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The Ins and Outs of Fitness for Duty Exams

There's a simple way for employers to avoid work comp claims: Don't put the wrong worker to work. (Simple, but not easy, right?) The wrong worker is anyone who is physically unready or unable to perform essential job functions. Fitness for duty exams can help you ID the wrong worker. These exams can protect this individual from injury and you from your next work comp claim.

Topics: Construction Transportation Safety / Compliance Manufacturing

How to Shop for Personal Lines Insurance [5 Insider Tips]

STEPHANIE WENZ
HNI Account Manager

It's renewal time for your personal lines insurance for auto and home. Maybe you received a letter or phone call from your agent suggesting a review. Maybe you received nothing except a renewal notice from your carrier that included a rate increase with no explanation. You're faced with the decision to stay with your current carrier or shop around for quotes.

Benefits for Truck Drivers: The Secret Weapon for Retention

Driving trucks is more than a job. It's a lifestyle. And it's a lifestyle that's not for everyone. Drivers frequently work in the middle of the night. They live for weeks at a time on the road in cramped confines. They maneuver massive trucks in major metropolitan areas and through traffic that most people go out of their way to avoid. It's easy to see why turnover is high for truck drivers.
Topics: Transportation HR / Employee Benefits

Debate Heats Up Over Extending Federal Terrorism Insurance Backstop

ART JOSETTI
HNI Account Executive

Many in the insurance industry believe it's time to pass a long-term extension for the terrorism insurance law. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act is set to expire Dec. 31, 2014, and industry representatives and legislators have been vigorously debating the act this fall.

Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing

Questions to Ask When Exploring Onsite Health Care Clinics

PATTY MURPHY
Health Care Consultant

There are a lot of variables to consider when exploring onsite health care for your business. Onsite health care clinics have been used to to increase productivity among employees and to manage health costs of many types of employers.

Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing HR / Employee Benefits

Proposed Changes Would Allow Updates to FMCSA Violation Data

DON JERRELL
HNI Associate Vice President

FMCSA proposed changes to how adjudicated state citations are treated in its Motor Carrier Management Information System. The changes were inspired by concerns from the transportation industry.

Topics: Transportation

The Importance of Corporate Culture: A Tale of Two Companies

CHAD TISONIK
HNI Wisconsin President

Corporate cultures are changing and evolving — that is an unavoidable fact. The variable is who will shape, lead, and manage that change. The importance of corporate culture comes into focus as a new leader takes the helm.

Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing HR / Employee Benefits

5 Security Tips for a Safer Cyber Monday

JIM DALY
HNI Minnesota President

It's Cyber Monday, a day of online deals for the frugal — and those thrifty shoppers who weren't willing to suffer Black Friday craziness for deals on holiday gifts!
Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing

Does HIPPA apply to animals? Medical Privacy for Animals

BARB RAND
HNI Compliance Advisor

Like people, pets also benefit from regular visits to health care professionals. Veterinarians and other animal health specialists make sure your "fur babies" are properly vaccinated and in prime shape for walks, silly tricks, and good,
Topics: HR / Employee Benefits

The Top 10 Most Cited OSHA Standards in 2013

CHAD TISONIK
HNI Wisconsin President

OSHA recently released its Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards list for 2013. While “top” usually implies “the best,” this is a list you want nothing to do with — it details the most common violations employers were fined for in the 2013 fiscal year (October 1, 2012, through September 30, 2013).
Topics: Construction Transportation Safety / Compliance Manufacturing