June 2013 is the 5th annual National Employee Wellness Month. With new guidelines recently released by the Obama administration, wellness is currently the HR issue du jour. Employers can offer employees a 30 percent discount on health premiumsfor participation in wellness programs, up from 20 percent previously, and 50 percent for participating in tobacco cessation …
How Does the HR Team Tackle Absenteeism? Corporate Surveillance Curbs Sick Leave Abuse
Ever wondered how employers train their HR departments to keep employee absenteeism to an efficient minimum? Surprisingly many of them don’t. Millions of pounds are wasted every year in the UK due to employee absenteeism, with employers paying out billions of pounds in wages to workers. Although recent figures suggest that the problem is on …
How Can You Use Social Recruiting to Lure in Passive Talent?
You know the importance of using social recruiting as a way to lure in prospective candidates who are out there looking for work. Yet, what you may not be doing much of is focusing on passive talent. That is, you may not be checking out the professionals who are not actively looking for a job, …
Employee Incentive Idea – Making the Case for Corporate Catering
If you are like most business owners, you are always looking for ways to improve your company. Top-notch employees with the highest morale at the lowest operating cost possible—who doesn’t want to achieve that in the workplace? But perhaps you are experiencing the less than desirable side of employee morale? According the Bureau of Labor …
5 Favorite Human Resource Apps for Social Recruiting
Recruiters today are challenged to find the best candidates for companies using social networks. However, using social searches for recruiting is time consuming and there can be multiple networks to manage. To streamline this process, technology gurus have designed some awesome social recruiting apps that make this task more productive. Here is a rundown of …
9 Best Practices for Handling Employee Terminations [Video]
This week, I am on a roll with my video blog posts – and having fun sharing information with you using this form of media! Do you have to deal with employee terminations? Unfortunately, this is an aspect of human resource management at times. Employee terminations can be nerve wracking, unless you have a plan …