HR Articles

Does Your Company Offer This Great Benefit?

May 14, 2013 – 102 views

Basic financial education can be one of the most valuable and cost-effective benefits that an employer can offer... Full Story 

Dress Code Liabilities

May 13, 2013 – 75 views

While a company may want to set rules for employee dress codes, the process is not going to be smooth. The challenges to be confronted might emerge at a personal, as well as social level. Some employees may not agree with your idea of the dress code. In extreme cases, you may have unwittingly enforced a dress code that is against some... Full Story 

Frame a Travel Strategy

May 6, 2013 – 112 views

Anyone who’s been to a supermarket or drug store lately already knows the basic rule of purchasing: Frequent customers get the best prices and the best service. It was the travel industry—American Airlines in particular—that invented the idea of a frequent shopper’s program to encourage travelers to bring all their business to one supplier. Today, 30 years later, even small accounting firms and their clients can save money and make traveling a little easier for their staff by applying this basic concept. This article outlines the best practices of corporate travel management programs at America’s biggest companies and accounting firms and shows how they can be adapted to meet the needs of smaller CPA firms and their clients... Full Story 

Supreme Court Oral Arguments on DOMA and California’s Proposition 8: Potential Employee Benefit Plan Implications

May 1, 2013 – 91 views

On March 26 and 27, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in cases challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8. A Supreme Court ruling in either case may have significant implications for employee benefit plans in light of the many federally-mandated spousal benefits that currently do not extend to same-sex spouses in light of DOMA... Full Story 

Overcoming Employee Absenteeism and Tardiness

April 30, 2013 – 72 views

In an organization, it is common to face issues regarding absenteeism and tardiness with a few employees. This is a complicated issue to deal with as it is very hard to come up with an effective solution to this problem. But as a manager, you have to deal with this issue, with equal importance, as you deal with all other issues... Full Story 

Deadline To Send ACA SBC Pressures Employers To Finalize 2014 Plan Designs As Agencies Add MEC & MV Disclosures To SBC

April 25, 2013 – 153 views

Employer and union group health plan sponsors and insurers of group and individual health plans (Health Plans) agonizing over 2014 health plan design decisions need to keep in mind that impending deadlines to update and deliver required Summary of Benefits and Communications (SBC) disclosures mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) shorten the time to finalize decisions including new requirements to disclose whether the Affordable Health Plan-covered Health Plans provide “minimum essential coverage” (MEC) and “minimum value” within the meaning of the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act’s requirement that Health Plans distribute updated... Full Story 

Best Practices for a Successful Internship Program

April 18, 2013 – 226 views

With the growing emphasis on on-field training and hands-on experience in the employment market, professionals from all sectors--ranging from management to heath care, architecture and technology--are looking out for internship programs. This makes it an absolute necessity for you to ensure that the internship program you offer in your organization is capable of providing the interns with the knowledge that they seek and also abides with the rules of the Department of Labor... Full Story 

Effective Exit Interviews

April 12, 2013 – 173 views

It is a common scenario in any workplace to receive an application requesting for an employee discharge. According to the productivity and value of the employee, you try to talk to that person and convince him into staying with the organization. There might have been instances when you could successfully retain the person. But in cases where they are sure of their choice, you can gather a lot of valuable information regarding employer-employee relations before they leave. This can be done by conducting an effective exit interview... Full Story