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I’ve read a lot of benefits stories over the years – including ones involving employees sexting with company phones or gaming the system through loopholes in the Family and Medical Leave Act – where I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cry.
An email I received recently from a colleague falls into the same category. After reading a story in EBN’s e-newsletter inBrief about government anti-smoking incentives, he wrote to ironically point out:
Kelley M. Butler is the Editor-in-Chief of Employee Benefit News, the nation's No. 1 business trade publication for benefits professionals, covering news and trends in health, retirement, work-life … Read full bio
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