1. Managing Health Care Costs According to several industry surveys and reports, employers anticipate health care costs to grow between 6% and 8.5% in 2024, the largest increase in more than a decade. Many employers will plan and implement multiple cost-saving strategies in 2024 to mitigate rising health care costs. 2. Increasing Personalization and Flexibility […]
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Sexual Harassment: a Nightmare No Club GM Wants to Sleep Through
by Toni Shibayama A Country Club GM wakes up one morning, grabs a cup of coffee, and logs on to his computer. As he does his morning search for sports scores, stock prices, and new book releases on Amazon, he casually Googles “Country Club Sexual Harassment Cases.” As the information floods his screen, he nearly […]
Being Leadership Driven is All About Job Safety
by Toni Shibayama “Leadership driven” goes beyond showing interest in a safety initiative. It means that company leadership is actively educating and communicating. This is critical because if employees don’t see a continued interest in this initiative, they will lose interest themselves. They can easily interpret the lack of communication as a loss of interest […]
Avoiding Employee Lawsuits Should Be Priority One for All Employers
by Toni Shibayama A survey of CEOs revealed their biggest challenge was not in the manufacturing or distribution of their products or services, but rather in hiring, managing and keeping quality employees. When you couple this with the fact company owners, managers and human resource professionals feel they are under attack from a legal system […]
Top 5 Reasons to Update Your Job Descriptions Now
by Toni Shibayama No law requires an employer to have or maintain job descriptions. However, there are several benefits to having detailed job descriptions for each position in your organization. Recruitment: Having a detailed job description will assist you in knowing what knowledge, skills, and abilities are necessary for a position and what you should look […]
The Myth of the Bad Employee
by Toni Shibayama Many employers believe that bad or fraudulent employees drive up Workers’ Compensation costs. When an employee is off on Workers’ Comp for an extended period of time, it’s not uncommon for an employer to say, “Tom was a model employee for many years. I can’t believe he’s milking the system. He should […]
Curing WorkCompitis
by David R. Leng You might not be familiar with the disease named WorkCompitis, but as a business owner you may be suffering from its symptoms. According to the Institute of WorkComp Professionals’ (IWCP) employer surveys, 75% of employers suffer from WorkCompitis as they feel frustrated by workers’ compensation. It may take up to four […]
Employers Can’t Just “Phone it in” with Workers’ Comp When it Comes to Remote Workers
by Toni Shibayama Many things about our daily lives have returned to normal as we have come out of the pandemic. But there is one change that is likely never to go back to the old ways, and that is employees working from home. Much has been said about managing remote employees effectively; are they […]
The Growing Threat of Cyber Risk to Your Club
by Toni Shibayama Imagine you’re a Club General Manager and it’s Friday evening and you are just sitting down to dinner after a long week. You get a call from your HR department, and the conversation starts like this “Our members are calling and they are telling me their personal information has been hacked. I […]
What Can You Expect From Your 2023 Insurance Renewals?
Why bury the lead? Rate increases are likely given current market forecasts. According to 2023 Market forecasts, the consensus is that 2023 will present some challenges for businesses in the placement of their benefits, property, and casualty insurance programs. Here are some of the challenges: Medical Benefit Issues One of the biggest expenses behind payroll […]