by Chris Schrader | May 24, 2013 | Blog, Human Resources
The growing dominance of females in the workplace, particularly in the professional services ranks, is putting significant pressure on HR departments to make the workplace more flexible. If you don’t think this is a big deal, I refer you to the firestorm of criticism...
by Chris Schrader | May 23, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Blog
Pay or play, meaning offer health insurance to full-time employees (those working at least 30 hours per week) or choose to pay penalties is not a no-brainer decision. While many have predicted that lots of employers will simply drop coverage and pay the fine, I find...
by Chris Schrader | May 22, 2013 | Blog, Human Resources
Workers across the world all want performance feedback from their managers, right? Yes. Give it to them American style? In most cases, the short answer is no. I learned this the hard way through responsibilities for European and Asian work forces for which I was...
by Chris Schrader | May 21, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Blog
Employers are permitted two safe harbors under the ACA in order to avoid fines and penalties. Both involves the government’s idea of affordability (at the household level in real life, well, that’s another story). First, an employee’s cost for single coverage ONLY...
by Chris Schrader | May 20, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Blog
When the Progressives were designing the ACA they took deliberate steps to avoid the “French Dodge” and put in strict rules around “controlled groups.” The French went down the ACA path decades ago, and their employers reacted rationally to...
