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Articles by The HR Specialist: Compensation and Benefits

In-depth strategic advice for designing, developing and maintaining compensation and benefit programs that attract and retain talent and make our readers’ organizations the employer of choice.  HR Specialist: Compensation and Benefits guides professionals through their often-confusing and shifting legal and regulatory responsibilities while contributing to – rather than detracting from – the organization’s financial goals.  Learn more about HR Specialist: Compensation and Benefits and the six free reports you'll get when you subscribe...

The HR Specialist: Compensation and Benefits

Manage health, retirement spending with employee education

by The HR Specialist: Compensation and Benefits on February 6, 2012 11:00am

in Employee Benefits Program, Human Resources

As benefits continue to become a bigger portion of labor costs, employers are responding by offering more health education and financial advice to em­­ployees. According to a new report by WorldatWork, 45% of surveyed organizations report that senior executives consider turning em­­ployees into educated consumers of benefits a “very high” priority.

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Motivate high performance by promising rewards

by The HR Specialist: Compensation and Benefits on February 1, 2012 9:00am

in Centerpiece, Employee Benefits Program, Human Resources

Employee recognition programs aren’t quite as popular as they once were, but the 86% of businesses that use them find that rewards and in­­centives can still spur sales, improve retention and employee loyalty, and raise productivity during an era of slim pay raises and uncertain bonuses.

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Akraya offers to clean up–at employees’ own homes

by The HR Specialist: Compensation and Benefits on January 25, 2012 3:00pm

in Compensation and Benefits, Human Resources

Busy employees who work for Sunny­vale, Calif.-based Akraya Inc., don’t have time to clean their houses—so the company does it for them. The IT consulting and staffing firm sends a professional cleaning service to their homes once every two weeks.

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Sales stars get action figures–of themselves

by The HR Specialist: Compensation and Benefits on January 20, 2012 5:00pm

in Employee Benefits Program, Human Resources

The action figures adorning the desks of employees at Arlington, Va.-based Decision Lens aren’t of ordinary superheroes. They’re of the employees themselves. That’s one of the rewards the employees can earn for their hard work.

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Health firm opens clinic for its own employees

by The HR Specialist: Compensation and Benefits on January 18, 2012 3:00pm

in Compensation and Benefits, Human Resources

Global health care company Sanofi is keeping its own employees healthy by opening a full-service medical center and on-site pharmacy at its U.S. headquarters in Bridgewater, N.J.

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Start the new year with new system for employee records

by The HR Specialist: Compensation and Benefits on January 12, 2012 9:00am

in Centerpiece, HR Management, Human Resources, Office Management, Records Retention

Make a fresh start in 2012 by creating a new employee record-keeping system. Whether you’re going to stick with paper files, create computer-based folders or go high-tech and store your records in the cloud, you need to create at least four separate sets of records for each employee:

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Landscaper’s generous benefits cut recruiting costs to nothing

by The HR Specialist: Compensation and Benefits on January 11, 2012 3:00pm

in Employee Benefits Program, Human Resources

The general manager of A Yard & A Half Land­scaping says she spends nothing on recruiting because the firm’s employees are eager to get jobs there for their family and friends. That might be because the organization’s benefits include the usual (medical, dental and retirement plans) and also the unusual.

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For kicks: Aon ‘passes it on’ to global colleagues

by The HR Specialist: Compensation and Benefits on January 5, 2012 5:00pm

in HR Management, Human Resources

Employees of HR consulting firm Aon Corp. are kicking three soccer balls across six continents in eight months. The goal: to demonstrate Chicago-based Aon’s global connections among colleagues.

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Make sure employees understand FMLA calendar

by The HR Specialist: Compensation and Benefits on January 3, 2012 11:00am

in FMLA Guidelines, Human Resources

FMLA regulations give employers several options for calculating how much leave employees are entitled to at any given time. Which method should your organization select? That depends on how much record-keeping you want to do.

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It’s up to you to ensure your employees are retirement-ready

by The HR Specialist: Compensation and Benefits on January 2, 2012 9:00am

in Centerpiece, Employee Benefits Program, HR Management, Human Resources

Dealing with an aging, financially unprepared workforce is a reality that should concern employers. It’s in the best interests of employers to improve the re­­tirement outcomes for their employees by creating a culture of retirement readiness. Here’s a six-step plan that works:

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