Use these Innovative Strategies to Improve Mental Health
Addressing mental health in the workplace needs to be compassionate and proactive, experts said at HBLC. A landmark longitudinal study out of New Zealand revealed a startling statistic about mental health: Over a period of 45 years, 97% of study participants reported...
Leave Laws Are Changing: Is your policy in compliance?
Date and time: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 1:00 pm ET Panelist(s): Ellen McCann, Assistant Vice President and Special Counsel for Unum’s Employment Law Group Sponsored by: Description: Between employer leave plans, state-, municipal- and county-mandated leave, FMLA, ADA,...
5 Ways to Create a Culture of Positivity
Social connection in the workplace can enhance individual and organizational health. American workplaces are suffering from the effects of LSD—loneliness, stress and depression—and the best antidote is a culture of positivity. That’s according to motivational speaker...
What’s New in Family Benefits?
Holistic care should be at the heart of benefits strategies, experts at HBLC said. The word “holistic” abounded in the opening general session at Health & Benefits Leadership Conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The panel discussion centered on reimagining...
SCOTUS Delivers Employer-Friendly Arbitration Decision
It allows employers to use arbitration provisions to prevent class-actions suits. Employers received some clarity yesterday when it comes to using arbitration agreements as the the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 ruling in an important workplace-arbitration case,...
HR Tech Influencers Address Impact of Emerging Tech
Influencers including Josh Bersin weigh in on how technology will transform work and the workplace. Influence in HR technology comes from many places, takes many forms and continues to evolve over time. When the HRE/HR Tech Conference team met over the winter to work...
3 Ways We’ve Gone Wrong with Hiring
Peter Cappelli is HRE’s Talent Management columnist and a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. He is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management and director of the Center for Human Resources at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in...
Why Employers Should Pay Attention to these SCOTUS Cases
The top court said Monday it will decide whether LGBT workers are protected from discrimination. Courts across the country have been divided in recent years on whether federal law protects LGBT workers from discrimination—but that may soon be a settled matter, as the...
2 Employers Tackle the Quality-Care Challenge
Walmart and Honeywell share their programs aimed at addressing cancer. Walmart’s Lisa Woods address attendees at a NBGH session on quality care. How do you provide your workforce and their families with access to quality care? Though hardly new, more and more...
Measure & Reward Performance: Creating a Workforce for the Digital Age
Date and time: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 12:30 pm ET Panelist(s): Brooke Green, Partner & Industry Convergence Practice Leaders, Rewards Solutions at Aon Sponsored by: Description: Rapid technological advancement is blurring industry lines. This convergence is...