Archive for June 2012
IHRIM Publishes Marc S. Miller's Heroic HR
The International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM), the world’s leading clearinghouse for the HRIM (Human Resource Information Management) industry, has published a new IHRIM press book, Heroic HR by award-winning author Marc S. Miller. Billed as a “little book with BIG ideas,” Heroic HR provides an important and lively treatise on how to…
Read MoreShort Videos Make Complex Benefits Easy To Understand
Sounds like common sense, doesn’t it? Take a complex topic or message, break it down into smaller segments that are less overwhelming and easier to absorb. It’s a basic presentation strategy that enables your viewers to internalize both key messages and important details quickly. Deliver your message by video and you’ll have an easily digestible…
Read MoreWorldatWork Names Charlotte Area Compensation Council Local Association of the Year
June 7, 2012 — WorldatWork has awarded its 2011 Local Association of the Year Award to the Charlotte Area Compensation Council (CACC). In its third year, the award honors one compensation, benefits and total rewards group in the WorldatWork Local Network for its outstanding support of the profession in the local community and partnership with…
Read MoreUnions Reality vs. Perception
Many Americans perceive unions as entities with declining membership and wielding much less power than in previous years. They see unions as having lost ground in this rapidly changing global economy. However, the reality is that labor is in the midst of transforming itself — at all levels. Local unions engage in new strategies for…
Read MoreAlan Fine to Give Keynote Address at Capital Coaches Conference
(Salt Lake City, UT, June 6, 2012) Alan Fine, performance coach, author and co-developer of the GROW™ Model, will be giving the morning keynote address at the Capital Coaches Conference held in Fairfax, VA. Alan will be speaking Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 8:15-9:45 AM. His keynote address will be given in the Dewberry Hall…
Read MoreWellness & Prevention Inc. Study Finds Binge Eating Significantly Impacts Employee Work Productivity
Ann Arbor, MICH. — June 6, 2012 — Wellness & Prevention, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, announced that a study published in the April issue in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found significant associations between binge eating and work productivity impairment. Binge eating, defined as overeating combined with a sense of loss…
Read MoreInsurance Employers Scramble to Find Relief on Prescription Costs
Kansas City, Kan.— According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, Americans filled more than 3.7 billion prescriptions in 2010. Because the rate at which individuals developing chronic health conditions continues to increase, the expected decline in drug costs comes as little comfort to insurance industry employers who are largely footing the bill, as an overwhelming majority…
Read MoreSentric Partners with First Data to Offer "Green" Payroll Solutions
PITTSBURGH (June 5, 2012) — Sentric, Inc., a Human Capital Management software and payroll services firm, announced its exclusive partnership with First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing, to reduce the number of paper paychecks and statements distributed each year to Sentric’s more than 200,000 employees currently under management. The…
Read MoreAlere Wellbeing Helps More Than 3,000 Tobacco Users on World No Tobacco Day
Alere division sets new record for live interventions and enrollments in a single day. SEATTLE, Wash. June 6, 2012 — Alere Wellbeing set a new company record this past World No Tobacco Day by conducting 3,342 live tobacco interventions in a single day and enrolling more than 2,000 new tobacco users. The record-breaking attempt was…
Read MoreKey Findings Released in Chally 2012 Global Leadership Research Report: Leading talent analytics consulting firm supplies insights to CEO challenges
DAYTON, OHIO, (HRMarketer) June 6, 2012 — Chally Group Worldwide™, in close partnership with Right Management, has released the summary results and key findings from the Second Annual Global Leadership Research Project conducted in late 2011 with C-level and senior human resources and development leaders from over 1,000 global organizations. The original survey data was…
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