Everyone wants to be recognized for their hard work. Many believe that recognition gives employees incentive to stay loyal to their organizations, and promotes the employees’ continued hard work.
Employee Retention
How to Deal: Performance Reviews
From both sides of the conference table, performance reviews often are considered one of the least liked and feared parts of working within an organization.
The Ongoing War for Talent
As the United States approaches full employment, with the millennial generation a major component of the current workforce, the war for talent continues.
Forgoing Annual Performance Reviews: What Are the Alternatives?
A 2014 survey report from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) finds that 70% of organizations use annual performance reviews and 16% use semi-annual performance reviews.
To Ask or Not to Ask: The Salary History Question in Today’s Hiring Process
With increasing interest in the issue of gender-based pay gaps, legislation continues to make small movements to meet the challenge of eliminating pay inequity.
Essential Success Tips for and Possible Disadvantages of Gainsharing Plans
Linking Gainshare Plans to Strategic Performance Assessment
Strategically aligned performance assessment processes have given attention to increased creativity in reward programs. A suggested rewards program can include gainsharing.
Creative Benefit Offerings
Following up to a previous Astronology® on wellness benefits, this Astronology® article will explore four additional creative benefits programs organizations can consider including in their total rewards packages.
Are Wellness Benefits Worth the Investment?
Interest in wellness benefits has surged in recent years. The Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2016 Employer Health Benefits Survey found that 46% of small employers and a whopping 83% of larger organizations offer some form of wellness programs.
Five Steps to Simplify Your Compensation Program
As compensation professionals we are often asked if there are alternatives to simplify the method by which compensation decisions are made and communicated within an organization.