Open enrollment – personalizing perks pays off

SHRMS's third in a series of articles on meeting fall 2018 open-enrollment challenges deals with

Help hiring holiday help here

This blog was written by John Monroe and Kristina Griffin at FordHarrison, which authors our "Hiring, Firing and Discipline for Employers" and "

I've changed my name – to Optimus Prime

So say an employee, let's call him, for purposes of this exercise, Scott Edward Nall, walks into your office to let you know he has changed his name to Optimus Prime.  Do you:

1. snicker and ask him if his

Four-legged office mates and the pawternity policies they benefit

This blog was written by Danielle Krauthamer at Fisher Phillips, which authors several of our resources. You can find the original post

Employment agreements – what to do before you do

This blog was written by Judy Yi at Polsinelli. Polsinelli authors hrsimple resources in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois. You can find the

Milk Stork delivers for working mom's and their baby

If you are in the practice of sending employees on overnight business trips AND you employ new mothers AND you believe in treating your employees right we’ve got just the bird for you. 

Milk Stork is the first breast milk shipping company to support nursing mothers who ar...

PTO on the house!

Traditionally, most companies have offered a paid leave package to employees that differentiates between vacation, personal and sick days. However, combining all categories into a single paid time off (PTO) bank is a growing trend. A PTO model increases employee flexibility and has the potential to boost morale and productivity. And with 

How to treat fringe benefits for employees

This chapter provides an overview of some fringe benefits that are not among the benefits that can trigger coverage under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and are not discussed elsewhere in this book. Generally, a fringe benefit is a form of non-cash compensation paid to an employee. Fringe benefits provided to employees are taxable unless there is a specifically...

Service dogs at work

(Customer) service dogs at work can work. Our authors @Littler help show how here