Messiest Desk Wins Comfiest Chair
Look around your desk. Do you see chaos and clutter? Or do you see organization and cleanliness? What does your desk say about you?
Month: January 2015
FMLA leave and reinstatement: How to handle ‘key employees’
Just because the Family Medical Leave Act is rigid in many respects doesn’t mean there isn’t leeway in some situations. For example, reinstatement may not be required for employees deemed to be “key employees.” Recently a group of attorneys well-versed in FMLA issues was asked about exceptions to the reinstatement rule for certain high-level employees. Here is their take on that limited exception to the FMLA rule.
More Results from the Recruiting and Retention Survey—Onboarding and Retaining Practices
In yesterday’s Advisor, we presented results from our 2014 Recruiting and Retention Survey. Today, more findings from this timely study, including practices for new hires and preferred methods of retention.
Rules Attempt to Streamline ACA Benefits Summary
Proposed changes to the Summary of Benefits and Coverage rules under health care reform include additions and subtractions to the SBC template, as well as clarifications on how plan sponsors and insurers may apportion the responsibility to furnish the SBC to participants. A third example would be added to the cost-sharing examples required in the […]
How Do You Onboard and Retain? Further Results of Our 2014 Recruiting and Retention Survey
In yesterday’s Advisor, we shared some of the findings from the 2014 Recruiting and Retention Survey. Today, we have further results from our timely study, including best practices in retention and onboarding new hires.
Train Managers on These Four (Plus More) Tips for Making Tough Conversations Easier
Managers—especially HR managers but others as well—are often called upon to engage employees in the most sensitive, uncomfortable conversations. The gamut extends from telling an employee he or she has bad breath to telling an employee that he or she is fired. These difficult conversations can be made easier by recognizing that once people […]
Boy’s Letter to Santa and a Long-Distance Call Get Grandpa the Day Off
A boy used his letter to Santa not to ask for a new toy but to ask St. Nick to talk to his grandfather’s boss and get grandpa the day off.
What Does It Mean to be ‘Competitive’ with Employee Pay?
Many jobs today—and perhaps some your company has posted—list the pay as “competitive.” But what does that mean, exactly?
The 2014 Recruiting and Retention Survey Is In … How Do You Compare?
Recruiting and retaining top employees is a cornerstone of every successful organization—and it’s only going to get more challenging as we enter 2015. How do your recruiting practices stack up against what others are doing in today’s war for talent?
Do Your Employees Know These Four Tips for Delivering Bad News?
Bad news is no fun to deliver. That’s why even distinguished leaders and otherwise successful people will go to great lengths to avoid doing it. For example, you make excuses to hold on to an underperforming employee. And admit it: You’ve almost certainly hung around in a problematic personal relationship (romantic or platonic) longer […]