When every innovative strategy has been exhausted, what are companies supposed to do to combat healthcare costs? (more…)
Benefits
Salary freezes, hiring freezes, travel freezes -- no wonder it feels so cold in the office these days. Or maybe that's employees' chilly disposition. (more…)
Avoid falling for the same mistakes that brought down companies in previous recessions -- learn from the firms that made it out on top. (more…)
The aim of the stimulus package was to find more work for people. You probably didn't think that meant more work for your own staffers! (more…)
Nothing takes the place of a big fat raise. But if you can't afford to offer monetary rewards to deserving staffers, it doesn't mean you're destined to have a bitter, unproductive team. (more…)
Little will derail an otherwise smoothly running machine like a missed deadline -- especially when other groups fall short of Finance's timetables. (more…)
Even if your plan isn't performing as well as it has in the past, you can put in your best effort to keep a lid on the costs to administer it. (more…)
The way balances are dropping, you can't blame employees for being nervous about the fate of their nest eggs. But you can try to calm their nerves. (more…)
With a year of many firsts just completed, everybody is on the hunt for ways to ensure stability in the new year. Here are five New Year's resolutions for Finance in 2009. (more…)
With the plunge the stock market took this fall and the roller-coaster ride ever since, retirement plan balances are taking a beating. But what's the real damage? (more…)
There's no shortage of benefits from adding an automatic enrollment feature to your 401(k). But be aware of this one pitfall. (more…)
Remember all that research about how getting your employees to shed pounds would help you shed costs, too? Well, make sure you've read all the research. (more…)
