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Employees sit up and beg for pet lovers’ insurance

04/01/2008
Most employers that offer health insurance to employees also let them buy additional coverage for family members. Perhaps it’s not so unusual then that some companies provide optional pet health insurance. After all, for many people, pets are part of the family, too …

Retain new hires with quick pay raises

04/01/2008
The more your organization’s employees learn on the job, the quicker their value skyrockets in the marketplace. Retain new hires by raising their salaries as they gain experience …

Simple ways to boost employee loyalty

04/01/2008
More cash and benefits are great, but a new book, Empowering Employees, says these four incentives go further to win employees’ hearts …

Ohio firms make Fortune’s ‘Best to work for’ list

04/01/2008
Fortune magazine recently published its 2008 list of “100 Best Companies to Work For,” and four companies headquartered in Ohio made the list …

Florida firms make Fortune’s ‘Best to work for’ list

04/01/2008
Fortune magazine recently published its 2008 list of “100 Best Companies to Work For,” and three Florida-based companies made the list: Baptist Health South of Florida, JM Family Enterprises and Publix Supermarkets …

2 Minnesota firms make Fortune’s ‘Best to work for’ list

04/01/2008
Fortune magazine recently published its 2008 list of “100 Best Companies to Work For,” and two Minnesota companies made the list. The Mayo Clinic ranked 59th, and General Mills came in 69th …

Quicken among the very best on Fortune’s best companies list

04/01/2008
Quicken Loans of Livonia ranked second in the nation on Fortune magazine’s 2008 list of “100 Best Companies to Work For.” The magazine noted Quicken’s “ethically driven” culture, which allowed it to sail unscathed through the subprime mortgage crisis …

Bring back injured employee quickly: A 5-step return-to-work plan

03/04/2008
When an employee is injured on the job, what you do—and when you do it—can determine not only how quickly the employee will return to work but also whether he or she will return at all.

Termination meetings must include civility, easy exit

03/01/2008
 Even when someone clearly deserves to be fired, terminations are the toughest tasks for managers and HR. But how you conduct the actual discharge can mean the difference between an amicable parting and a messy lawsuit. One often-overlooked decision: choosing the right setting for the discharge meeting …

Labor pains: The perils of the Employee Free Choice Act

03/01/2008
As the 2008 election cycle intensifies, organized labor is devoting substantial resources to support candidates who will advance its ambitious legislative agenda in 2009. That agenda includes passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). Employers must understand what EFCA passage would mean and what they can do now to ensure that union organizers do not target their employees …