Employee Network Groups Can Improve Leadership, Retention
From the employer’s perspective, employee network groups can boost engagement and retention—or they can create divisiveness. To ensure the former, employers must be involved from the start.
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Advancement Initiatives Serve as Best Practices for Recruiting and Retaining Women
For more than 30 years, Catalyst, a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding opportunities for women and business, has recognized exceptional efforts by companies that help advance women in business with its signature award.
How Employers Can (and Cannot) Use Social Media to Evaluate Employees
At a time when new social media platforms and practices have dramatically changed how we communicate, relate to each other, and share information, understanding the professional implications of social media activity has become increasingly important.
Worker Fired Over Glassdoor.com Review Takes Employer to Court
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued an employer on an employee’s behalf, alleging that it fired him for complaining about discrimination on job-review site Glassdoor.com.
Hospital’s Disclosure of Sensitive PHI to Employer Results in $387K HIPAA Settlement
A New York hospital agreed to pay $387,200 to resolve Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy allegations that it disclosed a patient’s particularly sensitive health information, including HIV status, to his employer.
Plan Sponsor Groups Call for Senate to Repeal Cadillac Tax, Employer Mandate
As the U.S. Senate considers its own version of Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal-and-replace legislation, plan sponsor groups urged it the repeal the Cadillac tax and employer mandate outright.
Cat Cuddling? Count Me In!
Are you a cat person or a dog person? Around the office, I’m known as a crazy cat lady (I dressed up as one for Halloween a few years ago, and the title stuck). I only have two cats. I don’t think that constitutes as being “crazy,” and to be honest, I like llamas more […]
Stop Sabotaging Your Ability to Hire Top Candidates
I’ll never forget my first job interview. Hearing about how great this company was to work for made me want that job so much more. When I arrived, I had to wait a long time before meeting with the interviewer. I wasn’t given any information about the delay, wasn’t offered anything to drink, and wasn’t […]
Workplace Drug Use Hits 12-Year High
Drug use in the American workforce has reached the highest positivity rate in 12 years, according to an analysis of more than 10 million workforce drug test results recently released by Quest Diagnostics, a provider of diagnostic information services.
Ask the Expert: How Should Gift Cards Be Recorded, Handled by Payroll?
Question: We have a point system for our employees in which we award gift cards. These amounts are updated on the payroll for each employee that is a recipient of these awards. Our question is how we need to file these documents for proper recordkeeping. Can we keep one file with a spreadsheet of names […]