Retaining Employees

Community Building Through the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) lifts 4.9 million people--including 2.7 million children--above the poverty line each year. Yet a significant number of working families miss out on thousands of dollars annually (as well as their communities) simply because they do not know it exists. Learn how your community can increase its intake of EITC claims and the bottom line impact this has on economic development in your region.

Community Building Through the Earned Income Tax Credit (Summer 2007) (pdf)

EITC Timeline: A Look at Twelve Months in the Life of an EITC Campaign (Summer 2007) (pdf)

Recruitment and Retention of the Frontline and Hourly Wage Worker: A Business Perspective
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This publication is designed to educate employers about the ways in which they can retain entry-level workers. It goes beyond the simplistic advice of just increasing wage earners' pay, detailing a range of alternatives in which business can align work-support programs with those individuals on the frontline. More specifically, it provides examples of tangible steps employers may take to support their workers and ensure overall economic health for their company.

50+ Workforce Brochure: Do You Have 2020 Vision? Learn about the benefits of recruiting 50+ workers and how some how-to's on getting started right away! Download brochure for printing. (pdf)  (available online only)

50+ Workforce Matrix  (Winter 2007)
ICW developed a collection of promising practices during the 50+ Workforce Initiative from each of the four workshop sites: Bridgeport, CT; Charleston, SC; Northern Kentucky; and Tucson, AZ. This collection is presented in a matrix designed to help your organization identify human resource challenges, strategies, and solutions for successfully managing the impending retirement of the baby boom generation. Key issues include employee attitudes toward retirement, changes in the recruitment process, and solutions to better the existing retirement policy.

Voice of Business on the Mature Workforce
A Summary Report of the Pre-White House Conference on Aging Event Held June 15, 2005
This report summarizes the June 15th, 2005 event, including an overview of the American workforce environment and how major demographic shifts are likely to affect many employers nationwide. It also reviews the major issues facing the business community as articulated by some of America's top businesses and management experts. It highlights recommendations for White House Conference on Aging delegates as they consider opportunities for mature workers in the workplace of the future. (available only in hard copy)
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Strengthening Our Workforce and Our Communities Through Housing Solutions 
(Summer 2005) (PDF 378K) (available online only)
A report describing how chambers can usefully become involved in the effort to address the workforce housing challenge. As many business leaders have come to realize, the rising cost of housing is increasingly a bottom-line concern.  Like transportation and education, the availability of affordable workforce housing directly affects the ability to attract and retain an adequate, stable and skilled labor. 

 

Making Work Work: Tools for Turnover Reduction
(Fall 2004) (PDF 1736) (available online only)
A comprehensive guide for chambers of commerce, businesses, and employment and training service providers to work together to improve employee retention, particularly that of entry-level employees.

Creating Community-Wide Career Ladders for The Health Care Sector 
(Spring 2003) (PDF) (available online only)
In collaboration with the VHA Health Foundation, this study identifies how community health organizations can work together to help individuals find employment and solve the need for qualified health care workers through the development of health care career ladders.

Employer's Views of Workplace Supports (September 2002) (PDF) (available online only)
In collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University, the report looks at employers perceptions, concerns, and experiences in working with people with disabilities. The document outlines why employers should tap into this talented pool of potential workers.

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