Listening to Music While Working Improves Job Satisfaction and Productivity According to a recent Spherion Workplace Snapshot survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, almost one third (32 percent) of workers listen to music while working using an iPod, MP3 player or
The national study of 411 full-time employees with medical benefits found that employees are keenly aware that stress negatively affects them in the workplace, with 94 percent of respondents reporting that their stress level affects job performance.
Eight in 10 (80 percent) U.S. adults are in favor of requiring some or all employers to provide paid sick time to their employees, and similar numbers (78 percent) say employers who don't give their employees paid sick time pay for it in other ways, according to the latest Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Healthcare Poll.
A link between the absence of employer substance abuse testing and the incidence of abusing employees in the workforce appears to emerge from a study recently released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ("SAMHSA"), a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Respondents to Deloitte Consulting's 2007 Top Five Total Rewards Priorities Survey indicated that talent issues are beginning to trump concerns about healthcare costs among survey respondents. Healthcare costs are still a pressing priority, but talent shortages represent a greater challenge, according to the survey conducted in collaboration with the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS).
Here are some suggestions for helping your organization implement programs that meet the needs of today's workforce and make sense for the bottom line.
Here are some of the many factors to be considered in establishing a wellness program. Steps for setting up a wellness program are outlined at ¶84,020.
Checklist: Developing an Attitude Survey In developing an attitude survey, be specific about what you want to find out --asking too much makes it more complicated and costly to analyze survey results.
In developing an attitude survey, be specific about what you want to find out—asking too much makes it more complicated and costly to analyze survey results.
No single work-life program is going to be the right one for all companies and all employees.
Transforming a traditional salary structure into a broadbanding system is a well-documented trend in the field of compensation.
[The following survey can be given to all employees before a pandemic to help employers determine which factors, including chronic medical conditions, might cau
A Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) survey finds that most organizations provide extended leave benefits beyond what the federal law requires.
A lot has happened over the past year—the horrific events of September 11th, the human and financial loss that resulted, a slowing economy and resulting layoffs
The following outlines the major steps taken when designing, planning and executing your own salary survey.
The importance of applicant background checks and employment verification was made clear by a survey that revealed 8.3 percent of all job applicants have crimin
The best way to find out what employees want is to ask them. Employee surveys are a useful way of obtaining this information.
According to a survey, of those companies offering long-term care benefits, 80 percent sponsor a voluntary, employee-pay-all long-term care benefit and only 15
The SHRM 2003 Elder Care Survey showed that only 25 percent of organizations offer elder care benefits.According to an earlier survey, 47 percent of employers o
Tool allowances can be excluded from an employee's gross income if:
Even with a license, a concealed weapon may not be carried in a Safe School and Recreation Zone, in a vehicle owned, operated, leased or rented by a public or p
Vacation pay may be part of the regularly scheduled payroll cycle. Sometimes, employees are able to receive their vacation pay before they go on vacation.