Originally posted April 2010 Much has already been written and said (often in loud voices and with expletives not deleted – who can forget the “You lie” outburst in the U.S. Senate) about health care reform legislation, but one thing that has gotten very little attention is how insurance companies can most effectively adapt their...
Originally posted October 2014 Fixing the wage gap (even for organizations committed to its eradication) is no simple task. Last April the country celebrated (read that word with great sarcasm) “equal pay day”, the day that women had to work to in 2014 to be paid as much as men were paid in 2013. Equal...
Originally posted November 2014 The problems of workers finding jobs will be exacerbated by the expansion of cognitive technologies …thinking robots, if you will. Michael Graham looks at how the cozy synergy between increased automation and worker productivity (resulting in increased wages and job opportunities) seem to have derailed, leaving many workers un- and under-employed and the...
Originally posted November 2010 Richard Alonso-Zaldivar’s article, Could overhaul undermine employer health coverage?, for The Associated Press published by MSNBC October 24, 2010 defiantly raises the issue of possible unintended (or maybe even intended) consequences of Heath Care Reform. He writes: “The new health care law wasn't supposed to undercut employer plans that have provided most...
Originally posted March 2010 In his March 4, 2010 article for the Wall Street Journal (How Much Does Pay Matter?) author Alan Murray concludes his article by saying: “The bottom line is this: Incentive pay is an effective tool in situations where performance can be fairly measured and where it is based largely on individual effort....
Originally posted September 2010 Graham Browley writes in his August 21, 2010 article for the New York Times(In Striking Shift, Small Investors Flee Stock Market) that “The notion that stocks tend to be safe and profitable investments over time seems to have been dented in much the same way that a decline in home values...
Originally posted October 2009 Grahall invites you to participate in the 2009/10 Survey of Business, People and Total Reward Strategy Changes Grahall’s Michael Graham says: “Many of our clients and friends have begun to ‘re-think’ their organization’s reward programs for 2009 and 2010. For most firms the first phase (the last 6 months) was directed...
Published in SHRM June 19, 2009 by Stephen Miller "Rewards are the most powerful way to motivate employees to accomplish business results, especially, when they are aligned with business strategy,” says Michael Graham, a consultant at the Grahall Research Institute, a research firm and consultancy. But according to Grahall’s newly released Total Rewards Strategy Alignment Study, most U.S. companies...
Originally published August 2009. In her July 27, 2009 Wall Street Journal article titled “U.S. Pay Czar to Rework Contracts Deemed High”, Deborah Solomon says: “The role of the government in setting pay is reaching a pivotal moment. Seven banks and industrial companies that received significant bailouts must submit proposals for their compensation packages by...
