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Raymond James HCM Newsletter Oct 2012

Raymond James HCM Newsletter Oct 2012The Raymond James Human Capital Monthly Newsletter provides a comprehensive overview of sector-specific public company performance and relative trading multiples, recent M&A and financing transactions as well as other important events that have taken place in the sector.

From a business model perspective, it spans Human Capital companies across software/internet, outsourcing, transaction/data processing and staffing services.

You can read the Raymond James HCM Newsletter here…

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The Growing Value of Employer Brands [Infographic]

The Growing Value of Employer Brands

Bernard Hodes GroupTo highlight the increasing importance of Employer Brand Strategies, Bernard Hodes Group recently published a proprietary research report on The Growing Value of Employer Brands, and published a great infographic (after the jump).

 Highlights:

  • The responsibility for Employer Branding efforts lies most often with Human Resources (51%)
  • The most popular external resource for communicating Employer Brand is a company’s Career Site (78%)
  • For employees, the largest factor in considering an employer as attractive is Compensation (64%), while only 25% of employers share that opinion (Can you say disconnect?)
  • Employer Brand ROI expectations for employers include an increase in applicant quality (89%) and increase employee engagement (61%)

Lawsuit Questions “Essential Functions” of Job

Discrimination Lawsuit Against Alliant Energy Questions “Essential Functions” of Job

Human Resources Journal

From the HumanResourcesJournal:

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To prove that an employee has been discriminated based on a disability, a person must show a failure for providing reasonable accommodation. But that person must also show that he/she can perform essential functions of a job if reasonably accommodated.

These essential functions were the crux of a recent lawsuit from a woman who alleged that Alliant Energy Corporate Services violated the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act). Continue reading →

ADP: Companies Do Little To Control Absenteeism

ADP Survey Reveals U.S. Employers Not Taking Concrete Steps to Control Workplace Absenteeism
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Absenteeism clearly affects productivity and profitability, but few companies are taking concrete steps to control absence at work.

According to a new ADP Research Institute study, most companies track employee absences, many do not take steps to manage and reduce absenteeism. ADP is a leading provider of human resource management systems. Continue reading →