Massachusetts’ health insurance mandate has more workers getting coverage through their employers but has left many low-wage earners in a financial quandary—and it hasn’t put a dent in rising health care costs. The state’s health care experiment offers a cautionary tale for federal health reform efforts. [Read reaction to the story by Columbia Journalism Review [...]
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Mandatory Health Care a Bitter Pill for Massachusetts Low-Wage Workers
Posted in Workforce Management on March 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
For Employers, the Pros and Cons of Health Care Reform Emerge
Posted in Crain's Detroit Business, Workforce Management on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many employers have said that the health care reform plan passed by the House in November would lead them to drop health insurance, undermining the employer-based health care system.
Yet the government’s fiscal analysis contradicts that conclusion. According to two estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, the House bill would actually strengthen employer-sponsored health care by [...]
Nobel Prize Winners Provide Insight on Outsourcing, Contract Work
Posted in Workforce Management on November 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Nobel Prize Winners Provide Insight on Outsourcing, Contract Work The Nobel Prize in economics seldom has practical applications for workforce management. Yet this year’s prize, awarded in October to Oliver Williamson and Elinor Ostrom, recognizes research that provides insights into such workforce issues as employee contracts, bonuses and outsourcing.
Back to the Drawing Board—Can a New Company Culture Save General Motors?
Posted in Workforce Management on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
General Motors is betting that a new company culture—one emphasizing risk-taking and independent decision-making—can help reverse its fortunes. But the carmaker has been down the culture-change road many times before.
Pound-Foolish: How Obese Employees are Under Attack in the Workplace
Posted in Workforce Management on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
efore he was a thin man, Mark Blei, a soft-spoken New Yorker with 20 years of sales experience, rolled with the fat jokes and perceived slights. In 2005, weight-loss surgery that was paid for by his employer, a direct marketing firm, helped him shed most of the nearly 400 pounds that draped his 6-foot-tall frame. It [...]
