Why You Need To Get Your Story Straight – Always
What’s one of the hardest wrongful termination lawsuits to defend? The one where the “story” of the termination is inconsistent between HR, the manager, and the documentation.
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Inflated Ratings Bring Legal Woes—Guaranteed
Yesterday’s Advisor featured the Four Ms of setting good appraisal goals; today, legal pitfalls in appraisals, plus an introduction to a unique leadership training system. Because poor performance is often advanced as the reason for a termination, the performance appraisal system is often the crux of the defense against a wrongful termination suit. Here’s how […]
A How-To List for Building a Culture of Respect
By Susan W. Kline Experienced HR professionals know that, generally speaking, an employee has no viable claim for sexual harassment unless her workplace has become “hellish.” Nonetheless, savvy employers will take action long before offensive behavior adds up to an actionable claim of sexual (or racial or religious) harassment. By focusing on inappropriate behavior and […]
HRCI Special Edition: Hope Among Chaos
By Archana Mehta Fighting a deadly disease affecting millions of people — including far too many children — is inherently challenging. Adding political and cultural turmoil complicates the mission. Fortunately for millions of people in Africa, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation has a remarkable team of HR professionals committed to overcoming those challenges — […]
Elizabeth is latest New Jersey city to require paid sick leave
by James M. Leva Elizabeth will be the 10th New Jersey municipality to require employers to provide paid sick leave when a new law takes effect on March 2. Elizabeth’s law largely mirrors laws passed in Bloomfield, East Orange, Irvington, Jersey City, Montclair, Newark, Passaic, Paterson, and Trenton. The Elizabeth law applies to all private […]
Impact on Life Duration & Quality Drives Drug Value
A prescription drug’s ability to prolong life is a top factor health plans are using when fixing benchmark prices for drug reimbursement, followed by the drug’s ability to improve the patient’s quality of life, health care stakeholders said at an April 15 briefing hosted by the Alliance for Health Reform. Steven Pearson, MD, MSc, president […]
Trump administration expands exemptions to ACA contraceptive mandate
On October 6, the Trump administration released two interim final rules that will vastly expand the availability of exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) rules requiring employer coverage of contraceptives. The ACA requires employers and insurers that offer group health plans to employees to cover certain approved contraceptive methods—at no additional cost to employees—or […]
Be Sure Your People Know “Why” They’re Important
Viktor Frankl was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor. His experiences in the German concentration camps gave him a unique perspective on the importance of purpose in a person’s life.
Are You Getting What You Want from Your Broker?
“The traditional broker model is gone,” says Joaquin Santos, senior vice president of sales for Zywave, a company that provides resources and services to brokers. “The broker of today needs to be much more consultant-based, much more resourceful, much more proactive—that’s a key word.”
Infographic: Stress, Depression, and Wellness in the Workplace
The relationship between mental and physical wellbeing and engaged, productive workers has been well researched. Today we’ll take a look at an infographic provided by LifeWorks, an Employee Assistance Program that takes a holistic approach to employee assistance and well-being. Many say that mitigating stress in the office can begin with recruiting so let’s take […]