Six retailers, including Carter's, Pacific Sunwear of California and Walt Disney, are dropping on-call scheduling as criticism increases that the practice hurts hourly workers' ability to lead functional lives. The change should help about 50,000 workers. Reuters (12/20)
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Recruiting & Retention
Recruitment techniques to focus on in 2017 Mobile, social media and other technologies will continue to be important tools for recruiters in 2017, especially in the applicant experience. "Your goal should simply be to make it as easy as possible for candidates to apply," Lars Schmidt writes. Fast Company online (12/19),SHRM Online (12/13)
How Employee Health Benefits Impact A Bottom Line Healthcare reform and rising costs have many small businesses wondering, "Should I offer employee healthcare benefits?" "Can I afford it?" and "How do I choose the right plan?" Understanding how offering employee health insurance can impact your business' bottom line can provide some relief. Read more.
Get with the flow. How payment processing affects cash flow. Cash flow is the lubricant of business. Without a healthy cash flow, business dries up. It stops. It can't function. Which is why it is vital to keep the revenues coming in as the expenses go out. But there's one aspect of cash flow that many of us are not aware of. It is how managing credit cards and other such non-cash payments affect cash flow. Turns out it has a huge affect. Download the free guide today.
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Benefits & Compensation
3 target groups for benefits outreach Some 24 million people lacked health insurance at the start of open enrollment season, and Hispanics, millennials, and workers at businesses with fewer than 25 employees were more likely to be among them. Broker outreach with information, education and coverage options using communication methods that resonate with each group will be helpful in chipping away at disparities and the number of uninsured, writes Sally Poblete. BenefitsPro.com (12/20)
The HR Leader
Show compassion to employees going through divorce HR should take a compassionate approach to dealing with employees who are going through a divorce, write attorneys Branigan Robertson and Jason Smith. If performance issues arise, documentation will be critical. ERE Media (12/20)
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