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Next month, us EBNers will cut the ribbon on our new office nap room. We are very excited about this, however, other than four walls and darkness, we’re kind of clueless about what to put in our nap room to make it the very best it can be.

A new survey from WorldatWork reveals that although 80% of employers around the globe say they support family-friendly workplaces, employee respondents report that when they took advantage of work-life programs, they experienced negative repercussions.

In a poll of telecommuters, Staples Advantage found that 86% of telecommuters say they are more productive in their home office. In addition, people who work from home are heappier, healthier, more loyal and better balanced than their cubicle-bound counterparts.

Ever since the financial collapse of 2008, the corporate mantra has been “Do more with less.” Now, new survey results show that employers can get more work out of employees, without even boosting base pay.

In a recent survey, when Penn Mutual calculated the actual median value of services, a women’s contribution to the home was $34,256 and men’s was $19,322. In addition, men were 9% more likely to overestimate their contribution by $30,000 or more, while 36% of women underestimated their value by at least $30,000.

As President Obama prepares to unveil his new job-creation plan Thursday night, he doesn’t exactly have the strongest lead-in. Last week’s jobs report revealed the economy added zero jobs last month, leaving unemployment at 9.1%. The report also showed unemployment is particularly high among young Americans (age 18-24) — an eye-popping 16.4%.

According to 541 SHRM members polled, the majority say a job candidate’s social media activity is a non-issue when it comes to hiring.

Stop the presses! If you were planning to roll out an employee survey to coincide with this fall’s open enrollment season, you may want to hold off, survey results show.

“Garden leave,” a transitional period during which a terminating employee "is paid to remain at home and out of work, but to be ‘on call’ to his or her former employer for as-needed transitional services.” To me, this concept is wholly interesting and if I were in a position to choose, I’d prefer it to phased retirement.

Workplace walking programs sure are taking big steps forward these days. For years now, I’ve been hearing about programs from Florida to Colorado walking toward better employee health armed only with a pedometer and a dream, but it seems that recently the programs are really hitting their stride, so to speak.