2 GINA protections companies need now
The new Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) regs have created a slippery slope that can easily lead to inadvertent violations.
Counseling
2 tweaks to health reform rules you may have missed
When the Department of Labor (DOL) provided firms with new model COBRA notices, it also tucked away other key health reform info in that document — info that you might have overlooked.
5 sneaky ways your health plan could lose grandfathered status
Employers that have managed to hang on to their grandfathered health plans for this long will want to pay close attention to the feds’ final regs on the subject.
5 ways to measure wellness effectiveness
You’ve heard it before: For every $1 you spend on wellness, you’ll save $3 to $4 in healthcare costs. Sounds great. But how do you know for sure your wellness program’s working?
A list of the Top 20 employee perks you're probably not offering
We’re all aware that generous benefits packages are an effective enticement for potential hires. But are you willing to go as far as these companies to sweeten employee perks?
Alcoholics and FMLA: How far can they push the envelope?
This worker clearly had an alcohol problem. But did her employer do what was required to help her?
Are employees' mental health issues costing your firm millions?
Wellness initiatives like walking programs or weight-loss competitions may get all the press, but employers are selling their workforce short by not tackling another wellness issue: mental health.
Benchmarking benefit plans: What's offered out there — and to how many
To help themselves survive the recession, more employers are cutting back their benefits packages than expanding them. But what exactly are employers cutting, and what are they keeping?
Bewitched Blunders at McMann and Tate
It doesn’t seem possible that 44 years have passed since Bewitched debuted on TV. In honor of the anniversary, HRB relives some HR blunders involving Darrin Stevens at his workplace, the ad agency McMann and Tate.
Call her the diet cop
When HR Blunders ran a story about how companies are cracking down on employee smoking even off the job, many of our readers called on employers to target overweight workers, too.
Can you make an employee see a shrink?
A company that tried to force a troubled staff member to seek psychological counseling is at the center of a new, important ADA ruling.
Characteristics successful wellness programs have in common
Over the years here at HR Morning, our staff has pored over hundreds of wellness program studies and success stories — and we’ve compiled five traits highly successful programs have in common.
Dependent care: Keys to preventing health cost increases
In the battle to contain healthcare costs, it’s easy to overlook one key cost-driver — employees’ dependents.
DOL issues new FMLA form
If an employee walks in and requests FMLA leave for a “qualified exigency” under the recent amendments to the act, you’ll have to use the new form issued by the U.S. Department of Labor.
EEOC sees retaliation claims rise: How to stay off its radar
The increase in sexual harassment charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have made headlines this fall, but that’s not the only eye-opening statistic coming out of the agency.
Employees: We'll pay for weight loss help
Looking for incentives to get overweight employees to buy into a wellness program?
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