Enabling & Ennobling Employees to Boost Engagement Scores

Amidst a cost-of-living crisis, and a depreciation in real-time wages, companies need to think more than ever about attracting and retaining their workers. This might start with pay, yet recent data from ManpowerGroup tells us flexibility, career development, and purpose-driven work is worth up to 5% of salary to many workers. The question is, what tools and practices are you putting in place to attract and retain the talent you need to stay competitive?

Avoid legal pitfalls of ending employment contracts. In today's employment climate, very few terminations are without some level of legal risk. Often, employers approach termination decisions without fully considering their legal obligations, and they fail to take important steps that will reduce the risk of legal claims. Managers and HR professionals may spend years wrapped up in litigation that could have been avoided by devoting an hour or two toward evaluating and planning a termination. Identify key steps that every employer should take in preparing for a termination, and how to approach a termination in a manner that decreases rather than increases the risk of a wrongful termination claim.

There is a real opportunity to be claimed in a recession. While many are letting go of some of their top talent in layoffs, there is plenty of room to recruit what others have let go. But it’s still a tight labor marketplace. With nearly two job openings for every unemployed American, companies are struggling to find workers and retain the ones they have. The tight job market is keeping upward pressure on wages, which feeds into inflation.

Is your company on top of the changing legal landscape and new trends associated with executive compensation? Executive compensation is subject to an increasingly complex set of laws and regulations and an ever-increasing degree of scrutiny. An appropriate and effective executive compensation program is one that retains top talent and incentivizes performance. This content helps employers and executives move beyond the basics of executive compensation and understand the trends and best practices emerging in response to the change in the legal landscape.