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Greetings!
The Navigator is published every other week and is
filled with the latest HR related news, practical tips,
answers to our reader's questions and a whole lot
more! We welcome your participation in the makeup
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| Companies Increasing Use of Incentives & Penalties to Motivate Employees, Improve Outcomes & Reduce Costs |
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According to a recent survey, nearly half (47%) of
employers say they either already use or plan to use
financial penalties over the next three to five years for
employees who do not participate in certain health
improvement programs. Of those companies using or
planning to use penalties, the majority (81 percent)
say they will do so through higher benefit premiums.
Increasing deductibles (17 percent) and out-of-pocket
expenses (17 percent) were also cited as possible
penalties. When asked what types of behaviors or
programs they would penalize, 63% of employers
cited smoking, 50% indicated not participating in
disease management/lifestyle behavior programs
and 45% noted not participating in biometric
screenings (45%).
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| More Than Seven-in-Ten Workers Age 60+ Are Putting Off Retirement Due to Financial Restraints |
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According to a recent survey, more than 72% of
workers over the age of 60 who said they are putting
off thewir retirement are doing so because they can't
afford to retire financially. When comparing genders,
the survey found that three-quarters (76 percent) of
female workers over the age of 60 who said they are
putting off retirement are doing so because they can't
afford it, while 68 percent of males said the same.
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| What's on Your Mind? |
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Because we want to best serve our readers, we
feature a segment of our Newsletter where you
can submit questions directly to our
OperationsInc professionals. Do you have a
question related to the management of the Human
Resources function? Email it along to
enewsletter@operationsinc.com. The best ones
will make it into a future newsletter, along with the
answer... and those that don't get published will still
receive a response.
This week's question:
-How often do I need to update our labor law
poster / order a new one?
--- HR Manager - Financial Services
Answer:
Labor Law Posters cover federal and state required
postings and from time to time change in content.
These changes are driven specifically by new laws
and guidelines. Each time the law changes you MUST
update your postings / poster. Poster providers do
offer annual subscriptions that result in new posters
being provided each time updates occur. Further, the
data on all posters is available for FREE via the
Department of Labor websites for federal and state.
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| Searching for Inspiration? A Few Words of Wisdom... |
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"Good business leaders create a vision, articulate
the vision, passionately own the vision, and
relentlessly drive it to completion."
- Jack Welch
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| Ask Yourself... |
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How Strong Is Your HR
Backbone?
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INTERVIEW QUESTION OF THE
WEEK
Each Newsletter we will publish an interview
question which hiring managers can utilize to better
qualify candidates for hire, along with our analysis of
the answers you may receive and their meaning.
This Week's Question
- What criteria are you using to evaluate the
organization(s) for which you hope to work?
GAUGING THEIR RESPONSE ---
As interviewers we are there to assess the skills of
the candidate and to determine their fit as a future
employee. Similarly the candidate is doing the same.
Knowing the answer to this question gives us
tremendous insight into their priorities when it comes
to a new employer. Specifics may include their desire
for growth, tolerance for stress, tasks they do and do
not want to be given, etc. In short this is a great tactical
way to ask a question about their perfect job /
employer without directly asking them, perhaps
getting a more honest response in the process.
HR Best Practices Tips
--E-mail Business Etiquette
In this age of written electronic communication it is
critical to remind employees of the proper etiquette
and even the pitfalls associated with their electronic
communication, SPECIFICALLY when it comes to
business interactions. The big gaffe these days
seems to be in allowing for casual and informal
dialogue to bleed into an email correspondence that
otherwise would never enter into live conversation with
a client or co-worker. The bottom line is to always
keep things professional, using what you would say in
a face-to-face and see as appropriate for business
banter to be the standard for what you type.
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