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Okay, so maybe you´re outside the target demographic for MTV´s get out the vote push. But with less than a week to go until election day, it´s time to make your choice and show the power of your industry as a voting bloc.

In a push to make benefits more relevant to today's employees, Guardian Life has commissioned soccer star Mia Hamm to promote benefits enrollment to employees. She's got a cool video, sure, but does this technique work?Read a full post on the subject from EBA Editor Robert Whiddon.

The economy hasn't soured employers on expatriate assignments, as new research from Mercer finds that the number of that the number of employees working abroad has nearly doubled in the last several years -- from 50,000 in 2005-2006 to 94,000 today.

In today's economy, we're all being asked to do "more with less." But since there aren't ever going to be more hours in the day, you need to figure out a way to make those hours more effective.

We all know you love your CrackBerry, but there's such a thing as too much contact.

Welcome to an exclusive online podcast with Joel Rice of Fisher & Philips, a national labor and employment law firm. In light of the economy, we know employers out there are struggling with difficult decisions regarding layoffs and termination of employees.

Is your retirement plan ERISA 404(a) and 404(c) compliant? I couldn´t tell you, but EBN contributor Phil Fogli can.

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We've got a great Web-Exclusive podcast on a small employer in Colorado who recently implemented a full-scale concierge benefits program for their employees. Want to take a listen? Click here.

No matter how much you like your job, there are days when huddling under the covers, playing golf, or just watching TV sounds much better than going to work. According to CareerBuilder.com's annual survey on absenteeism, one third of workers have played hooky by calling in sick when they weren't.