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The nation's largest trade organization, AARP, announced yesterday that they are partnering with RetirementJobs.com, an online career portal for workers aged 50+. Workers can search for full time, part-time, and flexible work through www.aarp.org/jobs.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released numbers on employee benefits for March 2008. Among the bullet points, 61% of private industry employees had access to paid retirement benefits, compared with 89% of state and local government employees, and 71% of private industry workers had medical benefits,...

Everyone knows that finding top talent is a surefire way to increase company success, but new research from the Aberdeen Group puts a number on the impact of sound talent management. A recent study finds best-in-class organizations in managing a talent acquisition program increased employee retention...

Following the departure of longtime CEO Susan Meisinger, the Society for Human Resource Management has named Laurence "Lon" O´Neil as its new president and CEO, effective Oct. 1.

Congratulations to Mary Power, executive director of the HR Certification Institute.

If you've got a job, (an uncertain thing in today's topsy-turvy economy) chances are you're well aware of your company's leave policy. Are you on a traditional time off plan or has your organization made the switch to PTO leave blocks?

There really is no such thing as a free lunch, as the Department of Labor's Fair Labor Standards Team recently ruled employers "must compensate the employee for all hours worked, including the time worked during the missed meal period." The ruling follows an inquiry from an employer asking how to interpret...

A new survey from the Institute for Corporate Productivity reveals that while most employers (81%) have tuition reimbursement plans, a paltry 5% track the ROI on the programs. Read EBN coverage that offer tips on how to offer rich, yet still effective, tuition reimbursement benefits.

Although past coverage in EBN offered proposals otherwise, pension plan buyouts have been deemed illegal by the Treasury Department and IRS. Under such arrangements, companies with imperiled or frozen defined benefit plans could sell them to a financially secure company to administer. Yet, while the agencies...

If you're taking your employee communications high-tech, check out what other methods employers are using to reach workers. According to Robert Half Technology, video conferencing and online training are most popular.