If the work-life balance in the U.S. is tilting in favor of the employee, the benefits accrue equally to the companies who give employees the flexibility they desire, both in terms of devices and work hours.
Some ways to minimize risk and make the transition as positive as possible are to explain the rationale to the employee to generate buy-in, keep the salary and benefits comparable to the old position and ensure the responsibilities of the new position do not demean the employee.
In response, the workers argued that the ADEA prohibits age discrimination in all forms of employee benefits, including pension benefit accruals.
More and more workers, drawn by the convenience of working anywhere and anytime, are using their personal mobile devices in the workplace, and that means companies are reaping the benefits of greater employee productivity.
Consequently, we wanted to know what our small business radio and Internet audience thinks about the conflict created when state governments attempt to balance their budgets by bringing employee compensation and benefits more in line with the private sector.
In a 2011 employee benefits survey from the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), only 35 percent of the almost 600 companies surveyed even offered a compressed work week, and only 13 percent offered job sharing.
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For early boomers with exposure to the downturn (that is having two of these assets: housing equity, a 401(k) plan or an Individual Retirement Account), they need to sock away a median 7% more of their compensation each year, including raises, until they reach 65, says Jack VanDerhei, research director of the Employee Benefits Research Institute in Washington, D.
While there can be dramatic benefits gained from using testing in the employee selection process, there are potential issues companies need to understand prior to implementing any tests.
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That would be one of the programs that have come under attack by conservative Governor Chris Christie in his battle with public employee unions over the unusually lucrative benefits paid to retiring public servants.
But then the company would have foregone the benefits related to having a chunk of its stock in friendly (financially dependent) employee hands.
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Of the nearly 47 million people uninsured in the U.S., 63% work for small businesses, according to a report by the Employee Benefits Research Institute, a nonprofit research firm.
Update: A reader pointed out to me that the Affordable Care Act requires employers to start reporting the value of employee health insurance benefits starting in 2012 (for benefits provided in 2011).
And a more engaged employee base has a number of benefits that are essential in the restaurant industry.
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Over the last 30 years, wage growth has lagged behind productivity across the industrialized world, leading to a steep fall in wages, salaries and other employee benefits as a proportion of G.
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"It's a matter of access, not disclosure, " says Kenneth Phillips, founder of the Prospect Institute, which is trying to sell companies an employee benefits package in which employees would choose from direct plans only.
By investing in mobile app development and employee training, it becomes possible for retailers to ensure that the physical benefits of stores are not lost to the convenience of instant, no hassle online shopping.
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Any economist would tell you that it's really the employee who pays these costs, in the form of reduced take-home pay and other benefits, but he thinks his employer pays.
In retailing, employers use the 4-day-a-week ploy to skirt healthcare and allied employee benefits.
In a study last year, researchers at Concordia University found the potential benefits of workplace autonomy to include greater employee commitment, better performance, improved productivity and lower turnover.
Ms. Cabot, who launched Dansko in 1990 by selling shoes from the back of a Volvo station wagon, says the tax benefits associated with employee stock ownership enabled the S corporation to manage the long-term debt of buying out the couple's ownership stake.
The Maryland precedent may well be illegal under a federal law that, in effect, bars states from regulating employee benefits.
Hence, he says, his take-it-or-leave-it offer in September to PAL's three unions: a 20% employee stake in the company plus three seats on the 15-member board - in exchange for a commitment not to strike for 10 years and cuts in employee benefits that would add up to half of take-home pay.
Citigroup's regulatory filing explains that these benefits were a result of the bank assigning Corbat, a New York employee, to work in London from January to October.
In the book, he pushed for universal health care coverage to reach 46 million uninsured Americans by expanding the federal employee health benefits program to include private employer plans together with Medicaid and Medicare.
Public employee unions have a lucrative racket: They essentially leverage the tax dollars they receive in dues from the salaries and benefits of their members to lobby for more tax dollars to secure even fatter pensions and pay.
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