Successful organizations understand the importance of creating a culture of employee engagement. Effective employee engagement allows employees to feel fully involved, enthusiastic and more willing to contribute to company success. On the other hand, when employees are not engaged it can have negative repercussions on issues such as customer experience.
High levels of employee engagement can translate into high levels of business performance. With better employee engagement comes increased profitability, productivity, employee retention, safety and customer metrics for your business. Hence the reason why effective employee engagement communication is so crucial for all businesses.
Poor employee engagement in the workplace can be a challenge for many organizations today. Businesses must engage with their staff to keep their workforce motivated and productive. It is essential organizations aim to build an engaged, high-performing and responsible workforce. Identifying and solving the challenges associated with employee engagement can help in achieving this aim.
Understanding trends, and knowing and tailoring corporate job offerings to a changing workforce puts an organization and its managers in control so that they can find and implement new ways to raise employee engagement levels. But knowing what engages employees and how to keep them engaged is crucial.
A new study has shown that obese workers are costing companies billions in medical expenses, health plan costs and lost productivity. This combined with health insurance costs, presenteeism and time away from work is estimated to be costing businesses in the region of $73.1 billion for full-time employees.
CSA 2010 regulation changes will have a major impact on all commercial vehicle drivers. With CSA, the FMCSA is targeting specific behaviors of the driver or motor carriers in the hopes of improving the safety of the transportation industry.
CSA 2010 set forth 6 BASIC scores that are used to determine how safe the driver is considered to be. BASIC scores will be used to compare drivers within the same company as well as with other companies in the same spectrum.
The 6 areas to measure driver performance are as follows [UPDATE: Since this blog was published, the FMCSA has announced these will change in summer of 2012. The SMS Preview offers a first look at the new and modified BASICs. Click here for information on how to preview the changes.]:

HNI works with high-performing companies to help them address the hidden risks in their business and avoid The Insurance Dependency Trap. This is done by proactively DE-RISKING their business so they can be less dependent on insurance.
HNI also offers the basic services of insurance and employee benefits. HNI has offices in Milwaukee, Chicago, and Minneapolis.