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What HR Needs to Consider About their Business Vehicle Program During Tax Season

By Guest Columnist Apr 3, 2017 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

While there is still a short window of time for individuals to file and close out on last year’s taxes, for most companies, tax season is already in the rearview mirror. An often overlooked way to reduce employer taxes is within the business vehicle programs. By using this year’s tax season as a time to reevaluate, businesses can implement sound policies and programs to ensure the organization and the employee are in the best position come tax time next year.

Benefits

Comprehensive ‘Total Rewards’ Survey Details Employers’ Use of Various Programs

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Apr 3, 2017 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

The relative popularity and effect of 176 different types of employee rewards programs were detailed in a survey by the Human Resources (HR) association WorldatWork. Inventory of Total Rewards Programs & Practices compiles the results of a 2016 survey that yielded responses from 730 organizations in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere.

leadership

New Study Delivers 42 Years of Evidence That Leadership Development Pays Off

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Apr 3, 2017 Learning & Development

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

Criticism of leadership development programs often stems from the lack of hard data measuring how the programs affected leaders’ behavior and the company’s bottom line business metrics. In fact, less than 8% of CEOs ever see the business impact of their leadership development programs or the return on investment (ROI), according to a recent LinkedIn […]

Bestie or Beastly Situation? Managing the Workplace BFF

By Susan Solomon Apr 3, 2017 Talent

Updated: Jun 16, 2017

Have you noticed? Some of your employees are pairing off, not necessarily in a romantic way, but as workplace besties. With work taking a huge chunk of peoples’ lives, many employees—especially Millennials—are making colleagues their office BFFs.

New workers’ compensation insurance rates will affect Ontario employers

By David Marchione Apr 2, 2017 Northern Exposure

Updated: Apr 2, 2017

by David Marchione Across Canada, workers’ compensation programs are designed to protect employees who suffer work-related injuries. These act as insurance programs administered by various agencies across all Canadian jurisdictions. These insurance regimes are collectively funded by employers who pay premiums according to a number of factors, including their payroll and history of workplace injuries […]

identity theft

How Companies Can Stop Thieves from Stealing Employee Tax Information

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Mar 31, 2017 Talent

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

It’s unfortunately common this time of year for individuals to file their taxes only to find out that someone has already claimed their return. This type of identity theft can be upsetting, but it may be even more upsetting if they found out their identity was stolen not through a fault of their own, but […]