent hopping. There are other ways that these executives earn money via stock, capital gains etc. When is enough…
While some — I admit, myself included — hailed President Obama's recent edict that executives at companies receiving federal bailout money will have their compensation capped at $500,000, not everyone thinks the limits are a good idea.
We all know the #1 reason Reagan's handlers pushed 401(k) was the instant payoff especially to Executive Life and Drexel… ERISA allowed them to replace properly managed pension funds with essentially unsupervised "guaranteed insurance contracts"…guarantees that in the end were paid for by the taxpayer….
Small employers have big compliance mandates to contend with to meet the Government Accounting Standards Board Statement 45 rules (better known as GASB 45), which apply to measurement and disclosure of nonpension post-employment benefits. Times are tight enough economically; don't let noncompliance fines…
Employees aren't immune to the news reports of millions of Americans losing trillions of dollars in collective retirement income, and the news that increasing numbers of organizations are freezing their retirement plans, suspending matching contributions or both is heightening anxiety about their futures….
It's a sign of the times when an entire series of nondiscrimination tests is created to help employers prevent disparities when conducting layoffs … sigh.
Here's more evidence that cost-cutting can lead to scrimping on important health care services. EBA reports that a in recent Delta Dental Plans Association poll of 900 dental care consumers age 25 and older, 83% of benefit plan participants visit their dentist twice or more a year versus 63% of those…
President Obama last week signed the Children´s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIP), a law that extends a federal program to provide health insurance to low-income children.
It's February — the month for paper hearts, chocolate hearts, candy hearts. However, a report in the Feb. EBN shows too many of us are neglecting the most important heart — the one in our chest.
Is your company doing what it takes to build the next generation of leaders? How do you rank against the Top Companies for Leaders in the world? To find out, register for the 2009 Top Companies for Leaders survey, a joint effort by The RBL Group, Hewitt Associates, and Fortune magazine. Registration runs…
The Society for Human Resource Management now is accepting entries for the first-ever Susan R. Meisinger Fellowship recognizing excellence in advancing the human resource profession.
As goes the economy, so goes employee engagement it seems, which is not good news for employers. Survey results from Quantum Workplace show 66% of employers saw decreases in employee engagement between 2007 and 2008.
One hundred companies now are being flooded with resumes, as Fortune magazine recently revealed its 12th annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Despite a bad economy, some employers are still hiring and offering robust employee benefits.
Employed caregivers also need help coping with elderly parents. One great resource is www.ASIlverConnection.com which assists employees that need to find help for an elderly relative. EAP's can offer great resources but most are not experts in this area.
What's sadder is how insurance companies hold it against individuals who participate in EAPs. During a stressful time in my worklife, I saw a therapist because it was the healthy and responsible thing to do. Then, when I started my own business and went to Blue Cross for an individual health plan, I…
This article says, "For employees, a workplace employee assistance program can provide much-needed help. Most employers now have one, but communication still lags."
Although some employees tend to breeze past beneficiary elections, a new Supreme Court ruling may give them pause.
A latte, the new Fall Out Boy CD, something for lunch and oh — I'll get that cough checked out.