Are you keeping score of managers' hiring skills?
Surveys of HR pros say many hiring missteps are the result of poor interviewing and decision making skills on the part of hiring managers. One way to increase the odds of success:
Assessment
Are you ready for a wage-and-hour audit? One may be on the horizon
You’ve no doubt heard about the recent surge in wage-and-hour lawsuits filed by employees who feel they’ve been cheated by their employer’s allegedly improper pay practices. A growing number of companies are taking steps to protect themselves from these potentially disastrous claims.
Attracting great applicants when qualified people are scarce
More than three in four employers say they’re struggling to find qualified people to fill their open positions.
Be careful what you don't write down during an interview
To make sure the best applicants are consistently hired and promoted, many companies rank candidates based on a numerical score hiring managers assign during the interview. But when not carried out correctly, that process can spell big legal trouble.
Boosting risk-assessment numbers: The role of medical privacy knowledge
Worried about low participation rates in company-sponsored health-risk assessments? Employees’ lack of knowledge about their medical privacy rights could be to blame.
Can't pass along more costs to workers? 2 alternatives
Many companies have reached the end of the line in terms of how much healthcare costs can be passed on to employees.
Carrots or sticks: Which would you chose for your wellness plan?
One of the few strategies that’s actually helped contain healthcare costs in recent years:
Carrots or sticks? What's winning to change health habits
What is the biggest hurdle employers have to clear to accomplish their healthcare benefits goals?
Case of the 'mind-bogglingly stupid' worker: Part Deux
Remember the man who was awarded workers’ comp benefits after deciding to smoke pot and then feed a grizzly bear? Well, his employer appealed the benefits ruling, and a state supreme court issued a final decision.
Case study: How wellness initiative helped staff living paycheck to paycheck
Periodically, we like to offer success stories from HR pros from across the U.S. This account of how one employer’s wellness program helped staffers both physically and financially comes courtesy of Tim O’Neil, manager of employee health and financial wellness at Meredith Corp., Des Moines, IA.
Changes coming for unemployment insurance
Between the new administration and the soaring jobless rate, this figures to be a big year for proposals dramatically changing the unemployment-insurance system.
Could court case shut down your wellness program?
The outcome of a pending court case could seriously handicap many companies’ wellness programs.
Could key element in your wellness program be in jeopardy?
Health-risk assessments (HRAs) and biometric screenings have been the cornerstones of many employer wellness programs for years. But the author of GINA is urging the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to make some rules that could change all that.
Court slaps employer with $83K fine for 'intentional' COBRA violation
When it comes to complying with the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act — or COBRA — mistakes will happen, and courts understand that. But it’s egregious errors like this they won’t stand for.
Court voids key parts of EEOC's wellness regs: Here's what happens next
When a federal court asked the EEOC to reconsider its rules on wellness incentives under the ADA and GINA, it expected the agency to move swiftly with its response.
Creating a successful wellness program: Here’s what sets the best ones apart
In the past few years, there’s been an explosion of employers – of all sizes and from all business sectors – looking to start wellness programs to contain their long-term health costs. And when wellness programs are conceived and carried out properly, they’ve been proven to get results.
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