Email has been a part of our everyday life for quite some time now. These days with some restrictions imposed on face-to-face interaction, email has become an effective way to communicate. As a result of this the number of emails sent and received daily has been steadily increasing each year. According to Campaign Monitor an average person sends and receives 121 business emails per day. While, this is an effective way to communicate, handling such an amount of emails can become a challenge if one does not have a strategy of how to manage them. Managing incoming emails and ensuring that emails you send are effective is important in this digital age.
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Topics:
Human Capital,
Risk management,
Total Cost of Risk
In the last 10 months so many employers have adapted to a remote workforce. Here at The ALS Group we are no different. We have highlighted a few ways we have remained connected as a team through this pandemic, and how we have driven productivity with the help of our employees!
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Topics:
Human Capital,
Total Cost of Risk (TCoR),
remote work,
work from home,
home-grown talent,
People Risk
The holiday season is once again upon us, and while we would normally be planning a company-wide bash, this year such a thing is pretty much out of the question. This does not mean you have to skip the celebrations altogether, as celebrating and acknowledging the hard work your team put in, especially during this very challenging year is more important than ever. So, while traditional holiday parties may be off the table, here are some holiday party ideas to help your team celebrate while remaining COVID-safe:
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Topics:
Human Capital,
Safety and Compliance,
coronavirus,
risk management consultant,
what is risk management,
safe workplace
In its 2012 Report to the Nations, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) found that organizations typically lose five percent of their revenue to fraud each year. Even more frightening is this statistic from that report: the medium loss of survey respondents was $140,000. Over one-fifth of the losses studied exceeded $1 million. Small-to-medium sized businesses are often fraud targets because they lack anti-fraud controls. The smallest organizations in the ACFE study suffered the largest median losses.
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Topics:
Employee Dishonesty,
Human Capital,
Limit of Liability,
Reputational Risk,
Risk Management Blog,
Risk Review,
Strategic Risk Management,
The ALS Group,
Total Cost of Risk (TCoR)
Crisis Management has been, historically, a function of the IT or Risk Management department for many companies and as social media continues to gain traction, savvy risk managers have incorporated social media into their crisis communication plans.
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Topics:
401(k),
BYOD Protocol,
Cyber Risk,
Enterprise Risk Management,
Human Capital,
Risk Management Blog,
Social Media Risk,
Strategic Risk Management,
The ALS Group,
Total Cost of Risk (TCoR)
Even when no injury occurs, after any workplace incident or accident, a written incident report allows a timely investigation. Some incidents are minor and need only slight fixes to prevent their recurrence. However, in more serious situations where a serious injury or property damage could have or did occur, a subsequent failure analysis allows management to determine how to best prevent similar occurrences.
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Topics:
Claims Handling,
Claims Management,
Claims Management Process,
Construction Accidents,
HCP,
Human Capital,
Risk Management Blog,
The ALS Group,
Total Cost of Risk,
Worker's Compensation
In employers’ 2014 plan year, all companies must ensure their non-grandfathered plans adhere to a single out of pocket (OOP) maximum for their employee’s health care plan expenses. This requirement applies to both fully insured and self-insured plans. Going forward, the OOP limit must include all spending on medical, prescription drugs and both mental health and substance abuse treatment benefits. Actuarial estimates indicate this change could increase employer health care costs between 1.5% and 2% next year.
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Topics:
HCP,
Healthcare,
Human Capital,
Human Capital Practice,
Political Risk
Many of today’s employers offer robust wellness programs, which, typically, offer employees incentives for certain types of behaviors in an effort to improve health and, ultimately, reduce employer medical costs. These rewards can include premium discounts, membership in gyms and cash.
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Topics:
HCP,
Healthcare,
Human Capital,
Human Capital Practice,
Political Risk,
Risk Management Blog
When evaluating your company’s risks, one concept that is frequently overlooked is the idea of how human error could impact your organization. Until recently, there has been very little written on this subject. However, in the recent issue of the RIMS Risk Management Magazine, an article by Tony Kern and David McKay touched on this point and successfully demonstrated how human error is one risk that companies must continually monitor.
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Topics:
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM),
Enterprise Risk Management,
ERM,
HCP,
Human Capital,
Human Capital Practice,
Risk Management Blog,
Strategic Risk Management,
Total Cost of Risk (TCoR)
