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I know you’d never be able to tell it from their savings rates, but your employees actually are quite happy with their retirement plan. A new Watson Wyatt survey finds that 54% of employees are satisfied with their company’s retirement program, and 29% even admit that they wouldn’t save for retirement without it.
September 2
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Elizabeth Galentine my esteemed colleage, favorite gumshoe reporter and Managing Editor of Employee Benefit Adviser recently rounded up a panel of benefits pros to discuss what comes next for health care reform, now that Sen. Edward Kennedy, the efforts biggest Democratic champion, has passed away. Its one of those times you wish you could be a fly on the wall. But thanks to E.G., you dont have to. Read on, and then share your
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It's hard to believe that four years has gone by since Hurricane Katrina rendered destruction and devastation on New Orleans and neighboring Gulf Coast regions. As the last weekend nation marked the anniversary of the storm's landfall, the city continues its efforts to rebuild and move forward. The resilience and determination of New Orleans residents and businesses can be a template for your own work as employers nationwide strive to rebuild from the recession.
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With all the bleeding the recession has caused in defined contribution plans, it can be easy to forget that defined benefit plans have been recession ravaged as well. DB sponsors are taking steps to stop the bleeding, according to the pros at Watson Wyatt, undergoing what one consultant called a 'seismic shift from business as usual.'
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I know that the budget ax has been swinging furiously all year to help companies survive the recession you may have had to duck out of its path yourself at some point. And with near-record joblessness still hurting the economy, you may be tempted to let the ax swing and chop wherever it will, so long as it's not in your direction. I understand and can relate to that mentality.
August 31 -
When I think of the 'Wild West,' I imagine utter lawlessness and duels at dawn, not kind phlebotomists saying, 'Just a little stick.' But when it comes to worksite wellness screenings, the folks at Summit Health say the 'Wild West is alive and well.' Turns out, the lawlessness I imagined can be applied to onsite health screenings, Summit says. While national and local regulations cover finger sticks and blood draws, no single organization or regulatory body
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Remember swine flu? The potential pandemic that this spring had people walking around in surgical masks and calling to close our border with Mexico? Although the furor has died down, the swine flu threat has not, according to health experts. In fact, public health officials are predicting a resurgence of swine flu. As a result, legal eagles Ed Foulke and Howard Mavity, co-chairs of the workplace safety & catastrophe management practice Group at law firm Fisher
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I love ranked lists -- the top 100 movies of all time, top 20 Beatles songs ever, 1000 places to see before you die -- but this one has actual professional value. Moder Healthcare magazine has released its annual list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare. Now in its eighth year, the mag puts President Obama at the top of the 2009 list, followed by several of his close friends and foes on health
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I know that streamlining payroll efficiency likely is about as exciting as my last dental appointment. But what if I told you that reducing payroll errors potentially could save you hundreds of thousands? All of a sudden it sounds much more interesting, no? The Salvation Army's Chicago Metropolitan Division spent 70% of its time tied to manual data entry and was not only overspending because of calculation and transcription errors and omissions, but also was out
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My colleague and I wanted to experience for ourselves a true health care reform town hall, though we were admittedly a little frightened after watching highlights of past meetings on the news. Nevertheless, we gathered our courage and set out, visiting one such meeting Tuesday night near the EBN/EBA office. Despite volunteers handing out George Washington’s code of civility to everyone in the audience, the Reston, Va., town hall got a little heated, to say the
August 27