The Affordable Care Act could be partially dismantled under President Donald Trump, experts say, though a complete repeal is unlikely. Other benefits, including retirement plans, child care and educational assistance, also are under scrutiny. Employee Benefit News (11/9)
Decision Making in a Crisis. What HR Leaders Need to Know Managing is a constant job. How managers make decisions in a crisis is even more important, because crises can create three related threats for organizations: public safety, loss of reputation, and financial loss. Learn more about rule of thumb (ROT) and crisis management as an HR leader.
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Recruiting & Retention
EEOC reports on criminal pasts and law enforcement Prior drug use, arrests or criminal convictions are barriers to law enforcement careers, according to a report from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Justice. The report lauded "agencies [that] are increasingly adopting a holistic view of what skills and strengths an applicant brings to a law enforcement agency" so that officers can more accurately reflect the makeup of the communities they serve. CNSNews.com (11/8)
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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Leadership & Development
Employers can help employees break cycle of debt Employees who live paycheck to paycheck increase risk and can be costly for their employers, but employers should not enable the behavior by providing salary advances or tolerating absenteeism and low productivity, says Brian Hamilton, vice president of SmartDollar. Instead, employers should give financially stressed employees "access to the information and inspiration that can effect true behavior change," he said. BenefitsPro.com (11/3)
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Report: Pay disparity drives Latina entrepreneurship Latinas are paid only 54% as much as their white male counterparts, and the disparity is prompting some of them to leave the corporate world and strike out on their own. The fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs is composed of Latinas and black women, according to The Kauffman Index: Startup Activity 2015. Fortune (11/2)
District of Columbia industry, community and education leaders in 2005 established the Academy of Construction and Design at a local high school. Industry representatives say the academy helps them meet the city government's push to hire residents and gives students hands-on experience with everything from the permitting process to new trends in construction, such as the tiny house movement. The Washington Post (tiered subscription model) (11/3)
The HR Leader
3 ways diverse teams get better results Diverse teams tend to produce better results because members challenge one another and bring different ways of thinking, write David Rock and Heidi Grant Halvorson of the Neuroleadership Institute. Research shows that diverse teams focus more on facts, process information more carefully and find more innovative solutions. Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (11/4)
Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work and study.
