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Holiday Bonuses a Fading Tradition

Fourteen percent of companies have discontinued their holiday bonus programs. Forty-fiv...

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Dear Workforce What Role Does Employee Training Play in Improving Our Customer Service Standards

Our retail organization wants to adopt better service standards to attract and retain c...

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Dear Workforce – How Do We Make Re-Recruitment Work to Reduce Turnover

I have been challenged to come up with a retention strategy to tackle high turnover. Ho...

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Dear Workforce – How Do We Measure Our Hiring Costs

How do we measure the cost of hiring, including direct and indirect costs, as well as r...

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Enrons Empty Ethics

Scandal illustrates that showy gestures mean little if a company’s “deep culture” rewar...

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Steal Big, Steal Little

Corporate malfeasance isn’t confined solely to the executive suite. Corruption has tric...

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House Passes Pension Reform, Setting Stage for Tough Talks

Cash-balance plans, smoothing of liabilities likely to be most difficult issues when bi...

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GM’s Suspension of 401(k) Match May Be Attempt to Appease UAW

The move could be seen as an indication that the automaker is willing to impose burdens...