Too many companies delay communicating with employees until they have “all” the answers or have decided every last detail of a big change. This is the … Read more
Steve Forbes at SHRM: A Little HR, a lot on Mark to Market Accounting
Okay, I’ll admit I’m a bit of a slow learner, so here’s what I finally learned from listening to Steve Forbes give the opening keynote speech Sunday at … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Boeing Pension Battle, Defining a Son/Daughter, Racy E-Mails
Do you ever feel like there is just a lot more going on every day than you can possibly get to? That’s how I feel too, and that’s why I try to get to … Read more
Health Care Reform: A new Fact Sheet on the Health Care “Bill of Rights”
Remember how the new rules for “grandfathered” health plans were issued by the Obama Administration last week? Well, that was just a preview of the main … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Disney Dress Codes, Pay While in Prison, Lying About Salaries
There’s always a lot more going on in the world of talent management and HR then I can possibly get to over the course of a week. So, here are some recent … Read more
New Rules for “Grandfathered” Health Plans Released
If you like your current health plan provided by your employer, or more importantly, if you’re in HR or benefits administration and have any influence over … Read more
Employee Wellness Push: Smart Business, or a Waste of Time?
There’s a longstanding premise that a lot of managers and HR professionals buy into, and it goes like this: If you can get your employees to exercise, eat … Read more
How to Navigate the “Immediate” HR Issues from Health Care Reform
Editor’s Note: Arnold V. Pamplona, a partner in the Health Practice Group of global law firm McDermott Will & Emery, counsels health care providers … Read more
ObamaCare Update: It Won’t Cut Costs, but Few Plan to Drop Coverage
Controlling health care costs may be a big goal for employers, but few really believe that the recently passed government health care legislation will … Read more
The Cost of Obamacare: One in Four think it will be 3% more in 2011
One of the big questions everyone has about the new health care mandate coming out of Washington, is this: how much is it all this going to cost – … Read more