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Now that I’m a more seasoned editor, I truly appreciate the infusion of energy, enthusiasm and fearlessness that new professionals bring to EBN. This appreciation hit me full-force yesterday, as I was on a call with EBN’s newest associate editor, Lisa Gillespie. Lisa was pitching me stories for EBN’s upcoming issue, and among her ideas was to write a piece on the fallout and future benefits implications of the health care reform mandate for…

Smoking is a well-known health hazard that kills 400,000 people every year across all genders, income levels and ethnic backgrounds. However, when it comes to quitting smoking, it turns out that not everyone benefits equally from quitting.

To me, it only seems fair that workers who already have guaranteed retirement income to look forward to through a pension plan not be able to reap more guaranteed money through a 401(k) match. I say that maintaining such a policy — aside from being wildly expensive and I’d think unsustainable — would be the ultimate gross-out double-dip.

I received a job announcement recently that I absolutely had to pass along (I’m happy to post others, by the way — just email me at kelley.butler@sourcemedia.com, subject line “Job announcement: Please post to EBV). I’m not sure who wrote it, but even I was tempted to apply.

A recent Forbes blog post stated there are only three questions that truly matter when interviewing job candidates. And not one of them is, “Where do you see yourself in five years?”

Everyone who has diabetes faces the same challenges, potential complications and treatment options. So logically, everyone who has diabetes would benefit from disease management. However, it’s a case where science defies logic.

Billionaire boy wonder Mark Zuckerberg has truly revolutionized the interwebs, and so when Morningstar reported this week that some 50 mutual funds have shares in Facebook, standing to gain billions, I think it’s only fair to wonder: Can Zuckerberg revolutionize retirement as well?

The great swings so far in the Republican nomination race may seem like fertile ground for watercooler discussion. However, I — as well as etiquette and HR/benefits experts — strongly encourage you to resist talking politics in the office.

Employers pay people to meet sales goals, hit productivity targets, put in overtime. It works. By that logic, paying people cash incentives to lose weight or engage in other healthy behaviors also should “work”. But it doesn’t. Or at least, not in the long run.

While President Obama's State of the Union address cited corporations that were dedicated to helping train American workers, Obama interestingly never — not once — specifically called on businesses to play a part in worker training, or even suggest that it was in their interests to do so. This, in my view, was a major failing of the president’s address.