Do Cover Letters Matter? Maybe Not So Much
In yesterday’s Advisor, we looked at a survey suggesting that the best candidates often come from referrals. Today, we’ll look at the rest of the survey.
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Raise Your Employee Survey Participation Rates
Time for another employee survey? We all know it’s an important tool for your business, but how do you ensure good participation numbers when everyone is so busy most of the time? Yesterday we explored how to communicate results. Here are some tips to get employees participating in the first place:
The Aftermath: Dealing with an Uncontained Spill
By Jennifer Busick In yesterday’s Advisor, guest columnist Jennifer Busick looked at preventive measures that can keep a spill controlled and contained until it can be dealt with. But what happens when the spill control fails or when it was inadequate or absent in the first place? Busick tackles the topic in today’s Advisor.
Make Accountability a Normal Part of Your Business Success Plan
By Lee Ellis What’s the one thing that can make or break your chance to move ahead and achieve your personal professional goals? When I tell you, you’re not going to like it. It’s too time-consuming. Too intrusive. Too–dare I say it?—moralistic.
Transgender bathroom case makes it to Supreme Court
by Rachael L. Loughlin On October 28, 2016, the Supreme Court granted the request of the School Board of Gloucester County to consider whether the Court should overturn a decision of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Fourth Circuit ordered the School Board to allow Gavin Grimm, who was born female but identifies as […]
Employers Use Voluntary Benefits to Aid Employee Financial Well-Being
While stress does not always stem from work, it often filters into the workplace. Employers today recognize this and see voluntary benefits as a way to ease the impact financial stress has on employee well-being and performance.
Want Your Millennials to Get Flu Shots This Year? Good Luck with That!
CityMD Urgent Care conducted a survey of 2,080 United States adults ages 18 and older to determine Americans’ plans for getting a flu shot during the 2016-2017 influenza season (which peaks between late November and March). The survey was conducted via Harris Poll Quick Query September 13-15, 2016.
Feds Crack Down on Mandatory Flu Shot Policies
With flu season upon us, employers may be tempted to require that employees receive a flu shot. After all, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that the flu costs employers about $10 billion each year in healthcare costs. And receiving the shot can drastically reduce an individual’s risk of contracting the flu, […]
Health Premium Increases Slowing, but Deductibles on Rise, KFF Finds
Premiums for employer-sponsored coverage increased at a lower rate this year, but this could be largely ascribed to a growing rate of enrollment in high-deductible plans, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s (KFF) annual health benefits survey.
No HIPAA Exception for Cybersecurity Information Sharing, HHS Warns
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (HIPAA’s) privacy rule does not exempt the sharing of information on cyber threat indicators, so HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates may not share protected health information (PHI) for this purpose unless HIPAA otherwise allows it, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned recently.