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  • Bonuses, salaries get a reality check

    March 17, 2010

    The HR consulting firm Buck Consultants reports that employers are more likely to hand out bonuses than increase salaries for 2010.

  • Lacking multilingual workforce costs employers $2 billion

    March 16, 2010

    As if runaway health care costs aren’t enough – now, statistics show U.S. companies annually lose an estimated $2 billion because of employees’ inadequate language skills and poor cultural competence.

  • When all else fails, pull a DEVA

    March 1, 2010

    Recently, a friend of mine called to tell me how disappointed he was in his corporation's new risk manager. "Why?" I asked, fully aware that risk and benefits managers are always the finest of folks.

  • Four considerations in evaluating a broker

    March 1, 2010

    Selecting a new broker can be a daunting task. Benefits rank up near the top of employers' expenses, so working with the right broker never has been more important.

  • Gen Y-ers value benefits, job security

    February 25, 2010

    Despite the fact that three out of four Generation Y workers (those between 22 and 33 years old) feel secure in their jobs, more than 70% are very concerned about their finances and have set the goal of daily money management and budgeting, according to a study by Fidelity Investments.

  • Employees’ ideas shouldn’t fall on deaf ears

    February 24, 2010

    Some employees don’t believe that talk is cheap. Nearly 30% of employees report that they offer more than 20 suggestions every year to their employers, reports Right Management, a talent and career management firm.

  • Gov’t research examines benefits by wage level

    February 23, 2010

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that access to employer-based benefits continues to depend on a worker’s income level, with high-wage earners having greater access to workplace benefits compared to lower-wage workers.

  • Annual survey of HR buyers’ behavior underscores the importance of being online

    February 12, 2010

    Among buyers of HR products and services, about one-third begin their search for a vendor or service provider by searching the Internet, according to an annual survey conducted by HRmarketer.com.

  • Solis weighs COBRA, OSHA, WIA as important issues for 2010

    February 4, 2010

    U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis presented her plans for America’s workforce in 2010, emphasizing the importance of COBRA, OSHA, and the reauthorization of Workforce Investment Act, to the House Committee on Education and Labor on Wednesday.

  • Plugging the dam

    February 1, 2010

    Switching to account-based health plans and implementing health management strategies enabled employers to keep their health care cost increases surprisingly low in 2009, and they plan to continue these strategies this year.

  • A shot in the arm

    February 1, 2010

    Laying off personnel, reducing salary increases, eliminating 401(k) matches and other benefits cuts seem to be the norm. These takeaways have a direct impact on your workforce.

  • Obama still wants to reform health care, retirement savings

    January 28, 2010

    In Wednesday’s State of the Union address, President Obama outlined a policy agenda that will continue to make employers, especially sponsors of health insurance and retirement plans, vital to the nation’s economic recovery.

  • Best practices set these top 10 businesses apart

    January 27, 2010

    While many employers reduced their benefit packages over the past year, a select few took an alternate route, choosing instead to bolster their offerings to recruit, retain and motivate the employee population.

  • Singles strike back for their benefits

    January 8, 2010

    One is the loneliest number, but that doesn’t mean that working singles should get zero benefits, argues a new policy brief on marital status discrimination.

  • Pros debrief hits, misses of open enrollment

    January 1, 2010

    The open enrollment period is the busiest time of any benefit professional's year, leaving pros with barely time to catch their breath.

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