Pumping Up Employee Savings Plans
Benchmark showing percentages of employers who made specific changes to their 401(k) plans. Read story
Michael P. Cronin
Special 401(K) !
One CEO matches his employees' 401(k) contributions two dollars to one. Read story
Health Education Wanted
A Gallup poll suggests that when a company takes an active role in health promotion, employees listen. Read story
Pressure Drop
A growing company hired a teacher to lead weekly meditation sessions to reduce employees' stress levels. Read story
Bottom-Up Bonuses
An environmental-engineering firm rewards low-level employees first. Read story
Words to the Wired
A fast-growing company contracted an expert in stress reduction to teach employees techniques for reducing stress. Read story
Legal Recourse
'Stay Out of Court' by Rita Risser discusses all the important points of employment law. Read story
The Health-Care Bill, Today
A look at what small companies now pay for health-benefits programs. Read story
Salute, Compete, Contribute
A landscape company has turned its annual field day into an opportunity to improve local parks. Read story
The Return of Happy Hour
A company institutes a Kid's Club; at monthly parties, employees share ideas and socialize. Read story
Employee Swapping
Instead of making temporary layoffs, one company contracts out idle workers to other local businesses. Read story
Your Worst Nightmare
Review of 'Sabotage in the American Workplace,' edited by Martin Sprouse. Read story
The Year in Court
A brief look at 1993 court rulings on disability, firing, sexual harassment, and hiring. Read story
Paradise Lost
How one thriving bootstrapped company is trying to maintain its original identity in a time of rapid growth. Read story
When English Isn't So Plain
Company established a program to teach English to its Hispanic employees. Read story
Legal Aid
In response to employees already covered by their spouses' health insurance, company added legal services as a benefit. Read story
Smart Self-Funding
Self-funding for medical benefits is becoming increasingly popular, but small companies should take precautions. Read story
Not Just Your Ordinary 401(k)
Company ties the amount of its 401(k) contributions to profitability, and provides finance classes for employees. Read story
A Jury of Peers
CEO instituted a program of peer review instead of traditional reviews by managers. Read story
Sounding the Retreat
Company worked with employees to cut costs by eliminating or downgrading some benefits. Read story
Actions, Not Words
Excerpts from 'No-Excuses Management' by T.J. Rodgers on how management can improve the way it treats workers. Read story
What 24-Hour Care Means
Explanation of what 24-hour care is and how it could affect small businesses. Read story
State Cash for Child Care
Child-care center got its customers to have their employers sponsor the center so it could receive state funds. Read story
Sign of the Times
Inc. 500 companies are pioneering alternatives to the traditonal suppliers of health-care services. Read story
Easing Workers' Savings Woes
Company provides low-interest educational loans to employees' dependents. Read story
Greener Grass
Why one company encourages its employees to seek other jobs and another allows them to return after starting elsewhere. Read story
Bonuses Prompt Safety Sense
Company uses gain-sharing program to encourage employees to reduce workers' compensation costs. Read story
Volunteering Your Company
Company allows employees to do volunteer work on company time instead of making donations. Read story
Taking Care of Sick Kids
Company collaborated with other area companies to provide emergency child care for employees. Read story
Baby Steps
List of resources for companies interested in work/family issues. Read story
Small Ideas Are Big Hits
Company rewards all employees who submit suggestions, whether they are implemented or not. Read story
This Is a Test
The methods of screening job candidates and the laws that cover them. Read story
No-Strings Reimbursement
Two companies' experiences with reimbursing employees for classes relating to their jobs. Read story
Tuition-Tax Trap
Guidelines for applying payroll and income tax to tuition reimbursement. Read story
Lessons from a Botched Buyout
One company's experience shows how not to orchestrate an employee buyout. Read story
Best Work and Life: One Life to Live
How some companies acknowledge and foster their employees' lives outside the office. Read story
Long-lasting PR
One law firm received much positive PR when it comissioned photographs of clients and local companies. Read story
Fostering Support from Spouses
Company invites employees' spouses to annual shareholders' meetings to encourage their support. Read story
Who's on Board?
Chart showing the backgrounds of outside board members. Read story
Safe Self-Insurance
Company reduced insurance costs by reducing coverage, raising the deductible and self-insuring the difference. Read story
