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Volume 3, Issue 4 October 2008
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Improving Labor Relations

Which of the following constitutes the biggest labor relations challenge for your institution?

Effective and efficient handling of employee grievances

Retaining employees in nine-month positions

Maintaining open communication among union leaders and institution management
  

The results from this question will appear in the January 2009 issue of HR Horizons.

Results from July Quick Click:
Saving Incentives

The top strategy higher education institutions said they either have implemented or would most likely implement to help employees save for retirement would be to institute automatic enrollment and/or automatic payroll deduction into their employer-provided savings plan, with 31 percent selecting this option.

Two other strategies vying for the top spot included providing additional financial education, such as employee seminars on retirement readiness, online calculators and retirement-planning tools, or enhanced information about employer-provided savings programs (28 percent) or making third-party financial advisors available to help employees develop personal retirement savings plans and goals (25 percent).

Not as popular with responding employers were offering additional savings vehicles such as a medical spending account (10 percent) and increasing employer contribution levels to employee tax-deferred savings accounts (6 percent). 

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STRATEGY

Labor of Love

Princeton University’s robust relationship with its unionized workforce is the result of an ongoing commitment and attention to improving conditions and opportunities for employees and managers.   Read

BIG PICTURE

Is Health-Care Reform Coming?

What shape might health-care reform take under the next U.S. president’s administration, and with what impact on employers?   Read

PERSPECTIVE

Chief Change Officers

What are the critical skills of leaders charged with implementing change? Michael Useem, director of the Wharton School’s Center for Leadership and Change Management, offers his list of key attributes.   Read

RESOURCE

Conference Coverage - NACUBO's 2008 Annual Meeting

Did you miss NACUBO’s Annual Meeting in Chicago? Here are highlights from two important sessions. HR Excellence Essentials outlines must-have competencies for HR officers; Executive Search Pointers suggests ground rules for a successful search.   Read
HR RADAR

What's on Your Horizon?

What specific concerns would you like to see covered in this newsletter? Do you have an institutional success story to share? Send questions, comments, and article queries to Tadu Yimam, policy analyst, tadu.yimam@nacubo.org

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