Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Response to class 3/11/10

Not all benefits are mandatory like: paid leave, group insurance, retirement plans, "family-friendly" benefits, other quality of life benefits.

Most companies are turning to paid-time-off instead of sick leave.

Providing on-site day care for employees is like giving that employee a $400-700 raise.

Align your benefits with the companies strategic goals.

Chapter 14

Union membership has dropped from 30% - 10%. Mostly due to the fact that America has switched from a labor orientated job force to more of a service.

For most companies that don't have a Union, the HR department acts very "unionish" instead.

The rigidity-of-employment index shows how easy or hard it is to do business in a country.

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