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August 2006
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Flexibility: Current Methods and Practices
By Sonya Goshe, Katherine J. Huffstutter, M.S.W., and Julie M. Rosenzweig, Ph.D.,
Flexible work options are becoming a necessity for attracting and retaining today’s top human-capital resources. This article outlines the results of the “Work-Life Flexibility and Dependent-Care Survey,” and explores the current methods regarding flexible working.
The SEC’s Proposed Disclosure Rules: The Effect of Retirement Plans on Total Executive Compensation
By Larry Schumer
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed proxy-disclosure rules relating to executive pension plans will be significant for many compensation committees and executives because the values provided by these plans are often meaningful in absolute terms, and relative to other executive compensation elements.
Personal Safety for Expatriates
By Mark Sawyer
Expatriates are a sizable investment — on average, $1 million per three-year assignment — and most employers protect these investments with comprehensive employee assistance programs, which include personal safety training, to ensure their workers’ assignments are completed successfully.
The Sales-Incentive Entitlement Culture
By David C. Bello and Summer Barnes
What happens when the “variable” component of sales-incentive pay becomes predictable and achievable with just-average results? An entitlement culture begins to fester. This article examines the causes and cures of the entitlement culture as it relates to salesforce compensation.
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Case Study: The Reader’s Digest Partners in Health Program
By Debi Moss
Learn how Reader’s Digest achieved significant savings in its health-care expenses through its Partners in Health campaign, which utilizes an in-house medical staff, fitness center and targeted communications for employees. This article includes a sidebar on targeting wellness communication campaigns to employees based on age and interests.
Technology’s Increasing Role in Workforce Management
By Paige Mazzoni
Companies frequently need to utilize temporary and contract workers these days. As a result, tracking payroll, compliance and risk assessment through automated solutions is hotter than ever. Learn what’s available and why companies may now choose to automate HR functionality.
Understanding Absence Management
By Gordon Steele
This article describes how the intelligent use of data, as well as the structural coordination of internal and external resources, can save companies money and help them track and manage absence rates, which can also help them adhere to legal requirements. It also includes a brief case study of one organization’s experience with a new disability-management system.
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Diverse Comments About SEC’s Executive Compensation Proposal
By Timothy J. Bartl
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Drawing the Line
We have been recently involved in a friendly (and very quiet) internal discussion about the boundaries of the jobs of administrative assistants or secretaries. For instance, we know that some administrative assistants spend lots of time doing personal chores for their bosses, such as picking up dry cleaning or even shuttling a child somewhere. Those seem somewhat over the edge, but what about requests to pick up lunch or schedule a dental checkup? One can argue that those actually help the executive be more productive. Of course, none of these are in the job description, so where do other people draw the line?
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