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Getting started in social media is a lot like getting started in investing. It pays to have a plan. If you are like most advisers, youre probably just getting started. For you less is more.
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Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a wellness program and voluntary screenings.
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Benefits matter more than ever to employees. The third annual study of employees views by Unum toward their benefits and enrollment was conducted online in December following the 2010 benefits enrollment period among more than 1,700 working adults. The research finds the perceived importance of many employee benefits notably increased from 2008 to 2010 across all age groups.
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Last week, Meritain Health, a provider of self-funded health and wellness plans, found that 89% of participants had improved blood pressure and 77% had reduced LDL cholesterol.
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The excise tax remains employers No. 1 concern with the health care reform law, with 45% of employers surveyed recently by Mercer citing it as a significant concern.
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Patricia Sowell Harris is very into McDonalds. Understandably so. She started as a "fry girl" but moved on after two weeks to administrative assistant.
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STEVE JOBS ASKED US TO THINK DIFFERENT Over the last few months I have spoken to over 100 groups of brokers, consultants and employers across the country about the results of two critical pieces of recent research that MetLife has conducted with employees, employers and brokers that demonstrate the need to think differently about the future. Especially true for professionals in the trusted advisor business faced with distinct revenue challenges in the near future will be
October 31
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A California appellate court has carved out an exception to the general rule that employers in California have a duty to reimburse legal expenses of employees whenever they are sued over conduct engaged in during the course and scope of their employment. No such duty exists, the court held, when the employer sues the employee—even if the employee is ultimately successful in defending the case.
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What is it? Nope, not your vending machine/cafeteria options. Not employee engagement (or lack thereof). The answer is most likely right in front of you.
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More and more people report to more than one boss, and learning to handle multiple managers is an essential skill in today's complex, and often dysfunctional, organizations, says Harvard Business Review.
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