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Employees at Wal-Mart to Pay More for Healthcare
Wal-Mart employees will fork up between 8 and 36 percent more in premiums for their medical plan in 2013, resulting in approximately 1.4 million workers to precede coverage in general,…
Healthcare Worker Sues After Losing Job for Threatening to “Slap” a Patient
A patient care technician working for St. Luke’s Dialysis, LLC, which runs a kidney dialysis center in Ohio, was fired for threatening a patient. The employee, an African-American woman in…
Cardiologist’s Staff Privileges Revoked — Was It Racial Discrimination?
A cardiologist brought legal action against a hospital and twelve of its physicians. He claims he had his medical-staff privileges revoked due to race discrimination and retaliation. A Board of…
Banner Health to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit with $255,000
Banner Health, one of the largest nonprofit healthcare systems in the country, will be paying $255,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed by the EEOC (Equal…
Job Related Stress Causing Higher Healthcare Costs to Companies
A new study recently showed that higher stress jobs are directly linked to higher health care costs. The study showed that people in stressful jobs visit physicians and other health…
How to Help Your Employees and Save Money by Using a Medical Management Firm
An investment, when made smarter, becomes a life time asset. One of the ways to offer such a smart investment is to provide health coverage to the employees. For accomplishing…
Study Says 10% Employers May Stop Offering Health Benefits
A recent study revealed one in ten mid-size employers will stop offering their employees coverage once the insurance exchanges become operational. An earlier study found 30% of all employers will…
List of preventive services that employers have to cover
Companies now must cover another 8 preventive services in the plans that they provide for their female employees. These services must be covered 100% and include counseling as well as…
McKinsey survey says employers not happy with ObamaCare
The picture which McKinsey & Co’s latest health reform study painted was not liked by the Obama administration. The study found that once the bulk of the healthcare reform law’s…
Honors Given to Six Employers for Reducing Healthcare Inequality at Work
When it comes to supporting a diverse group of workers, six companies stand out in how effectively they are making sure that their healthcare benefits meet all of their workers…
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Firing Is Fiery!
HR Career Resources is a weekly column authored by HRCrossing, the nation's leading human resources jobsite dedicated to getting HR professionals jobs.
For most human resources professionals, hiring a new candidate is a jubilant moment. However, needing to fire one of their existing employees is one situation they pray hard to avoid getting into. Unfortunately, the need to fire an employee for the health of the organization is inevitable at times. In such cases, HR professionals are not left with a choice. However, firing an employee does not always have to be a bad experience. Terminating an employee’s services can sometimes be the best solution for an organization or the employee himself. Reasons for termination may include a lack of productivity, misconduct, a loss to the organization owing to the carelessness of the employee, and other issues. Human resources professionals faced with the situation of firing an employee need to tackle each [...]
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