Blogs / 2014 / January

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	Onboarding Best Practices

	Good Guy = Bad Manager :: Bad Guy = Good Manager. Is it a Myth?

	Five Interview Tips for Winning Your First $100K+ Job

	Base Pay Increases Remain Steady in 2007, Mercer Survey Finds

	Online Overload: The Perfect Candidates Are Out There - If You Can Find Them

	Cartus Global Survey Shows Trend to Shorter-Term International Relocation Assignments

	New Survey Indicates Majority Plan to Postpone Retirement

	What do You Mean My Company’s A Stepping Stone?

	Rewards, Vacation and Perks Are Passé; Canadians Care Most About Cash

	Do’s and Don’ts of Offshoring

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Blogs / 2014 / January

Chalk up another poor fish shot in the barrel by the EEOC. “’Shooting fish in a barrel’ is our way of describing the EEOC’s targeting of heath care providers for disability discrimination claims under the Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA”).” We... More...

Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Jordan Kaplan, an associate in our Roseland office: On January 21, 2014, Governor Christie signed S2995 into law, an amendment to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, which prohibits employment discriminatio... More...

What is Good Instruction Anyway? Here is a great article that provides some excellent insight into the subject of designing training programs. Ed Cohen eloquently demonstrates that picking a single medium and company standard for all training pr... More...

http://www.hixworks.com/blog/2014/1/14/just-the-facts-maam-musings-on-the-media-and-healthcaregov More...

http://www.hixworks.com/blog/2014/1/3/forecasting-2014-four-health-insurance-trends-to-watch More...

COLUMBUS, Ga., Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac, the leading provider of voluntary insurance in the United States, today announced two newly enhanced insurance plans: Aflac Whole Life and Aflac Term Life. Plan highlights include face amounts ... More...

While many of us make personal resolutions for the new year, the companies we work for also make resolutions in the form of business initiatives and strategies. For example, your CEO could give greater priority to business objectives that were not pr... More...

As recent developments in technology have overhauled the way people do work every day, companies have had to adjust. Some companies have reached the point where a sizable portion of the workforce doesn’t see their bosses in person every day – staffs ... More...

Director of The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated, Joyce Maroney, welcomes board member Dr. Tim Porter O'Grady and Kronos senior director of compensation, benefits and HRIS, Jim Rowe, as guests on Workforce Institute Radio to discuss the Aff... More...

Leaders will learn what they need to know, when they need to know it, from the source best able to teach it. by Marshall Goldsmith The art of developing leaders will evolve with the technology that connects people through both wired … Continue readin... More...

Both human resource professionals and healthcare providers are grappling with the immediate compliance issues associated with the Affordable Care Act, even as the rules continue to evolve. Practitioners on both sides of this equation are also contem... More...

Training people about what the legal issues are and how to handle them is a much more effective way to both prevent problems and get social media to work for your company. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HRExaminer/~3/W-0hXpGRLkI/ More...

The same-old ways that marketers have used and publicized press releases aren’t sufficient anymore, David McInnis — founder of PRWeb (since sold to Vocus) and the news-marketing platform Cranberry — argued in an HRmarketer-sponsored webinar Wednesday... More...

Monday, January 27, 2014 :00am For the Love of Beer: A Hopping Classroom Learning Experience By Sharon Palermo Recently I went on a br... More...

Every recruiter has a different perspective when it comes to sourcing for quality hires. They determine which skills, experiences, and previous opportunities are best suited for the position they are trying to fill. But do the previously-stated crite... More...

For a while now, recruiters and HR folks like me have been screaming to the social heavens, advising others to use Facebook and social media as a recruiting tool. Facebook just turned 10 years old in 2013, and it has invested a lot into making itself... More...

By Mark Bennett The ever increasing presence of the workforce on social media presents opportunities as well as risks for organizations. While on the one hand we read about social media embarrassments happening to organizations, we see that so... More...

By: David Sirota and Douglas A. Klein Income inequality is suddenly big news in America and has entered the political arena with full force. The issue is widely predicted to be the major theme of President Obama’s 2014 domestic agenda and the D... More...

Since ruHRelevant? was started in July 2012, we have stressed how critical relationships are when it comes to employee performance. I’m not a proponent of managers trying to be buddies with employees, but a certain level of trust and rapport must be ... More...

Research shows that less than 25% of organizations have a succession planning process in place to accommodate the exodus of boomers as they start to retire. Research shows that less than 20% of organizations (worldwide) have begun thinking strateg... More...

It is a fact that there may not be enough funds to cover retirement for aging baby boomers. As it stands, nearly a third of retired Canadians have returned to the workforce as they have realized that the money is just not enough for their lifestyle... More...

Recognize This! – Executive buy-in and visible support is critical to the success of strategic social recognition programs. I am honored to be moderating a webinar on “How to Get Buy-In for Recognition” with HR influencers Laurie Ruettimann ... More...

The Learning Technologies Exhibition will be the top occasion to get an over-view about the learning trends of 2014. On January 29th and 30th 2014, IMC will present its new technologies, learning concepts and ideas in London. For more details plea... More...

IMC's MOOC platform: newer, more attractive and open to other training Providers Valuable experience and numerous ideas from users have been assembled from the MOOCs offered up to now, and these have been incorporated into the new platform. The i... More...

The title of this article may seem to be stating the obvious – of course communications skills are important in business. But to understand why they’re so important, we have to discuss what is actually meant by communication skills. Re-blogged f... More...

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“Low Hanging Fruit” – Another Health Care Facility Hit With An EEOC Disability Lawsuit

New Jersey Employers Now Have to Accommodate Pregnant Employees

The Cost of Ineffective Training Far Exceeds the Cost of Doing It Right the First Time - Reported by SuccessFactors

JUST THE FACTS, MA'AM: MUSINGS ON THE MEDIA AND HEALTHCARE.GOV

FORECASTING 2014: FOUR HEALTH INSURANCE TRENDS TO WATCH

Aflac Introduces New Whole & Term Life Insurance Policies

New Year, New HR: Tell Us What Your HR is Focusing On

5 tools for employee engagement in a largely ‘virtual’ workforce

The Workforce Institute At Kronos Explores Challenges Organizations Face With Affordable Care Act Compliance

E-Coaching Roles

Affordable Care Act – Short Term Pain for Long Term Gain?

Comply Socially

Character Revealed

For the Love of Beer: A Hopping Classroom Learning Experience

Start Hiring For Success

Are You REALLY Ready For the Social Savvy Job Seeker?

Oracle HCM Product Spotlight: Workforce Reputation - Part 1

Income Inequality in the Workplace

Rules of Engagement: Nine Minutes On Monday

What's After the Boomers? Leadership Expertise and Business Skills May Be at Risk

The Money is Not Enough: Retirees Returning to the Workforce

Webinar 29th January: How to Get Buy-In for Recognition

Learning Technologies 2014: IMC presents various innovations in digital learning

OpenCourseWorld re-launch delivers an even fresher and more user friendly MOOC platform

Communication Skills – Why Are so Important in Business