1) SHRM: Proposed Rule Discourages Participation in Wellness Programs
“It takes two to tango with a wellness program: The employee or spouse volunteers medical information, and in return, gets a meaningful health assessment. This does depend on a person agreeing to participate, though, and incentives are one way to get an employee’s or spouse’s buy-in.
However, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has set out a proposed rule that will make the provision of incentives to spouses difficult, according to Jan. 28 comments from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
The comments were in response to an Oct. 30, 2015, proposed rule on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and spousal incentives. The proposed rule outlined caps on incentives for participation in wellness programs.”
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4) How Automation Will Change the Way We Work
“Automating tasks from a business perspective makes things more efficient,” says Sybll Romley, a member of the Society for Human Resource Management’s Technology and HR Management Special Expertise Panel who has spent years in the HR field. “But we have to make sure we’re not making things efficient at the expense of the customer experience.” And, from an HR perspective, “if you’re doing it at the expense of your culture and business, there’s a risk in that, too,” she says. – Read More
5) Glassdoor list cites top perks for workers