The Labor Department has released a final rule on multiemployer retirement plans managed by associations that takes effect Sept. 30. The rule offers "a safe harbor to give [professional employer organizations] some clarity if they have any doubts about their availability or their right under the law to run a plan," says Preston Rutledge, assistant labor secretary for the Employee Benefits Security Administration.
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Some reasons that new employees quit a job within the first six months include poor training, inconsiderate managers and the work they are performing differs from what they expected, according to a report from BambooHR. The report outlines three ways employers can improve their onboarding process and stave off employee exits.
Psychological safety -- the security of knowing one can contribute an idea or concern without the worry of punishment -- is the hallmark of high-performing work teams, writes Lynne Levy of WorkHuman who cites a 2015 study by Google. Levy also outlines several strategies that managers can employ to foster psychological safety among team members.
Employers saved more than $15 million over a two-year span from participating in Health Care Service Corp.'s telehealth program, the country's fourth-largest health insurer says in a report that notes users spent an average of $18 on a Virtual Visit versus $64 at an office. HCSC's Tom Meier expands on the findings in an interview.
More organizations are implementing active-shooter training in response to the increased incidents of workplace violence, Jen Colletta writes. Matthew Doherty of Hillard Heintze, a security and risk-management company, says this training should not just focus on how to handle an active shooter, but how to identify threats of workplace violence and defuse the situation.