Month: October 2015
Video: Medical Certification Process for Employee Leave Requests Explained
When an employee requests a leave of absence under the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the employer must provide a medical certification form to be completed by the employee’s health care provider. In this video, Michael Bansback of LeClairRyan explains your rights and responsibilities as an employer regarding the medical certification process. Barnsback presented […]
Recruiting Software Solutions: the Best of 2015
Recently “G2 Crowd Grid℠ for Recruiting” was released using G2 Crowd’s proprietary algorithm. This algorithm supposedly creates an unbiased list of the best software recruiting solutions available in 2015. Let’s explore what G2 found. Untouched by Human Hands Part of what makes the results of G2’s analysis interesting involves the way the analysis was conducted. […]
The Best Recruiting Software Solutions of 2015
G2 Crowd has released its “G2 Crowd Grid℠ for Recruiting,” which uses a complex and “unbiased” system to determine the best recruiting software solutions available in 2015. In today’s Advisor we’ll explore some of G2 Crowd’s findings. Untouched By Human Hands Part of what makes the results of the G2’s analysis interesting involves the way […]
Retirement Plan Fees: Take a Closer Look at the Data
The retirement plan you sponsor comes along with some serious responsibilities. Among those is the duty to understand and evaluate fees paid on behalf of the plan. You may use benchmarking data to determine whether those fees are reasonable.
Survey: Despite Lower Pay, Many Positives to Working in Retirement
Employment is now a part of the retirement experience in the United States, and many newly retired Baby Boomers who are in a position to continue working are doing so for reasons beyond money, says a recent study.
Is Compassion a Part of Your Managerial Strategy?
A lot of leaders believe that being tough and unflappable is the best way to inspire and manage. But you may be able to get better results from your team with a softer touch. Expert Emma Seppälä explains how compassion needs to be a part of any leader’s management style. Compassion is a better managerial […]
6 Steps to Bring Financial Wellness to the Workplace
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) and Benz Communications have released an easy-to-implement framework that companies of all sizes can use to develop successful workplace financial wellness programs.
New ACA Legislation Good News for Employers on Cusp of ‘Small’
Bipartisan legislation known as the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (PACE Act) has just passed in Congress—good news for employers with 51 to 100 employees.
New Proposed IRS Rule on What Constitutes “Minimum Value” under ACA
As you probably know by now, it’s not enough under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for employer-sponsored health plans to merely provide health coverage to employees—that coverage also has to be affordable and provide minimum value.