Ulliance, Inc.

Ulliance, Inc. | June 13, 2016

Employers must be actively involved in choosing and managing an employee assistance program to provide a valuable benefit to their workers. You get what you pay for.” This adage rings especially true in the business world. Low salaries generally attract mediocre talent. Cheap technology is often inefficient and can require costly repairs. And free employee assistance programs can incur high health care costs for employers....

Ulliance, Inc. | June 13, 2016

TROY, Mich., (June 13, 2016) – Employers looking to educate their employees and build important workplace skills have additional options through Ulliance’s Human Effectiveness Training program. The Troy-based organization has added seven classes to its comprehensive workforce training catalog “Ulliance is continually seeking ways to help organizations become more effective and efficient in the workplace. These additional training programs will benefit companies a...

HR Dive | January 13, 2020

Creativity was the most in-demand soft skill for applicants last year, and it has retained its place heading into 2020, according to a Jan. 9 LinkedIn Learning report. "Organizations need people who can creatively approach problems and tasks across all business roles, from software engineering to HR," the company said. Persuasion, collaboration, adaptability and emotional intelligence rounded out the top five. LinkedIn noted that emotional intelligence — defined as the ability to...

HR Dive | January 14, 2020

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has limited joint employer liability under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in final regulations published Jan. 12. The rule, slated to be published in the Federal Register Jan. 16, spells out the circumstances under which more than one business can be held liable for FLSA violations. It largely adopts the "four-factor balancing test" from DOL's proposed version of the rule while also clarifying that an employee's "economic dependence&...