After design changes, health care costs will increase (Jul. 23, 2015) In 2016, health care costs will increase 6.5 percent, but after likely changes in benefit plan design, such as higher deductibles and co-pays, the net growth is expected to be 4.5 percent, according to recent research from PricewaterhouseCooper’s (PwC) Health Research Institute (HRI). The […]

More than half of workers polled (55 percent) said they were expected to show up to work in severe weather conditions, according to Staples’ fourth annual safety survey in honor of National Safety Month. Nearly half of respondents said they felt unsafe doing so. Even though many workers had to be physically present in the […]

The IRS has just published helpful guidance reminding small businesses that most employers with fewer than 50 full-time employees or full-time equivalent employees, on average during the prior year, are not subject to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) employer shared responsibility provision, since they are not ALEs for the current calendar year. This means that, […]

The 2015 Candidate Behavior Study, sheds light on the differences between what candidates expect from potential employers during the job application process and what employers actually deliver. Here are the six facts every employer should know about the candidate experience: Fact 1 : Candidate experience matters (more than you know). 82 percent of employers think […]

A new global career survey of employees released by Right Management finds that only 10 percent of employees define career success as high performance and productivity. As employers struggle to find skilled and motivated individuals to meet performance goals, these findings indicate an ongoing disconnect between employee aspirations and the performance demands of employers worldwide. […]

Tips for Recruiting College Graduates One-third of organizations (35 percent) have already hired college students to begin working before or after their graduation, according to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Hiring of 2015 College Graduates Survey. Additionally, 71 percent of the organizations that have not hired any graduates yet are planning to do […]

·        Companies today are more willing to negotiate salary when hiring skilled job candidates compared to one year ago, according to a survey from global staffing firm Robert Half. The survey shows , 41 percent of chief financial officers (CFOs) are more open to negotiate starting pay; only 9 percent are less willing. The trick […]

Wellness programs and flexible work arrangements are two of the most popular employee benefits offered by organizations, according to the results of the Strategic Benefits survey released by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). About three-quarters (76 percent) of organizations offered some type of wellness program to employees in 2014, an increase from 70 […]

A new survey shows the traditional office party tops most employees’ wish lists with 52 percent of workers interviewed saying their favorite work-related holiday celebration is a company party. On the flip side, the survey found that some workers (22 percent) prefer not to celebrate the holidays at work. Employees also get into a “Bah, humbug!” […]

Company recruiters utilize employee referrals, national online job boards and internal job postings more than any other tools to find business and IT applicants, according to a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) survey. Employee referrals ranked as the primary recruiting tool for organizations searching for business applicants (58 percent) and IT applicants (46 percent), […]