Some casino workers in Las Vegas say they want casinos to be smoke-free so employees can be safe from second-hand smoke while working. Kanie Kastroll, a volunteer organizer with UAW Local 3555, the dealers' union, says second-hand smoke is one of the biggest complaints the union receives. Las Vegas Sun (11/24)
Are you offering the right benefits? Offering the benefits your employees want is how you grow your business, attract talent and stand out from the competition. Understanding your employees' needs and coverage gaps is the first step. Find out if you could be doing more. Take the benefits assessment
Teachers in special education, Hawaiian-language immersion and rural schools could be in line for pay differentials under a proposal Hawaii Gov. David Ige will announce this week. The proposal aims to address shortages in hard-to-fill instructional areas. Hawaii Public Radio (12/1)
Are you offering the right benefits? Offering the benefits your employees want is how you grow your business, attract talent and stand out from the competition. Understanding your employees' needs and coverage gaps is the first step. Find out if you could be doing more. Take the benefits assessment
Healthiest workplace list includes 3 Eugene, Ore., employers Lane County, the Eugene Water and Electric Board and PeaceHealth in Eugene, Ore., made Springbuk's Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America list this year. PeaceHealth, which is on the list for the second year in a row, focuses on short-term and long-term employee financial health, stress management, and nutrition and fitness. The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.) (11/29)
The HR Leader
25 simple ways to help employees feel appreciated Small, frequent acts of appreciation by leaders -- such as sending handwritten thank-you notes, giving specific praise and remembering people's birthdays -- go a long way toward employee satisfaction, writes Lolly Daskal, who offers 25 such suggestions. "Some leaders take for granted that employees are there to do the work tasked to them, and think that because it is expected, there is no need for a thank you ... that is far from true," she writes. Lolly Daskal (11/26)
