The HR Profession
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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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Yahoo Taps HR Outsider for Workforce Revamp
Before September, Jacqueline Reses had never formally worked in human resources, let alone managed the people side of a Fortune 500 company.
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SHRM Names Six as New Board Members
Dissident SHRM Members for Transparency write-in candidates are shut out as the board taps executives from Sirius XM, Yahoo and Burger King.
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Data Bank Focus: HR Analytics: Broad Use, Broad Frustration
The burgeoning amount of data available to human resources professionals provides a new opportunity to more effectively manage the workforce. A recent survey of employers, reported by Visier Inc.
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Salaries for Human Resources Managers
Changes in data collection techniques make it difficult to compare past, present and future employment numbers and salaries for managers in human resources, compensation and benefits, and training and development.
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Salaries for Training and Development Managers
Changes in data collection techniques make it difficult to compare past, present and future employment numbers and salaries for managers in human resources, compensation and benefits, and training and development.
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Salaries for Compensation & Benefits Managers
Changes in data collection techniques make it difficult to compare past, present and future employment numbers and salaries for managers in human resources, compensation and benefits, and training and development.
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SHRM Transparency Group Reveals Strategy to Run for SHRM Board Positions
The transparency group has met twice with association leaders since last year’s conference in Las Vegas, but after the second meeting in March, SHRM leaders decided to discontinue the meetings, according to Kate Herbst, a transparency group member and now a board candidate.
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Take This Job and Love It: Financial Planners, HR Leaders Rank as Top 5 Jobs
At an average midcareer salary of $104,000, financial planners out-earn the rest of the top 10 professions. Those in HR leadership positions average just over $99,000.
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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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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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Lagging Economy Aside, Interviewees Say the Darndest Things
Job board giant CareerBuilder listed some of the most unusual interview experiences based on an online survey of more than 3,000 employers.
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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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Appeals Court Overturns Most of Dismissal in Same-Sex Harassment Suit
More men are alleging sexual harassment in the workplace, a trend many attorneys expect to continue.
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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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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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Comp and Circumstance: TD Executives Get Big Boost in Total Pay
The investment company's total pay figures, disclosed in a proxy statement filed yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, include both cash compensation and stock awards.
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Study Notes Medical Malpractice Insurance Market to Evolve with Health Care Changes
Changes in health care delivery will drive changes in the marketplace, including an ongoing shift from physicians practicing alone or in small groups toward practicing in multispecialty and multistate physician networks, or physicians working in practices purchased and operated by hospitals and...
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Survey Reveals Slight Climb in Full-Time Hiring
An annual CareerBuilder forecast also shows 59 percent anticipate no change in their staff levels and 11 percent are unsure whether there will be change.
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Empire Blue Cross Changes Course on Health Plans
The decision is being greeted with relief by brokers and small businesses. An estimated 20,000 companies, covering as many as 250,000 workers and their family members, use the plans being discontinued by Empire.
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Majority of Workers to Be Independent By 2020
Independent workers include those on fixed-term contracts, independent consultants, those working through temporary agencies, workers on an on-call arrangement and those who own a business with less than five employees.
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Today's Workforce—Pressed and Stressed
While politicians and pundits fret about unemployment and underemployment rates, growing numbers of employees are under pressure to do more. The resulting “work-more economy” threatens not just workers' sanity but companies' long-term success.
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Ailing Economy Hurts Return-to-Work Efforts for Injured Employees: Analysis
The Workers Compensation Research Institute studied workers' compensation procedures and outcomes in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which were deemed to have faster and higher return-to-work rates than other states.
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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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Mercer: Group Health Care Costs Climb 6.1 Percent as Cost per Employee Tops $10K
Amid steadily rising costs, employers, especially larger organizations, continue to take action to try to hold down cost increases to more manageable levels, according to the Mercer survey.
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OSHA Tightens Its Fall Protection Rules
The new directive states that all residential construction industry employers must protect their workers who are engaged in work at six feet or more above lower levels by conventional fall protection systems or by other fall protection measures.
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PBGC Deficit Hits Record $26 Billion
As was the case in the prior fiscal year, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Fund did not incur any multibillion-dollar losses in fiscal 2011.
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Target-Date Funds Grow in Popularity as Retirement Tool
Nearly 96 percent of participants enrolled in target-date funds in 2007 were still using them in 2009. And because more target-date fund products are in the marketplace, expenses are dropping. Despite their popularity and lower prices, target-date funds have their critics.
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Fact Box: What's a Target-Date Fund?
Target-date funds employ a mix of stocks and bonds that are put on a set glide path.
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Many 401(k) Participants Would be Hit Hard by Proposed Tax Changes: EBRI Study
Worker and employer contributions to a 401(k) plan are capped at $49,000 or 100 percent of a worker's pay, whichever is lower, under the current federal tax code.
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EEOC to Hold Public Meeting on Guidance for Age Discrimination in Employment Act
According to background information issued by the EEOC last year, the proposed rule emphasizes the need 'for an individualized, case-by-case approach to determining whether an employment practice is based on reasonable factors other than age.'
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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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Court Rules Employer Liable for Accident Involving Employee's Vehicle
A contractor can be held liable for an employee hitting and injuring another worker with a truck, even though the accident involved the employee's personal vehicle, a California appellate court has ruled.
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Wellness Programs Adapted for Workers' Comp
One consultant adds that employers also should optimize employee use of established wellness offerings, such as weight-loss or smoking-cessation programs that otherwise may be underutilized.
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Pension Funding Levels Improve, but Still Well Below 2011 Peak: Mercer
The consultancy attributed the funding improvement to an 11 percent gain in equity values in October, partially offset by a decrease in corporate bond yields.
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Survey: HR Expecting Higher Bonuses Ahead
Human resources executives are by far the most optimistic group of professionals regarding extra pay surveyed by Robert Half, which polled the bonus expectations of people in such occupations as accounting, technology, law and advertising.
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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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Hybrid Pension Plan on the Drawing Board in California
The proposal would create a pension plan with elements of defined benefit and defined contribution plans and would also raise the retirement age for new state and local government employees to 67.
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Preparing for the HR Certification Institute Exams
The SHRM Learning System may be the most popular study method for the HRCI exams, but there are other alternatives. Here are a few:
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Hudson Reorganizes, Names New Officers
The consulting firm also named Tracy Noon as chief people officer and Steve Zales as chief knowledge officer.
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Health Reform May Outweigh Supreme Court's Light Employment Law Docket
The high court, which went back to work Oct. 3, has so far received petitions to review four separate health reform cases, and the Justice Department is expected to ask the court to overturn an August decision in which the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the law's individual mandate.
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EEOC Sues Albuquerque Dealership for Sexual Harassment
The suit alleges that managers retaliated against men who reported incidents to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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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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Texas Gun Law Adds New Level of Vigilance for Employers
More than a dozen states already have such laws and adding Texas to that group was a major coup for the gun rights lobby. Two previous bills had failed in the Legislature before SB 321—known as the Employee Parking Lot Bill—passed in May and was signed into law by Gov. Rick Perry.
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Aon Hewitt CEOs Discuss Future Plans for Firm
One year ago, Aon Corp. completed its $4.9 billion acquisition of Hewitt Associates Inc., Aon's largest acquisition and the biggest deal ever involving a benefits consultant.
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Multiple Choice Unrest: HRCI-SHRM Link Leaves Many Stumped
A low pass rate on exams and high cost for study materials have HR practitioners seeking to earn their credentials questioning the blurry relationship between SHRM and HRCI.
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HR Certification: Preferred or Unnecessary?
Some jobs require certification, though other companies say they want nothing to do with an HR practitioner with an acronym after their name.
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SHRM Agrees to Meet With Protest Group Regarding Differences
The announcement was made across the street from the Las Vegas Convention Center where the world’s largest HR professional association is holding its 63rd annual conference from June 26 to 29.
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SHRM Names Henry Jackson as New President and CEO
Most recently, he led the organization’s initiatives to educate HR professionals on the employment issues facing military veterans.
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The Search Is on for HRs Best and Brightest
This is an excellent opportunity for you to publicly recognize your employees or professional colleagues. We also will accept self-nominations as long as they are accompanied by a letter of recommendation from an executive in your organization.
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Winners Gather in Chicago for 20th Annual Workforce Management Optimas Awards
This year’s event, held March 24 in Chicago at the Mid-America Club located in the Aon Center, took on a global perspective, as Mumbai, India-based Tata Consultancy Services won General Excellence honors.
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Holy Human Resources! Comic Book Character Captures Dual Nature of HR Pros
The Human Resource may not be as evil as Dilbert’s evil HR director Catbert, but she can do mass layoffs in a single pen stroke.
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AT&T Optimas Award Winner for General Excellence, 1994
Today, AT&T's workforce totals 276,000. It is ranked seventh on the Fortune 500 by revenue and is now the 11th largest employer in the world.
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MBA Oath How About an HR Oath
What the HR profession really needs isn't respect, more business savvy or better metrics. We need an oath.
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The Last Word Our Mission
Workforce Management ’s new editor plans to build on the publication's heritage by bringing even more depth, creativity and discipline to the magazine, website and e-newsletters.
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First Mover vs. Disruptor How Would You Change HR if You Could Start From Scratch
Without question, first-mover advantage is great to have. However, here’s an alternative view: The first-mover advantage can and will diminish over time, especially as that nimble approach/solution you started with grows into a legacy battleship that’s hard to move and vulnerable to the disruptor.
