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Mental Well-being in the Workplace: Ayrshire and Arran is a mixed urban and rural area with a population of approximately 368,000. The Health Promoting Health Service HPHS framework has been developed over a number of years and piloted in nine areas of Scotland. A full evaluation of the pilots has been carried out. In addition...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, health service, workplace, leadership, leader; Case studies
Workplace Safety Preserves And Protects: Safety is a highly regulated area. A nonprofit's legal obligations will depend on the type of workplace/ industry, as well as the particular state laws that may impose compliance with safety standard obligations. Policies on workplace injuries and illnesses should require employees to bring injuries or illnesses or unsafe conditions...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, nonprofit, workplace, compensation, worker, supervisor, compliance, health care, industry; White papers 2008-01-01
Parental Leave, Parental Return: Have a kid and a career. Find out how to stay on track when you take time off to have a child.Parental leave isn't just for pregnant moms anymore. With new laws allowing greater flexibility, dads and adoptive parents are taking time off to bond with their babies — and...; Tags: Leave, Professional Development, Investment, Career, Finance, Andrew Mager, Parental Leave, Workplace, Benefits, Family and Medical Leave Act, Human Resources, BNET Feature Package; Articles 2008-02-19
Family-Friendly Policies from Family-Friendly Companies: Flexible parental-leave programs are one of the keys to employee retention. These exemplary companies have policies in place that rank high with working parents. Ernst & Young Tax, accounting, and financial services New York, NY Leave Policy: Six weeks of fully paid parental leave...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Benefits, C.C. Holland, Ernst & Young LLP, leave, women, flex-time, salary, benefit, backup, support services, financial service, accounting, workplace, career, asset, leader, Microsoft Corp., storage, worker, job, strategy, software; Articles 2007-05-29
The Five Dangers of Parental Leave: Leaving work to care for a new child can complicate your career. Here's how to avoid common problems. Danger: Turning into Baby Central Neutralizer: Keep kid-centric chatter to a minimum It's natural for you to be excited about a new baby or a...; Tags: Professional development, Recruitment & Selection, C.C. Holland, pregnancy, leave, coworker, flex-time, career, job, workplace, women, health care, Human Resources, financial, sales; Articles 2007-05-29

Tales from the Trenches: The Ups and Downs of Parental Leave: Cranky bosses, inflexible schedules, going into labor at work. These five parents navigated the tricky waters of when to take parental leave — and when to come back. Anne San Diego, CA Job at time of parental leave: Instructor at a major university...; Tags: Vertical industries, Professional development, C.C. Holland, leave, pregnancy, disability, supervisor, career advancement, Computer Associates International Inc., health care, Human Resources, job, bond, bank, career; Articles 2007-05-29
How to Take Parental Leave: Taking time off from work to care for a new child may be a federal right for many American workers, but doing it without mapping out a sound strategy can derail your career. Know Your Rights Goal: Determine exactly how...; Tags: Financial accounting, C.C. Holland, leave, financial planning, Human Resources, U.S., bond, job, career, health care, financial, strategy, tool; Articles 2007-05-29
Complex Business Situations And Decision Making: Elements Of The Workplace: In the Business Environment, there are numerous complex situations in which one must understand in order to maximize the benefits of success. Complex Solutions is a way that Management Personnel can better understand changes in their Business. If the understanding starts with the Complex Solutions, each Business can approach any...; Tags: decision-making, workplace, benefit, environment; White papers 2006-09-07
Fewer Choices, Less Transparency for a Better Workplace: Jeff Pfeffer's new book, What Were They Thinking?: Unconventional Wisdom About Management, lives up to its subtitle. Fellow Stanford professor Robert Sutton raves about the book in his recent blog post he admits that his opinion is slightly biased and highlights a few interesting points. Sutton says: Jeff shows...; Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Nicole Solis, Robert Sutton, workplace; Blog posts 2007-07-02
Deciding Whether to Become a Contract Employee: “Contract employee” is another way of describing “work portfolio,” a term coined by Irish author and philosopher Charles Handy in his 1989 book The Age of Unreason. Envisioning a new work structure, Handy contended that many professionals were increasingly likely to have not one career with one or two organizations...; Tags: Professional development, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Investment, payroll solutions, BNET Editorial, career, talent, 401(k) plan, job, health insurance, stock option, payroll, workplace, collaboration, health care, stock, network; Articles 2007-08-23
Observing Health and Safety at Work: Regardless of size, all businesses have a legal responsibility to protect the health and safety of their employees and visitors to their workplaces and offices, and a range of federal and state laws exist to ensure that responsibility is met. This article explains the main steps you must take for...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Recruitment & Selection, BNET Editorial, workplace, OSHA, health care, job title, chemicals, public health, medical record, HIPAA, job, Human Resources, compliance, worker, storage, Web site, Web; Articles 2007-06-26
Office Philanthropy, Take Two: I work for a non-profit health care organization. My director came to my office with some glossy brochures of projects the organization is working on. I was asked if I would be interested in making a payroll deduction to help meet these goals. When I asked if she could leave...; Tags: Workforce management, payroll solutions, Benefits, Where's The Line?, Microsoft Office, payroll deduction, supervisor, payroll; Blog posts 2007-05-24
The Danger Zone of Salary Secrets: I recently saw a document lying on the copy machine that listed the salaries for everyone in the office, and noticed that most of my direct colleagues make considerably more money than me. This is really bothering me, but I havent mentioned it to anyone. Id like to ask for...; Tags: Benefits, Marketing research, Where's The Line?, Danger Zone, knowledge; Blog posts 2007-03-06
Unraveling the Workers Comp Crisis: Bionomics a New Injury Prevention Strategy Makes the Workplace Safer - Lowers Claims Costs and Lost Workdays: Workers compensation costs have been a growing problem for years. Back injuries, carpal tunnel and other very prevalent and expensive injuries cost corporate America over a billion dollars per week. Companies have gone out of business; laid off employees; moved out of costly states such as California; curtailed growth; and...; Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, workers compensation, adjustment, workplace, training, strategy, environment; White papers 2005-07-20
Supporting Caring Caregivers: Policy and Practice Initiatives in Long Term Care: An MIT Workplace Center working paper reports on 40 interviews in the healthcare sector in Massachusetts and identifies five key problems. Frank and Eaton focus in the long term care industry on the very problems identified in that working paper: poor quality jobs including short staffing, inflexible schedules and difficult...; Tags: Vertical industries, Harvard University, long-term care, health care, staffing, workplace, patient, worker, financial; White papers 2005-05-25
Find What Workers Want: It's no secret to HR that employees' attitudes about their jobs, their benefits and their employers can range from exuberant to sour. What's less well known and harder to find out is exactly what matters to specific types of employees - and how effective various types of compensation, benefits and...; Tags: Benefits, Recruitment & Selection, Investment, Gale Group, stock option, workplace, benefit, compensation, Human Resources, worker, board, stock, job; White papers 2005-04-01
Health and Wellness in the Workplace: An Asset for Organizations: Health is more than the absence of disease or infirmity; it also requires soundness of body, mind and spirit. Health promotion programs can improve the overall health of employees and the financial health of organizations by considering each employee's physical, mental and social well-being. Employees perform better, are absent for...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Aon Corp., health care, workplace, asset, financial, job; White papers 2005-04-01
Future Industrial Technologies Case Study: Mission Linen Supply: Mission Linen Supply, a company that launders uniforms and linens for restaurants, hospitals and other institutional organizations, has 50 locations in five western states-2,700 employees, only 800 of whom are delivery drivers. Yet in 2003 they discovered that their delivery drivers were responsible for almost half the reported workplace injuries....; Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, workers compensation, workplace, worker, training, health care; Case studies 2004-12-09
Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI): A Major Workplace Safety Issue: The newsroom of San Jose Mercury News, like any daily newspaper, is crammed with reporters at their computers with arms raised and fingers flying as the deadline approaches. All this typing and clicking can cause damage to muscles, tendons and nerves and an alarming number of people who work at...; Tags: Benefits, Vertical industries, PRODUCTIVITY, HEALTHCARE, San Jose Mercury News, workers compensation, health care, workplace, worker, training, computer; Case studies 2004-10-14
Healthy, Stress-Free Workplace Benefits Employees, Bottom Line: From the executive summary: ‘Most business owners face the common and costly problem of worker stress whether they are aware of it or not. Job stress can lead to several problems, including illness and injury for employees, as well as higher health insurance costs and lost productivity for employers. Thus,...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, American City Business Journals Inc., workplace, health insurance, worker, health care, job; White papers 2004-09-03