(San Francisco, CA) – As the New Year begins, the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) reminds employers of new labor laws becoming effective in 2011. The intent of the new legislation varies from providing more flexibility to employers, to expanding paid leave for employees. The following new laws will go into effect on January 1,… [Read more]
Work Force & Human Resource News
Express Employment Professionals Find Stress and Workloads Increasing Across the Country
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 27, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — While leading economists expect the economy and job market to steadily improve through 2011, many employers and their employees are struggling to stay afloat under the weight of increasingly heavier workloads and high stress loads. Express Employment Professionals, one of the world’s largest staffing firms with more than… [Read more]
Pinnacol Assurance and Wellsource Health Solutions are Linking Wellness to Workers’ Compensation Costs
Wellsource Health Solutions and Pinnacol Assurance are partnering on a groundbreaking project that will study the effects of applied work site wellness programs on workers’ compensation costs. Sheboygan, WI (PRWEB)– December 20, 2010–Wellsource Health Solutions, LLC, a Division of Trotter Wellness, located in Sheboygan, WI and Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s leading workers’ compensation insurance provider, are… [Read more]
National Business Group on Health Launches Major Initiative to Address Cancer in the Workplace
Partners with National Comprehensive Cancer Network to Develop Comprehensive Resources for Large Employers WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The National Business Group on Health, a non-profit association of more than 300 large U.S. employers, today announced the launch of a major, multi-year initiative to help employers address a growing healthcare challenge – cancer in the workplace. The three-year… [Read more]
ClickSoftware Launches ClickMobile Professional to Deliver Workforce Management and Optimization on Latest Smartphones and Tablets
BURLINGTON, Mass.- ClickSoftware Technologies today announced the immediate availability of ClickMobile Professional, a major release that captures the power of the market’s most advanced workforce management and service optimization solutions, and brings it to the field in real-time via the recent releases of smartphones and tablets. Built with the cutting-edge abilities of HTML5, ClickMobile Professional
Aon Hewitt Survey Shows 2011 Compensation Budgets Stabilizing
Anticipating Improved Business Performance, Employers Hold the Line on Salary and Variable Pay Increases LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., Dec. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — A new survey from Aon Hewitt, the global human resource consulting and outsourcing business of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON), reveals that compensation budgets are likely to remain intact for 2011. Additionally, few companies anticipate… [Read more]
Pace of Wage Gains Likely to Pick Up, BNA Index Predicts
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Annual wage increases in the private sector likely will improve in the coming months, according to the revised fourth quarter Wage Trend Indicator™ (WTI) released today by BNA, a leading publisher of specialized news and information. The WTI rose to 97.17 (second quarter 1976 = 100) from 97.00… [Read more]
IBI Releases Annual Industry Benchmarking Reports to Measure and Compare Impact of Employers’ Health, Disability and Productivity Programs
Industry’s largest single-source database used by employers to effectively manage their absence and disability efforts SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — To help employers and their benefits partners gauge health, disability and productivity program results, the non-profit Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) released today its latest Benefits Intelligence benchmarking updates. The IBI program is the… [Read more]
New Research from EBRI: Job Tenure for U.S. Workers Rises Slightly, Now Just Over 5 Years
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The median length of time that full-time workers stay in their jobs ticked up slightly in 2010, to just over five years, continuing a slow increase in job tenure that began in 2004, according to a new report by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). However, the EBRI… [Read more]
Unicorn HRO® Announces ‘Pay As You Go’ Workers’ Compensation Offering
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Dec. 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Unicorn HRO®, a leading innovator in human resources and payroll solutions, announced today that it will begin offering “Pay As You Go” Workers’ Compensation insurance as part of its suite of services. The “Pay As You Go” system for managing workers’ compensation insurance offers employers the compelling… [Read more]