HR Administration

A Tipping Point in Workplace Metrics

The ‘cold, hard’ numbers can lead to smarter decisions even as they promote the best of...

Compliance

Wal-Mart to Pay $4.8M in Back Wages for Fair Labor Standards Act Violations

The Labor Department said under terms of the settlement, Wal-Mart has agreed to pay all...

Staffing Management

Is There a Meaningful Distinction Between Workforce Planning and Succession Planning?

What is the difference between workforce planning and succession planning? —Perplexed R...

Staffing Management

How Do We Approach an Employee Who Has Concealed Something?

We have an employee who inadvertently broke some inexpensive equipment while on the job...

Benefits

Employers on Non-Calendar Fiscal Years Seek FSA Mandate Relief

Under a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which goes into ef...

Workforce News

Benefits

Insurer Goes After Surgery Centers for Out-of-Network Charges

Employers are addressing the practice in part by looking at their benefit design and in...

Workforce News

HR Administration

Optimas Awards

Since 1991, the annual Optimas Awards have been a source of ideas, direction and inspir...

Benefits

Ford to Offer Lump-Sum Pension Payouts to Ex-Workers

When individuals take a lump-sum payment rather than continued monthly benefits, Ford n...