Affordable Care Act update: Kansas, Missouri will rely on federal-operated exchanges instead of creating their own systems. A major component of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – aka health-care reform – is the creation of state health insurance exchanges. Each state is supposed to have its own online marketplace where the public can shop for standardized health-care plans. Those exchanges are supposed to be up and running no…
This year’s flu season could be severe, experts warn.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, influenza (the flu) costs businesses approximately $10.4 billion in direct costs for hospitalizations and outpatient visits for adults. Typically, the flu season occurs between October and March. The CDC states that the flu season has started early this year and has the potential to be severe. Businesses can utilize basic strategies to help…
Recent upgrades make its apps more competitive.Even though Google recently removed the free tier for Google Apps, it continues to represent one of the best bargains for office productivity software at just $50 per employee per year (or just $5 a month per employee). Here are five reasons to seriously consider integrating or converting to the Google Apps environment. Usable, “Grown-Up” Applications If you experimented with Google Docs a few…
Help your employees—and your company—grow with one-on-one communication. Generally speaking, if a manager’s options for dealing with an underperforming employee are down to termination or coaching, and the workplace issues are correctable, it’s usually better to try coaching. The reality is that we need to keep and develop the employees who are already here. They know our culture and our ways of doing business, and repairing their inconsistencies should result…