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According to a new CareerBuilder survey, some of my fellow teleworkers are giving in to their darker angels. The survey finds that teleworkers confessed to their top distractions when working from home.

A genie tells you that she’ll grant you one wish for your employee benefits programs. It will take effect immediately, and will cost you nothing in time, talent, money or morale. What would you wish for?

Us EBNers are heading down to Big D this weekend for the 24th annual Benefits Forum & Expo (Sept. 25-27 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas). We’ve heard everything’s bigger in Texas, so we’re ready to wow all of our guests a truly Texas-sized agenda, featuring more content than before to help you rein in your most pressing benefits cost, compliance and communication problems.

So, what are they, you ask? Not so fast. Tweet your best benefits communication pearls to EBN Associate Editor Lisa Gillespie (@EBN_LVGillespie). Her favorite will win a copy of “You Can’t Not Communicate 2: More Proven Solutions that Power the Fortune 100,” by David Grossman.

On Tuesday, Sept. 27, I’ll be moderating the keynote panel discussion at EBN’s Benefits Forum & Expo, featuring four HR/benefits professionals from companies listed on Fortune’s 100 Best Places to Work. If you had the panelists as a captive audience (here’s who they are, by the way), what would you ask them?

One of Benefits Forum & Expo's keynote speakers will be NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach, who played nine outstanding seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. Staubach has graciously volunteered to autograph some Cowboys memorabilia for EBN to give away to one lucky Twitter follower.

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.