 Benefit Plans:
Whats the latest? Select Benefits and Total Compensation Statements
Small-business owners
are trying to educate employees on the value of maintaining good
health, while also showing them just how a benefits package works,
what it costs the company,
and how it fits into the total compensation
package of an individual’s salary. Recruiting and
Retaining the Best
Good employees help you
keep the business running smoothly. They are productive. They connect
with customers. And they are the one resource your competition can’t
duplicate. To be successful, you must find, retain, develop and manage
your people.
Preventing-and Coping
with-Workplace Violence
Violence in the
workplace remains a disturbingly common phenomenon. Every year there
are dozens of killings involving disgruntled or recently fired
employees—or abusive spouses or ex-boyfriends stalking their victims
at work. What can a company do to curb violence in the workplace?
 Problem Employees: Can't Work
With Them...Can You Work Without Them?
Dealing with difficult
people in the workplace is not a joke, whether they are above or below
you on the food chain. Two important things to consider are how to
work with such people and what to do when you can’t.
Politics and Religion: Do they belong in the Workplace?
Attitudes towards
religious expression and freedom have drastically changed since 9/11,
and with the November presidential elections heating up, it’s hard to
find a workplace that hasn’t engaged in discussions about John Kerry
and George Bush.
Gifts: What's the Policy?
While we all look
forward to receiving gifts, can gifts be accepted from a vendor or
co-worker without appearing improper? And, if policies permit
gift-giving, what gifts are appropriate?
Flex Time/Work at Home Policies:
Can management handle it?
Some managers have a
hard time getting used to the concept of employees coming and going at
odd hours.
 And
it may be even harder for those managers to get used to the idea of
employees not coming to the office at all. However, flex time and work
at home policies, when implemented with appropriate guidelines, can
benefit your office as well as your employees.
Is the Casual Dress Code Era
Coming to an End?
This Labor Day may mark
the end of yet another mainstay of the happy-go-lucky dot.com era: the
casual dress code. In growing numbers, employers are abandoning casual
dress policies established in the late 1990s and early 2000s, in favor
of more formal, pre-dot.com-era business attire.
Part-Time vs. Full Time
Employees: What works best for your business?
Slimmer profit margins
are forcing more businesses to maintain smaller payrolls, while hiring
part-time employees for busy hours and temporary workers for peak
seasons. There are financial benefits to hiring part-time employees
over full-time employees, but there are also drawbacks.
Also -
From the Trenches
The whim and the receptionist
Out of the Hat
Flex-time as a real solution.
F.Y.I.
The Workforce Health
Improvement Program Act of 2003 (WHIP)
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