HR Services and Administration
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SHRM Drops Plan Requiring Companies to Report Temp Worker Numbers
The standard would have caused several difficulties for staffing buyers.
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Costly Degrees in HR Could Be Wise Choice vs. Certification
A certificate isn't enough in today's business climate, in which expectations of human resources professionals have never been higher, experts say.
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HR's Future Looks Strategic—or Does It?
A new survey notes that with advances in technology, human resources managers will have time away from administrative tasks to help their CEOs with big-picture questions, though one expert contends that things haven't changed much.
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Meet Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's Recruiter-in-Chief
The new CEO aims to turn the company around by fixing its people problems.
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Financial Advisers Reject NBA Retirement Plan
Some believe the league is tossing up a brick with reliance on annuities, calling it a 'solution of last resort.'
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Fewer Employers Match Defined Contribution Plan Deposits: SHRM Analysis
Of 550 employers surveyed in SHRM's study of employee benefits programs, slightly more than two-thirds indicated that they currently match their employees’ contributions, down from 75 percent five years ago.
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Worker Confidence Hits 4-Year High
The index is based on an online survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Randstad. It surveyed 1,399 employed U.S. adults, 18 years old and older between March 13 and March 15.
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Worker Fired After Urinating on Co-Workers' Chairs
Police reportedly are trying to determine whether they can charge the 59-year-old information technology worker with criminal mischief, according to the Des Moines Register.
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Dropping Health Care Coverage No Easy Decision for Employers
Because employer and employee health care benefit contributions are made on a pretax basis, it wil cost employers considerably more than the $2,000-per-employee fee for dropping coverage, if the law survives legal challenges being heard by the Supreme Court.
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Survey: Health Care Reform Splits Employers
Forty percent of employers want the high court, which is hearing oral arguments this week on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to strike down the 2010 law. Still, employers are far from being united in favor of repealing it.
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Bill Proposed to Make Employer-Paid Education Aid Tax Break Permanent
Under Section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code, employers can reimburse employees for up to $5,250 in annual undergraduate and graduate costs without the reimbursement being included in employees' taxable income.
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Study: Younger Workers Worried About Retirement
While older workers tend to be more concerned about retirement than their younger colleagues, the survey found that the most dramatic shift in attitudes toward retirement security has been among the under-40 set.
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FTC Warns Mobile App Marketers Providing Background Checks
The Federal Trade Commission has sent letters to marketers that the agency says may be providing criminal background information to employers through the marketers' background screening applications—an activity the FTC says may violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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Norwegian Insurance Company Monitors Workers' Bathroom Breaks
Norway's chief workplace ombudsman Bjorn Erik Thon told a media outlet that one firm required employees to wear a red bracelet during their menstrual cycles to indicate the need for more restroom visits.
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PBGC Updates Estimate of Funding Relief for American Airlines
According to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., American Airlines received specific funding relief in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and an Iraq War spending bill in 2007 that allowed airlines to spread their unfunded liability in 2008 over 10 years instead of seven.
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Aon Revenue Surges to $11.29B Largely on Hewitt Purchase
Revenue for its human resources solution unit increased 113 percent to $4.5 billion.
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EEOC Actions, Enforcement Trends Focus of Report on Agency
The report noted that the agency identified combating systemic discrimination as a top priority in a 2006 task force report.
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Mercer Taps Julio Portalatin as President and CEO
Portalatin, 52, is an AIG senior vice president and president and CEO of AIG unit Chartis Growth Economies, with responsibility for operations in the Asia/Pacific, South Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Central Europe regions.
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Move to Flexible Workforce Is Permanent, Consultants Say
The online M Squared poll of independent consultants was conducted in December 2011 and included responses from 530 professional independent consultants.
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Aon Moving Its Headquarters to London
Aon President and CEO Greg Case said the move, which must be approved by shareholders, is another step in the firm's strategic plan to grow Aon as a global platform. In particular, London will help Aon grow its business in emerging markets, he said.
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Recruit Co. Lands Staffing Firm for $410 Million
It marks the latest large-scale acquisition for Tokyo-based Recruit, and will result in Advantage Resourcing divesting most of its non-Japanese operations.
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Several States' Residents Show Their Financial Savvy
The Employee Benefit Research Institute did a state-by-state analysis to see whether it was possible to pinpoint financially savvy states and ranked them in two categories: financial literacy and financial behavior.
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EEOC Creates Small Business Task Force to Provide Legal, HR Counsel
The task force will focus on newly established small businesses and those that cannot afford in-house legal counsel or human resources personnel.
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Most Financial Execs Feel Pension Plans can Hurt Company, Survey Indicates
Of survey respondents, 68 percent said their companies have closed defined benefit plans to new or all employees in the past five years.
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Offering TIPS for Retirement
Nearly half of defined contribution plan sponsors either offer or plan to soon offer some type of inflation protection strategy to their participants, a Mercer study shows.
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There's a Right Way and a Wrong Way to Set Up Succession Planning
HR consultants offer their thoughts on the best—and worst—practices when it comes to succession planning.
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When Johnny or Janey Comes Marching Home
Veterans find it's a tough terrain in getting from the battlefield to their chosen field.
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Survey: U.S. Workers Feeling Overwrought and Unproductive
Thirty percent of employees say they were ineffective for at least one week due to job-related stress, while two-thirds of U.S. workers reported extremely high stress levels, including fatigue and feeling a ‘loss of control.'
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SHRM Elects Three New Board Members
The recently elected officials are Coretha M. Rushing of Equifax Inc., Brian D. Silva of Fresenius Medical Care and José Tomas of Burger King Corp.
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Employer Health Care Reform Law Communication Mandate Delayed
The proposed rules would require employers to provide employees with an 'easy-to-understand' summary of benefits and coverage and, upon request, a glossary of commonly used health care coverage terms, such as deductible and copay.
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The Undocumented Side of Hiring
Employers can guard against hiring undocumented workers by becoming familiar with federal regulations and enforcement practices. The primary document reviewed by federal agencies is the Form I-9.
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Court Rules Video Can Be Used as Evidence to Discontinue Disability Benefits
In a unanimous decision, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court said Brian Soja was required to prove that he had a continuing disability when he filed for a reinstatement of his benefits in 2006. It also said a video from employer Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates Inc.
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5 Questions for Greg Besio: Unlocking the Right Combination
A corporate merger can be a challenging and exciting opportunity for a human resources leader, according to Greg Besio, executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Aon Corp. Besio found plenty of challenges last year when Aon Corp. acquired Hewitt Associates.
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Report: Governmental Entities Benefit Most from Early Retiree Program
Federal agency says of the more than $2.7 billion that was paid out through June 30, 45.6 percent went to governmental entities while 36.6 percent went to commercial entities, such as self-funded private employers.
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Heightened Awareness of Benefits Plays Pivotal Role in Employee Experience
Employers spend a great deal of time and money trying to educate employees about their benefit options, but do employees most understand and use them effectively? Here are some of the do's and don'ts of benefits communications.
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More CFOs Are Landing in HR Territory
A new survey by Robert Half Management Resources finds that about one-fifth of 1,400 chief financial officers surveyed have taken on more HR duties in the past three years.
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SHRM, Dissident Group Set Summit to Air Differences
The SHRM Members for Transparency, which formed last year largely over concerns about the SHRM board’s 2005 decision to pay board members, had been asking to meet with SHRM leaders since the fall of 2010.
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SHRMs 63rd Annual Conference Opens June 26
Arianna Huffington is scheduled to speak Monday; Sir Richard Branson, founder and president of Virgin Group, Tony Hsieh, CEO of online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos.com, and actor Michael J. Fox also are set for keynote addresses.
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Protest Group Calls News Conference on Opening Day of SHRM Confab
SHRM Members for Transparency plans to air its grievances following the association’s failure to respond to repeated invitations for a summit.
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HR's 10 Top Concerns
The Employers Resource Association’s membership of 1,300 companies in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana generates more than 8,000 calls each year to its HR hot line. Most of the questions are considered the staples of HR management.
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Trendy Topics Grab Ink, but HR Hot Line Reveals Basic Workplace Worries
While workplace issues such as bedbugs, social media and background checks have been heavily covered in the mainstream and business media, a recent top 10 list indicates that HR frets about such day-to-day issues as FMLA, performance management, discipline and termination.
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LIVE CHAT: Reviewing Performance Reviews
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT Some companies are moving away from traditional, often unpopular annual performance reviews and turning to other approaches for evaluating staff and giving workers more frequent feedback.
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Global Turmoil Tests Ability to Protect Workers
With a slew of devastating events in 2011, companies are grappling with how to protect their workers. But the global turmoil so far this year has tested even the most experienced crisis managers.
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Spate of Acquisitions Cuts Across Talent Management Software Firms
The merger of software vendors can be a plus for customers in the form of a more financially stable supplier and superior products. It also can result in headaches as vendors steer clients to software they didn’t choose.
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Want to Make Money on IPOs Learn About Companies HR Management Strategies
With all the news about IPOs, there's a secret about their success that has not been widely shared: Human resource management makes the difference between life and death at these organizations.
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Appealing to Workers' Civic Side
Firms find that participating in service events not only burnishes their image in cities where they do business, but also helps improve employee morale, recruitment and retention.
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Serving the Big Boys Too
A growing number of corporate giants are upending the thinking that HR applications delivered over the Internet are not flexible or secure enough to serve the big boys.
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SAP Circling SaaS Market
The Germany-based business software company is taking a close look at HR software delivered as a service, which refers to companies accessing applications over the Internet and typically paying for them on a subscription basis for a limited time.
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Innovation Contest Draws HR Tech Ideas
In a sign that people management is a priority these days, three of the 10 finalist entries in a business innovation contest co-sponsored by the Wharton School involve human resources.
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Xerox Unit Buys Outsourcing Unit From Hewlett-Packard
The benefits and HR outsourcing operation was formed in 2005 by then-Towers Perrin and EDS Corp., combining Towers Perrin’s benefit administration services and EDS’ payroll and HR-related outsourcing services.
