Employees value their benefits almost as much as their salaries. There are a host of employee benefits offered by businesses and they’re not all equally valued. Once businesses are able to gauge the kinds of benefits most valued by their employees, it would definitely help with them with designing a suitable benefits package.

The most important dilemma concerning many businesses is how to recruit and retain their workforce, since employee turnover is a real plague which has affected many businesses and […]

Who says that everyone has to get along at the office? You don’t. But not getting along should not necessarily transcend into workplace chaos, the likes of which can result in widespread conflict and office disagreements resonating throughout all levels of the organization.

Small disputes, (and sometimes even full scale brawls) can lead to a toxic environment which end up in decreased productivity, inefficient allocation of time, reduction in employee motivation and eventually may serve to increase employee turnover. All of […]

It is the job of the HR department to understand human behaviors and emotions in the office. It is their job to deal with the ethical conundrum which usually tends to run wild in the workplace. The importance of ethics is never lost on a business regardless of its size. It doesn’t matter if the company is a small sole proprietorship or a giant multinational conglomerate – they can all make the headlines for the wrong reasons.

Legal hiccups

A disgruntled employee […]

Most modern organizations rely on benefits packages to attract and retain talented individuals, and enhance employee motivation.

Raising the bar on wellness programs, some benefits-conscious employers are now catering to a diverse workforce. The key to this is personalizing their benefits plans. […]

In the last seven years, the trend of corporate wellness programs has grown massively, for all the right reasons. If you still haven’t invested in, and introduced corporate wellness programs in your company, then now is the best time to jump on this bandwagon before it’s too late.

According to the ‘Employee Benefits 2015’ report released by the SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management), 70 percent of the US employers offered general wellness programs which was up from 58 percent in […]

An employer who offers Voluntary Benefits is able to enhance their benefit offering with little or no cost, and minimal effort.  And, they can fill-in gaps in coverage caused by changes they have had to make as a result of rising premiums and healthcare reform.  However, employers may feel that asking employees to pay for additional insurance coverage is placing an added burden on their employees, who are already dealing with rising healthcare costs and higher deductibles.

While it may seem […]