The U.S. Supreme Court on June 26 ruled the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional, a decision that has already set in motion a sweeping rewrite of federal...
Domino’s Pizza recognizes employees for their best work, even when it’s not about pizza. The winner of its national Delivering More award won it after he...
Q. Our company policy states that we give one week of paid vacation after one year of employment and two weeks of vacation after two years. But some employees when hired...
Integrating its employee wellness, productivity and health care programs into a unified strategy helped Kraft Foods Group reduce its medical spending growth trend from...
Studies show that work/life programs can help improve employee engagement and productivity. You may think effective strategies are expensive and require a big-business...
Q. We gave eligible employees a “floating holiday” in lieu of having Dec. 31 as a paid holiday. We generally pay employees for all unused vacation, sick and...
Charlotte-based Bank of America has started curtailing its popular work-from-home program called “My Work”. Employee usage has risen steadily over the...
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer recently announced that employees who had telecommuted must now return to their cubicles at the struggling company’s headquarters. Before...
Any employee of United Airlines who passes through O’Hare International Airport may stop by the organization’s new health clinic for treatment of routine...
Starting this year, TD Bank is offsetting the additional federal and state taxes that its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) employees pay for...
Providing opportunities for promotions is often just the thing to keep top talent from jumping ship. But before you haphazardly start promoting from the ranks, consider...
The Nebraska state government reduced employee health claims by $4.2 million over three years after introducing a wellness program that features 100% coverage of...
Telework challenges businesses to ensure that remote employees are working when they’re supposed to be. Yet it’s also a way to curb absenteeism. Here are...
Many small employers make decisions about medical plans and other benefits based on cost alone. But here’s another factor to consider: How does your organization...
The easier your organization makes it for employees to access work files from home—or from anywhere outside the office—the more time they will spend...
