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A recent survey conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of Nationwide found that 29% of SMBs with less than 300 employees who offer 401(k) retirement plans and plan to increase contributions say that they are doing so because the ACA has made health benefits less attractive to employees. Additionally, 43% of SMBs who plan […]
Aflac, a provider of voluntary insurance, announced results from the 2016 Aflac WorkForces Report, revealing how Millennials are more likely to embrace a nontraditional approach to pay their medical expenses compared to older generations. They also are more likely than non-Millennial generations to regularly underestimate the total cost of healthcare issues.
By Kerry Anne Carter, vice president, Staples Business Advantage It’s probably no surprise that surveys show employees are overworked, burned out, and just plain stressed. While it may be an accepted reality, this burnout is bad news for organizations’ recruitment and retention goals. Staples Business Advantage’s 2016 Workplace Index found nearly half of employees acknowledge […]
The 32nd National Healthcare Trend Survey from Xerox HR Services reveals that while increases in healthcare costs are slowing, they continue to outpace inflation by a wide margin.
When an employee is dealing with a death in the family or of someone else in his or her personal life, it can be an especially difficult time. The last thing the employee might want to deal with is hassles at work over the need to take time off. It’s an opportunity for an employer […]
By Ryan M. Frischmann Helping employees learn new skills is the goal of training programs everywhere and with good reason—skills are essentially the language of knowledge itself. With more on skill-based learning, we present an article by Ryan M. Frischmann, author of A Skills-Based Approach to Developing a Career.
Today’s employers are usually well aware of their responsibility to protect employees from unlawful discrimination based on disability. But what about the disabilities that are unseen and often misunderstood? How can the employer do right by the employee and still keep the work on track? Those questions don’t have easy answers, but focusing on time-honored […]
It seems like everywhere you turn there’s another statistic being quoted about the fast growth and expansion of the gig economy. More and more people are turning to freelance and gig-focused work as either their primary source of income or a secondary source of income separate from their primary employment.
Part of being an HR professional is sifting through the piles of résumés and job applications trying to find the right fit for the role. However, as an HR professional, you may also encounter some very cringe-worthy typos, poor grammar, or misinformation within these résumés and applications. Recently, CareerBuilder reached out to the HR community […]
A new report from PayScale, “CEO Salaries: How Much Do CEOs Make Compared to Their Employees?” examines CEO-to-worker pay ratios in light of the recent adoption of a final rule, mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd Frank Act), that requires a public company to disclose the ratio of its […]