Consulting firm Towers Watson says it has found evidence that employers with a fully engaged workforce tend to have higher profit margins.
Whether you’re overhauling your corporate culture, reinventing your brand or integrating lines of business, a well-communicated realignment of your pension and benefits program can serve as a powerful catalyst and springboard for introducing broader organizational change.
No matter what language organizations use—layoffs, restructuring, downsizing or reorganization—whenever employees are let go, a sense of disengagement and loss of trust can develop among the remaining employees. Here are six tips to help you offer support to employees during a reorganization. 1. Prepare leadership to clearly communicate the nature of the reorganization and the […]
No matter what language organizations use—layoffs, restructuring, downsizing or reorganization—whenever employees are let go, a sense of disengagement and loss of trust can develop among the remaining employees. While organizations have traditionally focused on investing in resources and support for those who have lost their jobs, new research suggests that, following a reorganization, employers should consider the health and well-being of both departing employees and those who remain.
For all of the complexities in the group savings and group benefits world, the work of plan administrators and sponsors really comes down to a few simple items: engaging employees in their plans; ensuring that they understand the benefits they’re entitled to; and giving them the tools and information they need to take appropriate actions.
Results from the 2012 Sanofi Canada Healthcare Survey suggest that opportunities exist for plan sponsors to better educate and engage plan members, according to a member of the survey team.
Most Canadians (82%) work to make a living, but will choose job security over a higher paycheque, says Randstad Canada.
Sgt. Tim Burrows realized that he had a problem. It was 2008, and the 18-year veteran of Toronto Police Service had started in the newly created position of traffic communications officer. His mandate was to raise public awareness of Toronto’s traffic challenges and provide safety information in an effort to reduce accidents and fatalities on the roads.
LinkedIn remains the kingpin of online recruitment, but Facebook is a bigger network, with five times the users.
New compensation regulations adopted in the U.S., UK and other countries following the financial crisis are causing global financial services companies to focus on talent management and on rewards beyond pay to help them attract, retain and engage top talent, according to a poll from Towers Watson.