Human Resources


Study: Cell Phones Pose Risks for Pedestrians, Too

In one study, 40 percent of cell phone users--women, especially--said that, with their phones, they walked somewhere after dark that they wouldn't otherwise go.

SHRM: 'New Employee Verification Act' Better than Fed's E-Verify System

"This bill is a major step toward doing something meaningful to stop illegal immigration," said SHRM President and CEO Susan R. Meisinger.

Survey: Most Workplaces Want Diversity, Vague on Definition

The field of diversity management is not well-defined or understood, focuses too much on compliance, and places too much emphasis on ethnicity and/or gender, say survey respondents.

DOL to Hold Hearing on Provision of Services to Employee Benefit Plans

Specifically, the proposed regulation provides that contracts between plans and certain service providers must include detailed written disclosures about direct and indirect compensation that will be received by the service provider and conflicts of interest.

Safety and Health Incentives: A Holistic Approach

Incentives have arrived. That’s stating the obvious when you consider American companies spend $32+ billion annually on merchandise sales for a variety of rewards, recognition, and motivation programs.

Party Hats Optional: National Employee Benefits Day is April 2

The observance was created in 2004 by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and is recognized in both the United States and Canada.

Report: Women Working Later Into Pregnancy, Returning Sooner

From 2001 to 2003, 80 percent who worked while pregnant worked one month or less before their child's birth compared with 35 percent who did so in 1961-1965.

Britons Urged to Work No OT Friday

Work Your Proper Hours Day (Feb. 22) is the day when the average British worker who does unpaid overtime finishes the unpaid does he does every year, the Trades Union Congress says.



Study: Life Insurance Purchasers Unprecedentedly Older

"In fact, for some companies, sales at issue ages over 70 represent 30 percent of all universal life premiums sold--a statistic unheard of five years ago," says Michael Taht, Principal at Towers Perrin.

DOL Revising Family Leave Act Today

Changes are being made in employee notice rules, but the agency does not want to make big changes in the definitions of "serious health condition," which employers wanted.

Dana Corp. Latest Revived Company to Retain Pension Plans

If two occurrences are a coincidence, three are a trend. And the government's pension overseer is pleased that big companies are emerging from bankruptcy agreeing to keep funding their pension plans.

AARP Seeks 'Best Employers for Workers Over 50' before Feb. 15 Deadline

Any employer with at least 50 employees and based in the United States is eligible to apply.

Economic Turbulence May Idle 5 Million This Year, ILO Warns

The organization's leader says worldwide unemployment "may go to levels not seen before."

NAM: Happy Birthday FMLA--Now Grow Up

It was on this day in 1993 that Congress enacted the Family and Medical Leave Act, a law designed to grant family and temporary medical leave under certain circumstances.

Compensation Costs Rose Just 3 Percent in 2007

BLS reports benefit costs increased by 2.4 percent during the year, while private-industry workers' salaries and wages rose 3.3 percent

IRS Promotes Programs for Saving Refunds, Opening Accounts

The agency has created a split-refund program that allows all taxpayers to divide their refunds among up to three financial accounts, such as checking, savings, and retirement.

It's Time for Our Springtime Push--Get Moving!

With the hint of springtime comes a renewal of energy and a newfound determination to get ahead of all those safety job demands! We build and rebuild our "to do" lists and scrutinize each entry, trying to improve the great and bring up to compliance the not-so-great portions of our company's safety program. (Anyone who believes his program cannot be improved is sadly mistaken!)

Average IT Salaries Rose 1.7 Percent in 2007

The average tech professional's salary increase of 1.7 percent was less than the 2006 increase of 5.2 percent.

IRS, Treasury Promote EITC Awareness Day--Tomorrow

Nearly one in four Americans who are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit do not claim this important benefit, according to the Treasury Department.

Office Building Conditions Affect Productivity, Survey Finds

A national survey gauged the impact of office building conditions on workers' attitudes and found their productivity and motivation may be affected.

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