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Comment on The Future of HR: Outsourcing? by The Next Big Thing in Business Enterprise Outsourcing? | About Freelance

The Next Big Thing in Business Enterprise Outsourcing? | About Freelance — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:36:58 +0000

[...] onto the trend as well. At the recent LINK 2013 conference, a prominent event in the HR industry, business leaders suggested outsourcing will be a major factor in the industry’s future, with one in particular saying without-a-doubt it is the future. In a [...]

Comment on The “Biggest Thing Happening” In Exec Comp by Say-on-Pay Movement Growing Globally | HREOnline's The Leader Board

Say-on-Pay Movement Growing Globally | HREOnline's The Leader Board — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:09:18 +0000

[...] in this blog post written by Senior Editor Andrew R. McIlvaine about a session at the recent WorldatWork Total [...]

Comment on Google Tackles Incentives and Rewards by Evidence-Based Talent Development

Evidence-Based Talent Development — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:44:18 +0000

[...] From Human Resource Executive Online: “Google Tackles Incentives and Rewards” [...]

Comment on Can Employee Behavior Be Changed? by rp

rp — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:44:52 +0000

Hi – this is Rosemary. Thank you for the story. Just want to make a couple clarifications. City & County of SF is not moving to a CDHP. However, we have changed plan designs to require employees pay more for certain types of copays, to change behavior related to utilization. For example, we have copays in place to encourage appropriate use of emergency room services and mail order pharmacy. Our primary cost management strategy is building collaborations with medical groups and hospitals to find common rewards in delivering more coordinated and efficient care. (For example two ACOs set up in association with Blue Shield.) Sorry if that did not come across clearly during the panel.

Comment on New Immigration Bill Proposes Big Changes by Eric Wallace

Eric Wallace — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:38:29 +0000

Here we go again. The immigration reform bills back in the 1980′s were supposed to have solved this issue for good, which included, among other things, the requirement of the I-9 for new employees, and a huge amnesty for the illegal immigrants that were currently here. But it doesn’t matter what reforms are passed by congress if the law enforcement/judicial departments do not enforce the laws that exist. We would not have 12 million illegal imigrants now if employers were not premitted to hire and pay them. You wouldn’t need massive fences and patrols on the border either. The reason they come to the US is for the jobs. This is clear from the fact that some actually left during the recent recession because they couldn’t find jobs. Enforce the laws that exist and punish, not reward, those who break the law, most importantly the employers who knowingly hire illegals, and these problems would not exist. I do not understand how elected official who have sworn to uphold the constitution and the laws of the land, can openly stand up and say, “We are not going enforce the deportation of illegal immigrants.” And long before openly admitting they would not enforce it, they did not enforce it, basically from the time it was passed into law. How can there be fairness and justice if you get to pick and choose what laws you are going to enforce. At least half the problem is that every time anything bad is publicized by the media, the proposed solution by the legislators is another new law, even if it would do little or nothing to actually solve the problem. Too many laws, and too complicated laws, inevitably lead to selective enforcement.

Comment on Not-So-Free Lunch by Eric Wallace

Eric Wallace — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:32:46 +0000

I thought this issue was decided back in the early 1970′s. Back then I had a job at a hotel as a bell hop making $1.35/hr and the hotel provide whatever meals fell within your shift. The IRS started assigning a value as a fringe benefit, I think it was 50 cents a meal, and I had to pay taxes on that value. Sounds like the IRS dropped the ball in letting these Silicon Valley workers get their meals for free without taxation. Also, it appears to me that the Journal miss classified the amount of tax in question. Assuming $8-$10 a meal and 2 meals per day, that would be $4000-$5000 in taxable income, not the amount of the tax. The tax amount would depend on the tax bracket the employee falls within. As an example, a 25% bracket would result in $1000-$1250 of tax, plus another $300-$400 for the employee portion of social security and medicare at 7.65%

Comment on The Office of Tomorrow … Today! by Welcome to the Collaboration Station | Arnolds Office Furniture Blog

Welcome to the Collaboration Station | Arnolds Office Furniture Blog — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:08:46 +0000

[...] Businesses like Microsoft and Campbells Soup Co. have turned to consultants from Herman Miller to track how to use office space more effectively and efficiently and are ditching closed cubicles in favor of more collaborative open spaces and large conference rooms in favor of smaller “focus rooms” designed for two to four people, according to an article on The Leader Board. [...]

Comment on Microsoft and Amway Team Up for Women by Tex

Tex — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:32:08 +0000

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Comment on Stop Fretting over Talent-Management ROI Already by 4/11/13: Top Talent Development Posts this Week

4/11/13: Top Talent Development Posts this Week — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:07:39 +0000

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Comment on Stop Fretting over Talent-Management ROI Already by marc@talentstrategygroup.com

marc@talentstrategygroup.com — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:09:39 +0000

Thanks Kristen! Glad you found the column interesting.

Best,
Marc