CoAdvantage- As early as last summer, COVID-19 had already begun prompting employers to re-evaluate their benefit offerings. Should you do the same? According to one report, as many as one in five employers have been dropping coverage or considering doing so. Twice that number (40%) have taken the opposite route, saying they view benefits as[…]
CoAdvantage- From the employer’s perspective, a benefits package has a job to do: if you spend the time, energy, and money to put together a competitive benefits package, it should benefit not just your workers but also the organization itself. It should enable your company to more successfully entice new employees, promote loyalty and retention[…]
CoAdvantage- Undoubtedly, most of us are glad to see 2020 in the rear-view mirror and look forward to 2021 with the hope that this year will see life return to normal as the pandemic recedes. Still, COVID-19 remains with us as we head into the new year and will likely continue to cast a long[…]
CoAdvantage- 2020 is not taking it easy on anyone. It’s brought concerns about catching a potentially deadly disease or catching it and passing it on to loved ones. Concerns about job stability. Having to work from home in situations that might not be ideal, or having to come into work and worry about health risks.[…]
CoAdvantage- In normal years, fall is flu and cold season. Beginning around October, fall and winter conditions tend to facilitate the spread of contagious illnesses. That’s because more people spend more time indoors, and diseases like the flu also seem to favor the cool, dry conditions of winter. This fall is not going to be[…]
CoAdvantage- Between the nationwide protests against racial inequality, the recent Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, and the small matter of a massive pandemic turning American workplaces upside down, employers have had to navigate a great deal of upheaval in a short period of time. One of the consequences of all[…]
CoAdvantage- In part 1 of this series, examining the advantages and disadvantages of flexible work options, including flex schedules and remote working, we assessed the evidence-based benefits employers can potentially accrue. But flex work options are not a slam-dunk in all situations. Specific challenges and disadvantages can undermine potential rewards, and employers need to understand[…]
Presenteeism – when employees show up to work when they shouldn’t – is the flip side of absenteeism, and it’s just as corrosive to productivity and worker morale. Typically, presenteeism refers to workers who are actively sick and potentially contagious. At best, they’ll be unproductive. At worst, they’ll spread their illness around the workplace, causing[…]
Flexible work options, including flexible work schedules and remote working, have only grown more common over the past few years. The 2019 Global Talent Trends Report from LinkedIn, for example, notes a 78% increase in the mention of “workplace flexibility” in job posts since 2016. But while it’s easy to understand what makes flex working[…]
The U.S. federal government does not mandate that employers offer either Paid Time Off or paid sick leave. “The United States is the only advanced economy in the world that does not guarantee its workers paid vacation days and paid holidays,” says John Schmitt, Vice President of the Economic Policy Institute, in a report for[…]
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