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Independent Contractors: The Legal Boundaries

01/05/2007
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Employees favoring PPOs and HMOs over consumer-Directed health plans

01/01/2007

Consumer-directed health plans (CDHP) may be all the rage in the future, but they’re slow to catch on so far …

Scheduling workplace holidays for 2007

01/01/2007

The 2006 holiday season has just ended, but you need to start planning for next year’s holiday work schedule if you haven’t already …

Big firms seeking partners that can prove staff diversity

01/01/2007

In recent years, large corporations have begun imposing work force diversity mandates on their suppliers. As a result, midsize organizations that want to win contracts scramble to prove diversity among their staffs …

Healthy employees pay lower premiums

12/01/2006

When Dan Dauphinee learned that a quarter of health care costs are due to unhealthy and unsafe behaviors, the operations manager made this pitch to the 140 employees of Northeastern Log Homes: Change your behavior, and we’ll cut your insurance premiums by 25 percent …

Lighten your HR load by using supervisors wisely

12/01/2006
Say you’re part of an overworked two- or three-person HR department that struggles to keep up with basic administrative duties. Solution: Use supervisors to assist in HR, but be smart in what you choose to delegate.

The new pension reform law: What it means to you

12/01/2006

In August, President Bush signed the Pension Protection Act of 2006, which includes many benefits-related amendments to the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) …

Prepare for even more disclosure of exec compensation

10/01/2006

A federal investigation of companies that allegedly backdated employees’ stock options already involves more than 100 companies, and it has prompted the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require more disclosure of executive pay …

Your workplace: Is it ready for an emergency?

10/01/2006

While 88 percent of smaller businesses agree that it makes sense to have a business-continuity plan, only 39 percent actually have one, according to a new Ad Council survey …

Hold firm on raises; salaries to rise 3.5 percent in ’07

09/01/2006

Employers report that they’ll be dishing out average pay raises of 3.5 percent for exempt and nonexempt employees in 2007, the same level that they’re currently paying in 2006, according to a new Conference Board survey of 441 companies …