Human Capital: Page 35

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    Trendy Health-Care Payment Scheme Hikes Workers’ Compensation Costs

    A major trend in contractual payment arrangements between medical providers and payers, intended to lower costs while improving the quality of care, triggers cost-shifting from group health plans to workers’ compensation, according to a new study. The shift hinders some employers from reaping the...

    By • Oct. 8, 2015
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    How Big Data Can Help Cut Employee Turnover Costs

    Today’s job market for highly skilled employees is white hot. The workforce is quick to move from one opportunity to another, and employers are faced with high costs for recruiting and reduced efficiencies resulting from having to constantly train new employees.The exact cost of turnover is hard ...

    By Shaheen Dil • Oct. 6, 2015
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    Wal-Mart Lays Off 450 Workers at Arkansas HQ

    Wal-Mart is laying off 450 workers including some managers and vice presidents at its Bentonville, Ark. headquarters amid slow sales and shifts in the retail business.“After months of evaluation, we’ve concluded there is an opportunity to better position our Home Office teams to move with speed a...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Oct. 2, 2015
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    Does the CEO Pay Ratio Rule Have Merit?

    This is an introduction to a package of three opinion articles debating the merits of the new CEO pay ratio rule. One opposes it, another is in favor of it, and a third offers a very different take on the matter.Publicly held companies have to make a lot of disclosures, so what’s one more? Actual...

    By • Oct. 1, 2015
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    Deep-Six the CEO Pay Ratio Rule

    This is one of three opinion articles debating the merits of the new CEO pay ratio rule. See the others here and here.The Dodd-Frank pay ratio requirement should be repealed, as the disclosure would neither provide shareholders with useful information nor facilitate a better understanding of pay ...

    By Timothy J. Bartl • Oct. 1, 2015
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    Pay Ratio Rule Gives Shareholders Better Exec Comp Info

    This is one of three opinion articles debating the merits of the new CEO pay ratio rule. See the others here and here.The gap between CEO and worker pay has been an issue for decades, but it came into sharp focus as a result of the financial crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession that followed.He...

    By Heather Slavkin Corzo • Oct. 1, 2015
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    CEO Pay Ratio Opens Fair-Pay Debate to Everyone

    This is one of three opinion articles debating the merits of the new CEO pay ratio rule. See the others here and here.The CEO pay ratio disclosure to be required beginning in 2018 may create the opportunity for mischief by politicians, pundits, the media, and others, because it focuses on the fun...

    By Steve Seelig • Oct. 1, 2015
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    Don’t Fear the Whistleblower

    Only 20% of whistleblowers disclose their concerns to someone outside the company, creating an opportunity for employers to preempt the involvement of regulators, according to a recent report.Urging employers to embrace whistleblowers and “cultivate a culture of reporting,” The Network, a provide...

    By Matthew Heller • Sept. 28, 2015
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    CFOs on the Move: Week Ended Sept. 25

    United Natural Foods has named Michael Zechmeister CFO and treasurer, replacing Mark Shamber, effective in mid-October. Zechmeister comes to the company from General Mills, where he was vice president of finance with Yoplait USA.Mark McGivney has been promoted to the top finance spot at Marsh &am...

    By Joan Urdang • Sept. 25, 2015
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    High Deductibles Spur Health Cost Shift to Workers

    Almost a quarter of U.S. workers with employer health benefits are now enrolled in high-deductible plans and 81% of plans require works to pay out of pocket before their coverage kicks in, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.A decade ago, only 55% of plans even had a deductible and enrollme...

    By Matthew Heller • Sept. 24, 2015
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    Bonuses to Be Underfunded for 5th Straight Year

    For the fifth straight year, U.S. employers won’t be fully funding their annual employee bonuses in 2015 — meaning they expect their annual bonus pools to be below their target levels. They are doing so “even though most of them are having difficulty attracting and retaining top talent,” Towers W...

    By Matthew Heller • Sept. 18, 2015
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    Rise in Health Plan Costs to Continue in 2016

    Employers expect another year of health benefit cost increases in 2016, but consumer-directed plans may be helping some companies moderate the increases, according to a Mercer survey.The consulting firm said its survey of more than 1,200 employers showed that health benefit cost per employee will...

    By Matthew Heller • Sept. 17, 2015
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    Finding Qualified Job Candidates Getting Tougher

    U.S. companies are having a harder time finding qualified candidates for unfilled jobs, with nearly half experiencing increased recruitment competition, according to the American Institute of CPAs.The institute polled 1,440 chief executive officers, CFOs, controllers and other CPAs for its latest...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Sept. 16, 2015
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    How to Talk about Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

    One of the most important and yet often misunderstood executive compensation tools is nonqualified deferred compensation. While nearly all mid- and large-size public companies have such a plan in place, many could be more systematically and effectively informing executives about the plan provisio...

    By Mike Corry • Sept. 4, 2015
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    Kohl’s Loses Bid to Stop Exec From Taking New Job

    A Wisconsin judge on Monday denied an initial effort by Kohl’s Corp. to block its chief information officer from joining Hudson’s Bay Co. , saying the evidence didn’t show that the two retailers are competitors.Kohl’s was seeking a temporary restraining order barring Janet Schalk’s move to Hudson...

    By Matthew Heller • Aug. 17, 2015
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    5 Articles on Managing Your Millennial Talent

    How to Stop Losing Your Talented MillennialsFinance departments should offer rotation programs, provide coaching, and shake up hiring criteria.Finance and Accounting Skills Gap Vexes CFOsThe wish list of traits desired in entry-level finance and management accounting staff continues to expand.The...

    By CFO Editorial Staff • Aug. 13, 2015
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    CEO Pay Ratio Rule Rankles Both Sides of Heated Debate

    Two years after issuing a proposed rule for the controversial “CEO pay ratio” provision of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission today released a final rulemaking that left many interested parties unsatisfied.The new rule will force most publicly held companies to disclose, s...

    By • Aug. 5, 2015
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    Organizational Culture: The Payoff Is in the Blend

    Does your culture matter to your financial and operational performance, and if so, what’s the relationship?John Boudreau Leaders consider organizational culture a primary catalyst for effectiveness and growth. Consider the following excerpt from “Organizational Climate and Culture”:“Culture is of...

    By John Boudreau • July 29, 2015
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    CFOs on the Move: Week Ending July 24

    Tony Tripeny has been promoted to finance chief at Corning, effective Sept. 1. As CFO he takes over for vice chairman and CFO James Flaws, who will resign as CFO on Aug. 31 and will retire from the company in November. Tripeny, who has been at Corning since 1985, has been corporate controller sin...

    By Joan Urdang • July 24, 2015
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    A Middle-Class Mirage

    America’s workers have seen better days. Over the past decade private-sector wages have grown at an average yearly rate of just 0.3% after accounting for inflation — a fraction of their typical pace of growth. One response, embraced by Barack Obama this week, is to oblige firms to grant 5 million...

    By Economist Staff • July 3, 2015
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    How to Prevent Data Breaches by Service Providers

    Mary A. Chaput Large corporations and government agencies are increasingly suffering data breaches stemming from lax security on the part of their service providers. Investigators are learning that the gigantic breach at the Office of Personnel Management this summer may have been the result of t...

    By Mary A. Chaput • July 1, 2015
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    Uber on Trial: New Work Modes Demand Finance-HR Collaboration

    A June 3 California court ruling about the Uber ride-sharing service is one that CFOs and chief human resources officers (CHROs) should be talking about.John Boudreau As the New York Times reported, the court was asked whether a particular worker was an employee or contractor. The California Labo...

    By John Boudreau • June 29, 2015
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    Like It or Not, It’s Time to Face Obamacare

    Any CFOs who were hoping the Supreme Court would gut the Affordable Care Act in the King v. Burwell case saw that hope vanish Thursday morning.The court ruled 6-3 that residents of states where the federal government operates a public health insurance exchange who meet certain income requirements...

    By • June 25, 2015
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    Asia-Pacific Workers Concerned About Ethics

    Employers seeking to attract and retain talent in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region should make sure they promote ethical business practices, according to a new survey from EY.Nearly 80% of the 1,508 employees from large employers in 14 APAC territories responding to EY’s APAC Fraud Survey 2015 said...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • June 22, 2015
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    10 Key Facts about Nonqualified Deferred Comp

    Nonqualified deferred compensation plans are increasingly popular, as they help companies to cost-effectively retain and attract quality executives while also helping provide executives with sufficient retirement savings. Here are 10 important things to know about these plans. Plan PrevalenceThe ...

    By Scott Holton and Rich DeVita • June 22, 2015