Customizing Rewards in a Multigenerational Workforce
Guest Blogger: Courtney Sherwin, CCP, CBP, MA, PHR, HealthONE
July 17, 2008 — Better retention, lower absenteeism, improved recruitment and higher productivity may result from implementing total rewards programs targeted specifically for each generation. For the first time ever, four generations of employees are in the workforce — Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y. In order to foster an environment of employee satisfaction...More>>

Contemporary Themes From the "Wickedest City" in Arizona's History
July 2, 2008 — OK. Now that I have your attention, it’s not Tombstone I’m referring to, nor Prescott, from where all the prostitutes were recruited when the first brothel opened on Nov. 27, 1879. No, I’m talking about Jerome, AZ, a mining town of 15,000 inhabitants that was the fifth largest city in the state during its prime, 100 years ago. Perched precariously at 5,000 feet on a steep mountainside from which you can see across the Verde Valley to the red rock cliffs of Sedona over 30 miles away, pieces of Jerome have been sliding downhill for a very long time. More>>

The Good News about the High Gas Prices
Guest Blogger: Alyssa Newton, Director of Benefits — R.H. Donnelley
June 25, 2008 — Every day I read another news article that talks about the need for employers to offer flexible work schedules and telecommuting. With gas prices skyrocketing, employees and employers are realizing that it is costing too much to commute to work five days per week. Employers cannot afford to provide pay raises to keep pace with the increased gas prices. After all, increased gas prices impact the bottom line of many companies as well as the bottom line for employees.... More>>

Every Father Has His Day – Maybe Even a Life
June 17, 2008 — Lisa Belkin is back, just in time for Father’s Day. True to the provocative style we have come to expect, her article does not stay safely confined to the 10 pages it occupies within the June 15 Sunday New York Times Magazine. She ambushes the reader on the cover, so there is no chance for anyone to escape the question she throws down like a gauntlet: “Will Dad Ever Do His Share?” More>>

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Distracted?  Then Don’t Miss Maggie Jackson’s Webinar!
June 10, 2008 — For all of you who are fans of Maggie Jackson’s Balancing Acts column in the Sunday Boston Globe, or read her first book, or heard her speech that so eloquently closed the Conference Board/Families and Work Institute Work-Life conference in Atlanta a few months ago, her new book...More>>

The First “Blended” Conference
May 29, 2008 — It will be weeks before survey results are in, so in the hiatus before science raises its authoritative voice, here are my own, subjective observations about this first “blended” Total Rewards conference. “Blended” refers to... More>>

The Impact of Culture on Generational Differences: One Perspective
Guest Blogger: Kristine Jordahl - Buffets, Inc.
May 22, 2008 — I have always been fascinated with the study of “generational balance” in the workplace. One of the things that I have found with this topic is that much of the information I have seen has focused on how employers are managing or need to manage the differing needs of those employees that make up the Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y, etc. As a long-term benefits practitioner, I find myself with the same mind-set. However, it took a recent trip overseas... More>>

Hot Off The Press! New Workplace Flexibility Tool
May 20, 2008 — It’s finally here, after an eight-month gestation. Workplace Flexibility: Innovation in Action is the first phase of a new flexibility implementation tool. This novel publication is designed to be highly actionable, even...More>> 

Please Welcome the Latest WorldatWork Blog
May 15, 2008 — Blogs are proliferating around here like someone’s variable pay depends on them.  Please let me introduce the newest arrival, Compensation Conundrum, launched earlier this week by my colleagues JC Kovac and Jim Stoeckmann.  JC has asked me to give them a plug, so here I am, in case you’ve missed their first entry...More>>

The Even BIGGER Gasoline Problem
May 12, 2008 — Last night while watching a news report about how the airlines are struggling with fuel costs, I was overtaken by a bone-chilling concern that had never occurred to me before. What sort of alternative fuel is being developed for commercial aircraft?...More>>

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Different Strokes for Different Folks: Total Rewards Strategy Across Generations
Guest Blogger: Jeanetta Darno, Nationwide Insurance
April 17, 2008 — During my participation last week in a WorldatWork webinar on Multigenerational issues, Generational Differences in the Workplace - What's An Employer to Do? , I was challenged by a listener who suggested that it might be more useful to focus on similarities between the generations instead of differences. ... More>>

Rebel Dads Are On the Rise
April 3, 2008 — The number of stay-at-home dads has increased 60% over the past four years. Approximately one quarter of working women today make more money than their husbands/partners ... More>>

MKG MNY and LVG LIF
March 25, 2008 — Not long ago on my short drive to work, I alerted to the message on the license plate of the black Chevy Suburban in front of me, which proudly declared what I quickly surmised to be a primary value of the driver, “MKG MNY.”... More>>

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Phased Retirement As A Retention Tool
March 17, 2008 — Jim Dwyer of American Express shared some issues last month that his organization considered in planning a phased retirement program.  I would like to build on the valuable foundation Jim has provided by... More>>

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Engagement and Nostalgia in Atlanta
March 10, 2008 — For the first time, I find myself examining the popular assumption that there are too many work-life conferences. Let me explain... More>>

To Phase or Not to Phase?: That is the Question!
Guest Blogger: James Dwyer - American Express Company

Feb. 20, 2008 — Like many other compensation, benefits and work-life professionals, we wrestled with the design, logistics and ROI of a "phased retirement" program, whereby mature workers within the company could... More>>

How Green is Your Conference?
Feb. 6, 2008 — I have seen the “Ghost of Conference Future” and it is excruciatingly clean and green. The world’s second largest human resources conference took place in Toronto last week... More>>

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