In the United Kingdom, the Fit for Work initiative allows business leaders to refer employees for a Fit for Work assessment, which is designed to determine the obstacles to the employee coming back to work and develop a plan for them to return. According to a new study, only 7% of manufacturing organizations in the UK use this service. Should the US adopt a similar program?
New players are entering the health insurance market, leading to major changes in group voluntary benefits. EBA interviewed Bill Bade, consulting actuary for Milliman, to find out just how these changes will affect employees in many industries.
States across the country are banning inquiries into pay history at job interviews. Tax expert and accountant Larry Elkin explains the real reasons why, in the past, he has asked for pay history at his firm.
The first total solar eclipse visible in the United States since 1979 will occur on Monday, August 21st. For many workplaces throughout the country, especially in cities where it will be visible, this will cause disruptions. Many companies have embraced the rare celestial event, organizing viewing parties for their employees. But you should be aware of the potential pitfalls of this event for your company.
There is a quiet revolution spreading through the business world. Companies of all sizes are using it, and in a variety of ways. Some solely employ it for internal purposes. Others use it to communicate internally and externally, especially with the buying public. What is it? Employee Generated Content (EGC) or Employee Generated Video (EGV).
Wayne Wall himself explains the challenges for HR teams in not only getting the right messages to employees, but engaging them so they take action. With open enrollment for healthcare coverage right around the corner again, HR managers have to tighten up their employee benefits enrollment packages.
Employee benefits aren’t always easy to provide and communicate to the workers that need them. This is why Human Resources departments have to continually create new innovations in employee communications to help employees sign up for the benefits packages that are right for them. The HR industry in all sectors is already moving ahead with lightning speed in this area.
There's no doubt that the workplace is becoming more automated, but a recent study has shown that companies are looking for highly engaged employees who can marry technology with unique human abilities.
Which level of engagement can you afford that will allow your employees to retain the knowledge you need them to have? Learn how learning works and your employees will respond.
The benefits of cloud-based corporate communication tools are many. Here are a few you might not know.
Meet Suzanne McGarey, an employee benefits adviser who sees the benefits process from the employee's side while helping her large corporate clients find the right plans for their organization and employees.
Employee video communications have become a useful tool for many HR departments across multiple industries.
Google's new Vice President of Diversity, Integrity, and Governance Danielle Brown faces a challenge as a sexist "manifesto" makes the rounds in the company's internal message boards and communications systems. How Brown navigates this persistent and public problem can teach all of us about internal communication in a large organization with many clashing viewpoints on company culture.
The technological revolution in communications over the last couple of decades has created a myriad of ways for companies to communicate with their employees, including most recently with video email communications, but which of these are truly effective? A recent study from FLIMP Communications illustrates with solid quantitative data the high degree of effectiveness there is with digital video postcards.
How salaried employees don't always get the long end of the stick when it comes to compensation.
When an announcement is made about an upcoming team-building, intra-company event, it’s often greeted with a great deal of eye-rolling and heavy sighs. Employees shudder at the thought of the next painfully embarrassing activity that will be deemed appropriate by management as the perfect team-building exercise.
Do you know how much businesses similar to yours are paying their cashiers or how much they spend on workers’ health insurance?
How do you feel when someone shows appreciation and recognition of a project you completed successfully? You feel good, proud, and valued. It builds your self-worth. Well, your employees, are just like you. They need and enjoy employee recognition and appreciation for the work they do for you every day.
The power of purpose comes when it's supported by organizational culture, defined as the marriage of purpose, values and habits.
Open enrollment and other benefits communications, new hire and training resources, even general employee resource centers can be created, distributed and easily maintained in a digital postcard format. But what exactly are they and how do they work?
A group of Tesla workers on Monday asked the electric-car maker’s board to provide a plan to address employee safety and information on pay and promotion.
Sometimes managing change in a younger workforce comes down to the corporate communication tools you have in place.
America’s largest companies are on pace to post two consecutive quarters of double-digit profit growth for the first time since 2011….Earnings at S&P 500 companies are expected to rise 11% in the second quarter, according to data from Thomson Reuters, following a 15% increase in the first quarter.
When applying for a job, one of the biggest things potential employees look for is a healthy benefits package, which includes vacation time, holidays, paid sick leave, paid personal time off, some retirement options, and health insurance.
The reality is that most small-business owners do not save a lot, as their wealth is often wrapped up in their business. They focus on putting the earnings back into the business to ensure growth. Once the business becomes profitable, small-business owners need to consider developing a retirement plan.
Before a significant change, an organization needs to prepare and evolve its communications strategy to match the expectations of an incoming CEO and keep its staff informed.
Employee engagement tools are changing and becoming more efficient at conveying information by the day. One of the exciting new phenomena sweeping employee communication strategies and HR departments is the digital postcard. How can you use this tool to your advantage?
Mobile technology is growing beyond being the latest trend or convenience and is putting down roots as an everyday necessity for modern American society.
Employee rewards programs, at first glance, seem like the perfect budget-friendly way to reward employees for a job well done. After all, what employee doesn’t love praise and recognition? If you can make an employee feel rewarded with a plaque or a gift card, that’s always a good thing, right?
Knowing your workforce demographic -- including what they appreciate and need -- is vital to recruiting and retaining talent across a workplace that can now employ up to five generations.