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“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.

A new report from EAP provider ComPsych suggests that employees’ emotional health likely will not support healthy lifestyle changes -- indicating that stress, anxiety, depression and poor social support may be hampering employees' efforts to achieve wellness goals.

With uncertain economic times having American employees highly stressed and otherwise emotionally on edge, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that a new survey from CareerBuilder shows that 34% of hiring managers say they’re placing greater emphasis on emotional intelligence when hiring and promoting employees post-recession.

Strategic adviser Davia Temin says that when it comes to corporate social media, “It is the Wild West out there. Every organization knows it should be doing something, but is not sure what." Temin has written a series on Forbes.com to help employers avoid the 10 don’ts of corporate social media efforts.

Every year, around mid-August, I think three things: I can’t believe the summer is almost over. I can’t believe it’s been almost X years since Katrina. I can’t believe next month it will be X years since 9/11.

If I gave you 30 seconds to name your company’s 10 top-performing employees, could you do it? If not, you’re not alone — unfortunately. A new survey reveals that more than one-quarter of large organizations make virtually no attempt to identify high-potential employees.

Although I’m ever grateful for all of my benefits and the financial safety net they provide, flexibility is the benefit that has the biggest impact on my day-to-day life. It makes me a better mother, wife, colleague, overall person — I can’t say any of those things about my 401(k) plan.

My family has an iPad at home, but I rarely see it. My kids' Angry Birds marathons don't leave much time left for mom to use it. But if I did use our iPad more often, I’d definitely read EBN on it—now that we’ve launched a new iPad app!

Although TV shows and online games makes light of the fact that U.S. adults struggle with basic elementary school concepts, the serious reality is that the chasm between the skills U.S. workers possess and the skills required for open jobs is wide, getting wider and may be partially to blame for the nation’s high unemployment.