Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder: Creating Value by Investing in Your Workforce

Table of contents Introduction Chapter One: Providing All Employees with More Than a Living Wage Chapter Two: Finding Ways to Make Scheduling Flexibility Feasible and Profitable Chapter Three: Increasing Productivity and Reliability by Investing in Health Care Chapter Four: Building Assets: Ensuring That The Lowest-Level Employees are Not Left Behind Chapter Five: Offering Training Where It Is Valued the Most Chapter Six: Establishing Career Tracks for Low-Level Employees to Rise Up the Corporate Ladder Chapter Seven: Engaging Employees in the Company's Profits and Their Own Chapter Eight: Reaping Returns From Community Investments Chapter Nine: Creating Good Working Conditions Throughout The Supply Chain Chapter Ten: Developing a Blueprint for Changing Companies and Lives