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Corporate Pension Plans Hit Hard in 2018
The typical private-sector defined benefit plan saw the value of its assets drop last year, motivating plan sponsors to revisit their investment and payout strategies—or even to consider abandoning their…
How to Boost Lagging Adoption Rates of New HR Technology
Getting any new technology system purchased and implemented can be a daunting task for HR leaders. It takes considerable time and effort to demo and compare different vendor software, negotiate…
Should Employers Cover Bike-Share and Electric-Scooter Rentals?
Bike-share and electric-scooter rentals are popping up in cities across the
How Are You Handling Vaping at Work?
Employers should consider state and local laws, company culture, health risks, and accommodations when developing their e-cigarette policies
Workers with High Deductibles Curb Health Care Spending
Employees enrolled in high-deductible health plans are more likely to consider cost and quality when selecting nonemergency care, new research shows. Health savings accounts help to motivate cost-conscious spending but…
California's New Retirement Program Gets Under Way
California launched a pilot program in November 2018 to help more workers save for retirement. But the new state-run program, called CalSavers, is facing legal controversy and uncertainty
Connecticut’s Pay Equity Law Prohibits Salary History Inquiries
As of Jan. 1, 2019, Connecticut employers are prohibited from inquiring about prospective employees' wage or salary histories
Beware Hurdles to a Uniform Paid Sick and Safe Time Policy
Developing a paid sick and safe time policy that complies uniformly across the
Putting Humanity into HR Compliance: Resolving a Sticky Wage and Hour Situation
When an HR director stumbled upon misclassified employees, how should she have presented the remedy--and the ramifications if the problem was not fixed--to her company president? Columnist Jathan Janove walks…
Viewpoint: How to Develop an Agile Workforce
An agile organization requires its workforce to swiftly adapt to the changing needs of customers, employees and the marketplace. Here's how HR can help the workforce adapt positive mindsets to…