Articles from January 2010

Seven in 10 employers say healthcare reform will increase the overall cost of healthcare services in the United States. Nearly the same amount say it will increase the cost of their benefit programs.

That’s according to a new Towers Watson/National Business Group on Health survey.

Also, nearly half of employers believe reform — if ever adopted — will decrease employer-sponsored offerings of retiree medical benefits.

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A Rice University study finds a long-term benefit to promoting CEOs from within vs. hiring an outsider.

There was little difference found at first — both insiders and outsiders tended to make changes once appointed — but ”as tenure increases, obvious opportunities for cost cutting and divestment dry up [for outsiders],” says Anthea Zhang, co-author of the study and a management professor at Rice.

“Inside CEOs, because of their deep knowledge and root in the firm, are more likely to initiate and implement strategic changes that can build the firm’s long-term competitive advantage,” she says.

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An Irish Rail HR director who put tracking devices on employees’ cars to see where they went — saying he was doing so for internal cost-audit purposes – fights his suspension in court.

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Don’t know what the impact of something like this could be on HR’s search for top talent — but it can’t be good …
HT BrothersJuddBlog

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