Blogs / 2013 / April

The "war for talent" stretches across most companies. Rightly so; top performers are arguably the most critical element of your business. Therefore, recognizing inside talent is more important than ever. Spot Talent from Day One Most of the tru... More...

Immigration Update© April 30, 2013 CANADA SUSPENDS ACCELERATED PROGRAM FOR TEMPORARY WORK AUTHORIZATION On April 12, 2013, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced sweeping changes to the Canadian Labour Market Opinion (LMO) Progra... More...

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According to Spark Hire, over 60% of companies realize the benefit of video interviewing and utilize it in their hiring process. Have you considered the benefits? Read more: Recruit by Video More...

Welcome to FSA Q&A! Today's question: What happens to a Flexible Spending Account if there is a change in Employment? FSA money is available to you on day one of your FSA plan year. However, many are curious about what happens if you leav... More...

You’ve reached our Consumer Affairs Department. Press one for product details. Press two for product complaints. Press three for product recalls. [Three] You’ve reached the Product Recalls Department. Press one to hear which products... More...

Deadline To Send ACA Summary of Benefits & Coverage (SBC) Adds Pressure For Employers To Finalize 2014 Plan Designs As Agencies Add MEC & MV Disclosures To SBC Employer and union group health plan sponsors and insurers of group and individu... More...

A 2010 study conducted by Mercer states that “incidental unplanned” absences result in a 19 percent net loss of productivity. That is on top of the increased costs, such as possible overtime, and the negative morale of the workers asked to pull doubl... More...

Employers have offered wellness incentive programs for a number of years, usually giving rewards to participants for meeting certain health-related goals, such as losing weight, getting flu shots or meeting health requirements. In order to motivat... More...

The other day I received an email from Vudu – one of the major online video streaming companies – informing me that one of their offices had been broken into and that among the items stolen was an employee’s laptop. That laptop, it seems, contained ... More...

Employers are trying hard to reduce health care costs and create a healthier, more-productive workforce. They have tried to optimize employee usage of services offered by their health plans and invested in wellness programs. They are now beginning to... More...

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There is a free pre-summit (via Internet) WBECS (World Business and Executive Coach Summit) starting soon and I just registered. You can too! Marshall Goldsmith, Brian Tracy are there, and many other great presenters. Click here to register... More...

Help The Economy With Your Business Thomas Edison once quipped that "We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present." In our organizations today are our team members looking f... More...

I recently asked a group of CEOs if they could remember their worst boss … (the topic of the presentation was around the brain science of leveraging leadership stress (or power stress). It was interesting to see the negative, almost painful in som... More...

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Welcome to FSA Q&A! Today's question: Are Immunizations an FSA-eligible expense? Though not the most comfortable of health care preventative measures, immunizations can offer powerful protection against diseases. Last week marked World ... More...

Employee engagement is a problem for most organizations. Businesses around the world report declining levels of engagement with fewer than one out of three workers reporting that they are satisfied with their jobs. We know that when employees are co... More...

Becoming a true leader requires an incredible amount of self-awareness. It involves knowing when to eliminate behaviors that are no longer working, even if they worked in the past. In his book "Tipping Sacred Cows," Jake Breeden warns that traditiona... More...

CertifiedEngagement Practitioner Designation Now Available Clearframework and nomenclature for engagement will allow organizations to accelerate the process of translating theory into action New York – April 29, 2013 ... More...

Here is how one employee spent an FMLA day off for a serious health condition: · Lunch at a restaurant · A peppermint mocha at a drive-thru · Haircut and coloring · A holiday party · Drinks at a cantina This would seem to be an open... More...

It’s among the worst nightmares a benefits administrator can have: an online enrollment glitch arbitrarily changes some eligibility rules that cannot be altered. The case of Malbrough v. Kanawha Insurance Co . showed that an employee had a benefi... More...

Immigration Update© April 26, 2013 STREAMLINED BRAZILIAN SHORT-TERM WORK VISA PROCESS TO TAKE EFFECT MAY 8 The Brazilian Ministry of Labor’s National Immigration Council (CNIg) has published Normative Resolution (RN) 100 in the Brazilian G... More...

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Dear Friends, Have a look at my new post on Payment of Bonus Act in India and various questions related to the act.In case you want to know something else about the act, I would love to answer, if i can http://hrsuccesstalk.blogspot.com/2013... More...

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FSA Q&A: What happens to an FSA if there is a change in Employment?

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Deadline To Send ACA Summary of Benefits & Coverage (SBC) Adds Pressure For Employers To Finalize 2014 Plan Designs As Agencies Add MEC & MV Disclosures To SBC

Managing Unplanned Absences

Are Penalty Motivators Good for Wellness Programs?

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The Employee Engagement Problem Within the Workplace

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Employer Escapes Potential $400,000 Mistake

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