Compensation Practices Should Not Be an Oral Tradition
We spoke with Dan Walter, CEO of compensation consulting firm Performensation, who urges compensation pros to avoid the path of “Beowulf.”
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Gamify Your Workplace for Better Engagement
Yesterday’s Advisor revealed that 54% of employees surveyed have experienced mishaps during the onboarding process. Getting off on the wrong foot can really damage engagement at the critical moment. Today, gamification expert Tony Ventrice explains how you can fix engagement at your company. Ventrice is Behavior Lab cofounder and senior game systems designer at Badgeville, […]
Defining Pay Principles: Comp Philosophy, Comp Strategy
By Sharon McKnight, CCP SPHR I firmly believe that every company should have a written compensation philosophy that guides the design of its pay structure. For example, whether it will pay employees below, even with, or above the market.
When the stakes are high, the whole team must work to get the win
by Dan Oswald It’s October, which means it’s time for the baseball playoffs. Usually at this time of year, I watch with casual interest as the best teams in the game eliminate one another until the World Series champion is crowned. But not this year. This year, my beloved Chicago Cubs are in the playoffs. […]
Investment Adviser Penalized $15M for Failing to Diversify
A novel approach to determining damages owed by an investment adviser to two defined contribution retirement plans in an ERISA fiduciary-duty breach was part of a decision including a $15 million reimbursement request handed down recently by a New York federal judge. Plan sponsors should note that the defendant, WPN Corp., was ordered by the […]
Special from HRTech: Workplace, Wearables, and Wellness
Offering the Fitbit wearable tracker to a wellness program really jumpstarts your efforts, says Indiana University Health Manager of Customer Success Marci Cooper. Fitbit devices measure a variety of health related factors including, for example, steps per day, minutes active, and a variety of other measures depending on the device chosen. Fitbit is giving away […]
Career Expectations Across the Generational Spectrum
Have you tried to understand what your Boomers, Generation Xers, and Millennials expect from their jobs? The next generation of workers, high school seniors, already have an opinion about how their work life should be. CareerBuilder recently explored the topic with a survey. A new CareerBuilder survey looks at how the next generation of workers […]
The Best Recruiting Software Solutions of 2015
What if, during an interview, an applicant asks you to bear with him or her because he or she has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? What if you subsequently decided not to hire that candidate? Have you exposed your company to liability? When you consider that 1 in 25 adults has some form of ADHD, it’s […]
Applicant Sends HR Manager More Information About Himself than She Wanted
Supplying additional information to a potential employer is a good idea, but recently an applicant sent way too much personal information to HR.
HR’s Place at the Executive Table: A Q&A with Lori Kleiman
Executive leadership wants and needs an HR business partner who adds to the bottom line. The bad news, according to the Harvard Business Review, is that HR is not delivering.