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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Hitting the Tweet Spot: Managing Social Media Risk
The only way to dodge social media risk these days is to abstain from posting, peeking and, with a new ruling from the National Labor Relations Board, liking! And few employers or employees are choosing abstinence these days according to...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
May I Help You?
Last week I was among the weary passengers on board a flight stranded at Chicago O’Hare Airport. After our delayed flight from sunny California landed around 8:30 pm, the pilot brought our plane to a ¥complete stop’ about 200 feet...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
May I Have Your Attention Please?
This week I’ve been reading Daniel Kahneman’s terrific book, Thinking Fast and Slow. Many readers will recognize the author as the past recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and recall his ground-breaking work—with Amos Tversky—on the subject of decision-making....
Topics: Risk Assessment
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Employee Separations: Learn to Say Goodbye
The Jackson Five version of the Davis Clifton song “Never Can Say Goodbye” has enjoyed a lot of airtime lately. Although the song has nothing to do with employer-employee separations, hearing it reminds me of the heartache that many nonprofit...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Mastering the Basics: Learn to Walk Before You Run
During a lunch meeting today with three colleagues from our Toronto affiliate—the Insurance and Liability Resource Centre for Nonprofits (www.nonprofitrisk.imaginecanada.ca) —the Centre’s Manager, David Hartley reminded me that many of the Canadian nonprofit leaders who attend the Centre’s workshops are eager to...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Health Insurance Is a Claims Trap for the Unwary
Eligibility of health insurance coverage under an employer’s group plan terminates when an employee is separated from employment. However, due to the health insurance benefit continuation requirements under COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) and many similar state laws, most employees can...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices, Insurance and Risk Financing
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Mastering the Basics
I thoroughly enjoy the NCAA “March Madness” series of tournaments which began this year on March 17. This year’s line-up includes 65 men’s teams and 64 women’s teams playing in single elimination games. The tournament concludes on April 6th with...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Mark Your Calendar!
For many of us, the holiday season is a time to re-connect with friends and family with whom we’ve been out of touch. When I was a child, we always received at least one “Christmas Letter,” containing one family’s story...
Topics: Insurance and Risk Financing
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
He Says We Need a Revolution
This week I’ve been engrossed in “Beyond Management: Taking Charge at Work,” the new book by featured SUMMIT keynote speaker Mark Addleson. The author of “Beyond Management” offers a sobering perspective on the discipline of management. According to Professor Addleson, when performance...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Getting Social
As our team worked to put the finishing touches on the agenda for the annual summit we’re releasing today, we found ourselves incorporating themes from the thought-provoking book two of us have been reading: The Social Animal. In the chapter titled...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices