Workers Express Concerns About Compensation and Workload
In the decade since the onset of the financial crisis of 2008, employees have become more confident and secure in the belief that their employer cares about them, but have become less satisfied with their workload, career progression, and pay and benefits, according...
read moreEmployers Seek To Manage High Cost Health Plan Claimants
As a relatively small number of employees or their family members with intensive medical needs can drive up the costs of a workplace health plan, managing and monitoring high cost claimants is the top health benefits strategy U.S. employers will be focusing on for the...
read moreBuilding Ecosystems to Gain Competitive Advantage
As global business leaders become increasingly concerned about disruptions to their current growth strategies, many report that they are seeking to gain a competitive advantage by building ecosystems in which they join forces with other companies to share data,...
read moreMany Americans See Social Security as Main Source of Income
While most Americans are aware of the steps they should be taking to prepare for retirement, many are struggling to build adequate savings, and thus expect to rely heavily on Social Security after they stop working, a survey carried out by digital wealth manager...
read moreSalary Budgets Show Signs of Increasing in 2018
As the labor market tightens, U.S. salary budgets grew by more than 3% for the first time in four years in 2018, according to the results of a global survey on salary budget trends released by human resources consultancy WorldatWork. The survey, which was conducted in...
read moreAction Called For To Provide Gig Economy Workers with Access to Benefits
Noting that employees in the U.S. are entitled to a long list of legally mandated benefits and protections whereas independent contractors are not, a recently published law and policy article argued that many gig economy workers occupy an ambiguous area between...
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