HR manager Ginny Priborsky kept fielding requests for flex-time from employees who had to be on fixed, strict schedules. Granting the requests looked impossible until she figured out an innovative approach.
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Our team of experts fields real-life, everyday questions from HR managers and gives practical answers that can be applied by any HR pro in the same situation. Today’s question: How can we hang on to older, experienced workers who seem ready and willing to retire?
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Tags: Annette Cummings, retirement
We asked 314 HR managers: “Do part-time employees in your organization gets some sort of benefits package?” Here what they said:
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Seems as if just about everyone’s jumping on the four-day-week bandwagon as a cure for rising commuting costs. If you’re thinking about joining the crowd, don’t step on the gas pedal just yet.
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Tags: four-day week, safety, workers comp
Whether you’re thinking about offering health-club memberships or free coffee and doughnuts, there’s one step in the process than needs to be considered before putting the “OK” stamp on the idea: How will it fly if the day comes that we have to kill benefits or raise the cost to employees
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Tags: benefits, Google, health insurance, Towers Perrin
Most of us assume that in tough economic times, employees tend to contribute less to their retirement funds, and maybe that’s what you’re seeing in your organization. But what really is normal during tough times? And how can you tell if your employees contributions are in the range of normal? Fidelity Investments looked at 17,000 plans and came up with an answer.
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Tags: 401(k), Fidelity Investments, retirement
HR and benefits manager Doug Reys looked around for ways HR could save money for his company and not just be seen as a cost center. He found a big nugget just by making one phone call.
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Tags: benefits, life insurance
In a development watched by employers across the country, the California legislature killed a bill that would have made paid sick leave mandatory.
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Tags: California, sick leave
Tyson Foods, known for its poultry products, got some publicity when the company and its union agreed to a novel approach to religious accommodation: substituting a Muslim holiday for Labor Day.
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When the economy is going through a bumpy period, companies often need to make tough choices to stay solvent. Four employers show how they’re doing it without resorting to deep cuts that kill employee morale and often make things worse.
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Tags: Hewlett-Packard, layoffs, morale
