Employee Leave: Survey Says … How Do You Compare?
Thanks to all 3,158 individuals who participated in the survey! Here are the detailed responses:
Category: Benefits and Compensation
This topic provides guidance on how to handle compensation issues in a way that attracts and retains the best talent and advances the strategic goals of your business. You get news and tips on what’s going on nationally and in the states, and updates on changes in regulations, possible governmental action, and emerging compensation trends.
DOL Supports State Laws Barring Low Stop-loss Attachment Points
State laws barring stop-loss policies with low attachment points are not preempted by ERISA, the U.S. Department of Labor said in Technical Release 2014-01. Ten states have passed such laws, many of them since the advent of the Affordable Care Act. When small groups self-insure, they are subject to proportionately larger impacts from particular expensive claims, have […]
PAY Attention to Geeks; Mind the HIPPOs
Special from HR Tech Las Vegas Yesterday’s Advisor featured consultant Andrew McAfee’s thoughts on the rapidly developing world of technology. Today, his take on the role of geeks and HIPPOs.
What Do Driverless Cars Have to Do with HR?
Special from HR Tech Las Vegas The second machine age is affecting everything—take as examples the abject terror of riding in a driverless car and the pleasure of cows being milked by a robot milker–including HR, says Andrew McAfee, Principal Research Scientist, Massachusetts institute of Technology.
BLR Pays Tribute to a True Entrepreneur
At the end of the year, BLR’s founder, Bob Brady, will be retiring from the company he started 37 years ago.
How’re We Doin’? (Compensation Scorecards)
Unit Performance Differentiation It’s hard to read the numbers in the chart below, but it’s easy to see what the chart is saying.
401(k) Challenges—Audit Focus for the IRS
Yesterday’s Advisor began the Internal Revenue Service’s top 10 401(k) issues; today we hit the rest, again as featured on Compensation.BLR.com®.
A Meaningful Compensation Scorecard: Measure for Effect
Your compensation scorecard can be a powerful aid for developing real pay for performance, reducing entitlement, and, often, gaining management buy-in, says Consultant David Insler.
Top Ten 401(k) Compliance Issues (Also IRS’s Top 10 Audit Checks)
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published details on the top 10 issues identified during examinations of 401(k) plans. These are the issues that the IRS will be focusing on when conducting an audit.
How Do You Get ‘Bah-Humbug’ Managers Sold on HR Programs?
SPECIAL from HR Tech Las Vegas In yesterday’s Advisor, we covered HR Tech’s “Creating Intelligence Out of Data” Panel; today, we present more Q&As from Las Vegas.