Make HR Strategic
Featured Articles Stop Treating HR Like an Ugly Stepchild Undeniably, your company’s most important asset is its people. So why isn’t HR–the traditional keeper of the people function–your most valuable strategic function? Learn why and how you should make HR strategic.
Quote of the Month
“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” -Napoleon Hill
Health Reform Update
Several ACA taxes which begin in 2014 are now being passed on to premiums, sixty-one thousand apply for health insurance in Illinois, but new enrollments have few young people, new guidance released for plan designs, and higher deductibles are leaving many underinsured by new plans.ACA Taxes Increase Starting in 2014, Obamacare begins taxing insurance companies […]
Economy Entering New Year on a Roll
Wall Street Journal (12/25/13) Sarah Portlock; Josh Mitchell WASHINGTON—A pickup in business investment and robust new-home sales point to an economy on stronger footing heading into the new year. “It’s a holly, jolly data Christmas for the economy as all signs point to an accelerating economy,” said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors. […]
Extension of Benefits for Jobless Is Set to End
New York Times (11/17/13) Annie Lowrey During the last week of December around 1.3 million people will lose access to additional weeks of jobless benefits. Another 850,000 will be denied benefits in the first three months of 2014. Congressional Democrats and the White House are pushing to extend the amount of time covered by the […]
Quote of the Month
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” ~ Thomas A. Edison
