Recognize This! – A leader’s sole responsibility is to focus employee energy on achieving target objectives. Leaders in an organization – especially people with the responsibility for managing others – are often overwhelmed with the many responsibilities, objectives and tasks on their own plates, much less those on their employees’. That’s why I enjoyed Chris […]
Posted on March 3rd, 2012 by admin
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Today on Compensation Café I wrote about the possible death of merit increases as a feasible means of managing (and hopefully improving) employee performance. This year’s average merit increase is 3% — barely a cost of living increase and not enough of a differentiation between employees who at the top of performance will receive a […]
Posted on March 3rd, 2012 by admin
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NSU Law’s two – year, 30 credit Master of Science in Employment Law program teaches non-lawyer business and human resource professionals skills necessary to effectively identify, understand and deal with the intricate set of legal issues that arise in their field. The employer-employee relationship has been regulated to varying degrees for the past several decades, […]
Posted on March 3rd, 2012 by admin
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Recognize This! – “Facestabbing” in the workplace is a symptom, not the disease.What’s your opinion of managing “Facestabbing” incidents in the workplace? When it comes to your attention that an employee has posted a negative comment of some kind about your company, superiors or colleagues, how does your company respond? How do you think it […]
Posted on March 2nd, 2012 by admin
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Benefits pros have been preaching it for years: Emergency rooms are for emergencies only. But there’s one type of emergency your employees may be visiting the ER for when they really shouldn’t – and it could be very costly. According to new research by The Pew Center on the States, a growing number of Americans […]
Posted on March 2nd, 2012 by admin
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Health plan participants feel like they’re treated terribly by their insurance companies. The biggest offenders? Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Health Net Medicaid, and Anthem (BCBS). Those companies all received a “very poor” customer experience rating in a new Temkin Group report, 2012 Temkin Experience Ratings. Based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers, […]
Posted on March 1st, 2012 by admin
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