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Compensation adjustments have become a recession staple for many employers. Some organizations are, in fact, repeaters at adjusting pay: organizations that froze or cut pay late last year or early this year now are taking a second pass and further reducing 2009 merit budgets, freezing salaries, decreasing bonuses, and even cutting pay.
Fine-Tune Internal
Investigations Now
In the wake of a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, employers should consider fine-tuning their internal investigation procedures, recommend employment attorneys.
Wellness programs have been popular options for employers seeking to control health costs and foster a healthy environment for workers.
Congress has been very busy this spring with a number of bills that could affect employers and HR practices.
The Silver Lining to the Recession: More Stretch Opportunities for Employees
The economic downturn has brought a lot of negatives to organizations, but there is one strong positive: an opportunity for many employees to stretch beyond their typical job constraints, according to a survey by staffing firm Accountemps.
More than three-quarters of 457 surveyed workers (77 percent) cited at least one opportunity the recession has provided them. These include tackling new projects (53 percent), assuming additional responsibility…
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Is it time to change your organization’s payroll system? Whatever the reasons you may have for making the change—and there are many reasons to do so—you want to make sure that you plan for and smoothly implement the move from the old system to the new.
Public Cos. Seek More Cost-Saving Help From Workers
Public employers are modifying their employee health care benefits to include more cost-saving measures, according to Health Care Plans: Impact of the Financial Crisis, a recent survey conducted by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (www.ifepb.org).
The survey found that 72 percent of public employers are increasing or considering an increase in their employees’ deductibles, coinsurance, or copays. In addition, 74 percent of public employers are increasing or…
Setting and Managing 2010 Compensation Conference, New York City, Sept. 17. Contact: IOMA, 800-401-5937 or 973-718-4700; www.ioma.com/hr
IOMA’s Employment Law & Legislative Conference: Plan for What’s Ahead in 2010, New York City, Dec. 3. Contact: IOMA, 800-401-5937 or 973-718-4700; www.ioma.com/hr
HR Star Conference (various topics), San Francisco, July 15; Cleveland, July 29. Contact: HR Star Conference, 702-478-6950; braden@hrstar.com; www.hrstarconference.org …
Recessions often encourage organizations to cut back on training and development expenditures. While this recession is no different, a number of companies are finding ways to keep training and development viable—and even expanding in some instances.
How training and development are accomplished is definitely in flux, at least in part because of the economy. Among the respondents to our survey, there has been an increase in in-house training by internal trainers or other employees. As of now, 59.8 percent of training is done in this way, compared with 51.8 percent one year ago (see Table 1).
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