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- HR Agenda: Compensation And Benefits
- Building an elder care benefits package isn't the end of HR's role. It's also necessary to determine if the benefits prove worthwhile. The article concludes that its costs in helping employees with elder care obligations so they can be on the job are substantially less than what the hospital system...
- White papers 2003-09-01
- Agenda : Safety And Security
- Workers' compensation rates are increasing, and that trend is likely to continue—based on indicators such as high insurer losses and rising medical costs. For employers, the financial fallout from safety risks can be significant. In addition to workers' comp costs, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA can levy...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Off Duty, Out of Work
- The article is about an employee engages in legal but controversial off-duty behavior and decision has to be made that whether to fire him or retain him.In such situations, HR must walk a fine line—one that varies with the facts in each specific case. Ultimately, when deciding whether to terminate...
- Case studies 2003-02-01
- Structuring a New Health Plan
- Providing a defined contribution health plan for employees requires more than simply picking a plan off the shelf. The article emphasises that give employees access to a fund they can use for their current health care expenses or set aside for their health costs later on, and they'll spend the...
- Case studies 2003-02-01
- Staying Power.
- "When you need key people to stick with you through tough times, reward them for their loyalty.The retention bonus, once a compensation tool reserved largely for top corporate executives, is increasingly being used to retain essential mid-level and rank-and-file employees, particularly in companies facing a financial crisis.Though still less common...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- Helping Employees Work Their 401(k)s.
- The lackluster performance of 401k plans during the past few years has made many employee participants jittery, and increasingly they're looking for employer-sponsored help on handling retirement investments. Typically, it's HR's role to connect em..ployees with sources of financial education, such as company-paid seminars, online investment tools and other information...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Retirement Plans.
- HR should help employees start planning for retirement long before their final days on the job.Planning for retirement involves more than redistributing the assets in a 401k plan. To make the most of life after leaving the full-time workforce, experts say, employees should start long before their final days on...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- Is Your 401(k) Squeezed by Costs?
- Human resource professionals who manage their firms' retirement benefits need to get smarter about what their companies now pay—and what they should be paying—for their 401k plans. Plan sponsors should be proactive and understand where they are and how their plan is structured currently, rather than finding out that you've...
- White papers 2002-02-01
- Time To Redo Your Benefits?
- Article emphasises that a company's benefits package is a work in progress. Each fall brings revised health insurance contracts to consider, and each swing of the economy can affect recruitment and retention strategies. But apart from yearly health plan tinkering and long-range strategic planning, company benefits plans often lie dormant....
- White papers 2002-12-01
- More Leeway for Workers, More Work for HR
- This article shows that administering your benefit plans will become more burdensome and costly under new regulations issued last fall by the U.S. Department of Labor DOL. The new regulations require employers to modify their claims procedures for all plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ERISA. But...
- White papers 2001-03-01
- The Kindest Cut
- "This article shows what to consider when devising a severance policy. But taking a fresh look at this important benefit may be a good idea, even if your organization does not anticipate any layoffs. Most employers provide cash, medical benefits and outplacement services to employees who lose their...
- White papers 2001-04-01
- (Top) Pay For (Best) Performance
- Rewarding good workers is the best way to increase productivity and to secure dominance in its potentially lucrative market. The payments will fulfill a promise to the workforce that better employee performance results in better compensation. In fact, compensation experts argue that paying for performance is more important in a...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Communicating Benefits Information Online
- Connecting employees with benefits information online can save HR money and time while giving employees more control over personal data. Applications that allow workers to see and manage their own information about benefits, payroll deductions and career changes are having a major impact on both employee satisfaction and the corporate...
- White papers 2001-02-01
- The Fewer The Better
- To help employees make informed choices about their retirement planning options and, in particular, their 401k funds, HR professionals, and benefit managers must provide them financial education. To be sure, factors other than the sheer number of funds can have a bearing on participation in 401k plans. This article discusses...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Pay For Best Performance
- In a sluggish economy, compensation system gets new focus by rewarding star performers more than the rest of the pack. The article supports that rewarding good workers is the best way to increase productivity and to secure dominance in its potentially lucrative market. The bonuses will likely be very small...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- HR-To-Go Still Has Room To Grow
- Hiring separate vendors to handle the company's payroll and health insurance needs but concluded that a single point of contact would avoid confusion. It tends to be a little more expensive than doing it in-house, but if one puts a value on time, it is probably less expensive. Business owners...
- White papers 2000-02-01
- Benefits Going to Waste? Here?s How to Cash In
- Every year, American workers leave thousands of dollars on the table by not maxing out their benefits. Just in time for this year?s enrollment period, we offer suggestions for taking full advantage of your employer?s offerings ? everything from 401k matches to gym membership reimbursements. Here?s how the numbers add...
- Articles 2009-10-29
Additional Resources
- Human Resource Management Basics: Small Versus Large Firm Practices
- This paper provides a basic overview of the human resource management functions performed in organizations, comparing and contrasting these functional areas from the perspective of small and large organizations. This comparison is done by virtue of the functions defined by the Society for Human Resource Management and includes: Employment, Placement,...
- White papers 2004-04-22
- HR Quotes' LLC Gets Listed in the (SHRM) Society for Human Resource Management Online Buyers' Guide for Health Benefits.
- HR Quotes, LLC ( www.hrquotes.com ), a premier provider of Internet-delivered quotes for BPO Business Process Outsourcing services and Business Lines Insurance coverage , today announced that it has been listed as a resource for companies looking for Health Benefits in the ...
- Research articles 2006-03-07
- Rising gas prices drive benefits changes
- More employers are adjusting policies and practices to reduce the pinch employees are experiencing at the gas pump, according to research by the Society for Human Resource Management SHRM. In a survey of 553 human resource professionals conducted last May, respondents said their companies were most likely to help...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
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