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In July, I wrote a post on EBN's blog, the Daily Diversion, remarking on the powerful simplicity of haikus and challenging readers to write in similarly simplistic terms what being a benefits professional means to them.
September 1 -
Before joining Zappos, chief executive officer Tony Hsieh dreaded coming to work at his own company. It wasn't fun to work there anymore because the company culture went completely down the drain, he told the audience in his keynote address the annual Society for Human Resource Management conference in Las Vegas.
September 1 -
Longer life expectancies and the individual responsibility for retirement savings are combining to challenge conventional thinking and to re-shape the relationships between employers and their older employees. Check out five significant practical benefits for plan sponsors.
August 31 -
With investors falling in and out of love with Wall Street at a rapid pace, some financial advisers are finding themselves playing a new role that of marriage counselor. As financial markets remain in turmoil, couples are getting more anxious as they watch their nest eggs wither.
August 31 -
At a briefing Monday, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis spoke about the need for more employment opportunities for the 9.1% of Americans out of work and the role government can play in facilitating job creation.
August 31 -
Longer life expectancies and the individual responsibility for retirement savings are combining to challenge conventional thinking and to re-shape the relationships between employers and their older employees. Individual retirement savings, primarily through 401(k) plans, are now being evaluated in terms of benefit adequacy and secure monthly income in retirement. Increasing life expectancies mean that workers must save enough to last for 20 to 30 years of retirement . . . if they retire at 65.
August 31 -
[IMGCAP(1)] NEW YORK | Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:47am EDT (Reuters) - With investors falling in and out of love with Wall Street at a rapid pace, some financial advisers are finding themselves playing a new role — that of marriage counselor. In general, people don't appear to agree about one of the most critical investment decisions of their married life: How they plan to retire. Advisers say they often find themselves in the middle of financial
August 31 -
401(k) participants who invested in target-date funds overwhelmingly tend to stick with these investments over time, according to new research by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute. Just over 90% of 401(k) participants investing in TDFs in 2007 stuck with them through 2009, EBRI finds. Using a proxy for the auto-enrollment status of participants, those identified as auto-enrollees are even more likely to have stayed with TDFs, at a rate over 95%.
August 31 -
Employees who work at companies that offer incentive programs have two recommendations for improving the programs: Increase the frequency of rewards and offer more reward options, says a new survey. According to a recent survey by Staples Advantage, 85% of those who participate in company-driven incentive programs feel more valued at work, while 70% say they are happier and more motivated at work, thanks to their incentive program. Sixty-five percent, meanwhile, say they are more loyal
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At a briefing Monday, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis spoke about the need for more employment opportunities for the 9.1% of Americans out of work and the role government can play in facilitating job creation. “The priority is to connect with the businesses, so that we’re not training people for jobs that don’t exist, but for jobs that are open,” Solis said, highlighting the green industry, information technology and battery-operated cars companies as examples of industries
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