The World Health organization makes it clear that there are significant benefits from an improvement in workforce health. Whilst investments in workforce health might instinctively seem to benefit employees the most, in fact the benefits are split between the employees and the organization. Having established that increasing workforce health is a mutually beneficial outcome, how […]
ADP Meeting of the Minds 2016: Tools to Build Knowledge, Networks and Capital
The theme of this year’s event in Washington, D.C., is “Build Your Capital.”
The 5 Main Reasons Employees Leave Startups
Startups are vulnerable, and they depend on a number of interrelated resources working together to self-sustain into bigger and better stages of development.
The Cost of Office Politics
Making people compete for rewards and promotions tends to keep them on their toes. Ideally, a corporate culture encourages people to be the best they can be.
Millennials And Money: 3 Things Small Business Owners Need to Know
These days, every retailer–from big-box stores to mom-and-pop shops–are trying to capture attention and share of wallet from the “millennial” demographic, and with good reason.
This is how HR can help reach company goals [Infographic]
Let’s talk about goals for a minute. Every company has to have them in order to grow and improve. But they can be such a pain to achieve. And when a goal isn’t met, it’s like a punch in the gut, making it hard to stay confident about what your organization is doing. The key […]
Quantifying Your Company’s Emotional Culture
Managers tend to view emotions as something “soft” that can’t really be measured. But you can — and should — track emotions quantitatively, the same way you’d track employees’ other attitudes and behaviors: through surveys. There’s a key difference in approach, however. In a survey we’ve used in many organizational settings, people don’t tell us how they feel. Rather, […]
16 Phrases That Make You Look Really Unprofessional in Meetings
47 percent of people surveyed reported that the meetings they attend are not productive. Don’t make it worse by saying these words and phrases.
How Companies Are Raising the Bar on Workplace Wellness (Infographic)
The thought of adding an employee-sponsored health program (and increasing company costs) may cause some employers to break out in a sweat. But jumping on the corporate wellness bandwagon has more benefits than just producing fitter employees. According to research published in the Harvard Business Review, employees who think their companies treat them well are more more likely to be innovative […]
Compensation – Unpaid Interns Can Be Expensive
Taking on Unpaid Interns? Don’t Take on a Lawsuit, Too… “… when a complaint is made, the price of an unlawful internship can be quite high. Failure to pay wages, failure to pay minimum wage, overtime, meal and rest violations, and related penalties and attorneys’ fees and costs can add up quickly.” (Ervin Cohen & […]