More employers are taking steps to improve their employees’ health by making sure they take their medicines as prescribed, a move that could stave off more serious and costly health consequences, according to a new report sponsored by the National Pharmaceutical Council.

According to Towers Perrin, cost reduction was the top goal driving outsourcing of HR by 73 percent of the companies polled in 2009, but half of those polled said that improving HR service quality was a top goal.

Towers Perrin says the emergence of i Read more

HEC’s recently completed 2009 Holiday Practices Survey shows that less than half (49 percent) of Hawaii companies have decided to provide a full or partial day off on December 24, making it a four-day weekend for their employees; 19 percent were undecided.

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It is a “myth” that employers are trying to use credit reports to deny employment, attorney and management consultant Lester Rosen says. Read more

Almost everyone has had an experience of blurting out the wrong statement at the wrong moment, and management consultant Barbara Bruno offers some tips on how you can recover the situation.

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The Centers for Disease Control announces new guidance for businesses to plan for and respond to the upcoming flu season, which includes the H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu).

According to the CDC, “employers should plan to be able to respond Read more

Popularly-provided benefits by Hawaii employers such as 401(k) company match, cell phones, educational assistance/training, employee parties, professional membership dues, and recognition/service awards have already been cut back by a significant percentage of companies offering them, a recent HEC survey shows. Read more

Hawaii employers no longer have the option of sending child support payments directly to the designated recipient, and must send the payments to the Child Support Enforcement Agency for processing.

According to Act 115 approved in June by Governor Lingle, CSEA will be allowed to disburse support payments by electro Read more

Fewer employees are expecting a pay raise or a cost-of-living increase in the next 12 months than was seen in the previous two quarters, according to a recent quarterly survey from The Glassdoor.com. Read more

Receiving an evaluation has a significant influence on an employee’s engagement level and views of their immediate manager and organizations, according to a study conducted by the Kenexa Research Institute. Read more

Outsourcing HR services has helped companies reduce costs and become more efficient, according to a new Hewitt survey.

Hewitt recently surveyed 104 companies on how they are using outsourcing to improve the delivery of their benefit and HR programs and also how their strate Read more

Severance packages for most affected employees at large U.S. companies have remained unchanged, according to a new Hewitt survey. Read more

Although most U.S. companies have already made most of their intended sweeping changes, many expect to make further cost-cutting changes this year, such as salary and hiring freezes, and reduced 401(k) matching contributions, according to an updated Watson Wyatt survey.

Watson Wyatt surveyed 245 large U.S. Read more

The number of U.S. employees who worked remotely at least one day per month increased 39 percent the past two years--from approximately 12.4 million in 2006 to 17.2 million in 2008--according to World at Work, a global human resources association. Read more

According to a recent Human Rights Campaign Foundation report, 57 percent of Fortune 500 companies offer domestic partner benefits, and the larger employers are increasingly extending COBRA, FMLA and retirement benefits to gay and transgendered employees and their families. Read more