We wanted to give our employees stability and benefit packages, so that they wouldn't be left in the lurch".
But employers shouldn't wait to be forced by law to offer their employees stability and predictability; treating workers fairly just makes good business sense.
Contrary to the widely held assumption that schedule instability for employees is an inevitable outcome of the volatile retail business, a new study demonstrates that giving employees more stability is not only possible, but it actually increased both sales and labor productivity, and had a high return on investment.
And it has stunted a long search by H.P.'s employees for stability and pride at the patriarch of Silicon Valley companies.
We want to take over the world and prove everyone wrong, but employees want stability and a good job where they can live a good life.
Highly fluid, highly innovative, and highly risky economies can't provide their employees with stability or health insurance.
He was impressed by the company's employee relations, the stability it brought to a practice that had undergone turbulent times, the administrative and managerial support, and its readiness to leave clinical matters in the doctors' hands.
Decades of research now shows that a cooperative approach to business and economic development is the most effective in terms of business returns, as well as opportunities for employees, and the stability and well-being of a society where good jobs are available.
Prof. Lambert just completed a randomized experiment at Gap, Inc., which assessed the potential effects of an intervention designed to improve multiple dimensions of employees' work schedules (schedule stability, predictability, control and adequacy) on both business and employee outcomes.
Part-Time Plus is designed to provide income and schedule stability to employees as well as a core of dedicated and skilled employees to stores.
