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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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
HR manager Holly Thomas and her supervisors got tired of continually making decisions - which often got disputed by employees — about who was eligible for FMLA leave. Then she hit on an idea that made the process easier on everyone.
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Tags: documentation, FMLA
HR manager Eva Savidge kept running into a wall when trying to figure out how to make a dent in employees’ rising healthcare costs. Then she hit on an idea.
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Tags: costs, health care, vision care
When HR exec Peter Tortorice came to his company, the suggestion box was something most employees avoided. One change, however, turned that around and resulted in great responses.
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Tags: costs, retirement, suggestion box
HR manager Teresa Stevens found that her day consisted of a series of interruptions to answer employees’ questions about HR-related matters. Then, she hit on an idea to end the interruptions and keep employees happy.
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HR exec Spencer Kupferman found that every time it looked like he was about to land a prize recruit, a bigger company - and a bigger salary - pulled the recruit away, until Kupferman came up with a novel approach (part of an ongoing series).
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HR exec Denise Shultz kept sending out employee surveys and getting back little or no response, until she hit on a way to get employees’ attention - and relevant feedback (part of an ongoing series).
HR manager Kim Baker put together some great HR reports for her managers. Problem was, no one was reading them, until she figured out how to get the managers’ attention (part of an ongoing series).
When injured employees returned to work, Frank Barnett found doctors wouldn’t specify what kinds of light duty were OK. Then he figured out a better way to communicate with them (part of an ongoing series).
Tags: doctors, injured, light duty
