Treating People Right Pays Off

The last couple of years have been tough for most businesses — and for their employees. Forty percent of employees consider their job either “very” or “extremely” stressful, and 25 percent cite it as the No. 1 stressor in their lives today, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health. Traditional incentives such as salary increases have been half of what they were in the late 1990s (if there are any increases at all), and benefits such as 401(k)'s are diminishing.