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Most companies haven´t lost their holiday spirit in the wake of a difficult financial year. About 71% of employers will continue their plans for a holiday party for employees this year, according to a Hewitt survey of more than 160 employers.

Kelly Traw, a principal at Mercer, discusses how employers will have to redesign their health benefits to reflect the new Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.

In a new research paper, the Bureau of Labor Statistics finds the amount of 401(k) assets employee-investors have in company stock is dwindling and has been steadily for the past two decades.

Apparently driven to desperation by the recession, more employees are stealing from the company cookie-jar, according to a recent study by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), which found that 15% of employers have noted an increase in office crime spurred by the economic crisis.

Get LinkedIn on how from Facebook to Sharepoint, social networking has employees all a-Twitter. Learn how to leverage such sites to enhance your benefits communications in a "Five Minutes With ..." podcast with Watson Wyatt's Michael Rudnick.

As the number of layoffs nationwide mounts higher, it seems employees who are terminated aren't walking away with much. According to survey by Right Management, U.S. employers offer the lowest amount of severance regardless of seniority and/or tenure.

A new survey tool from DMAA allows employers, health plans, disease management companies and other stakeholders to better understand providers' experiences with and attitudes toward population health improvement programs. The organization developed the tool because the "success of disease management,...

Jennifer Schramm, manager of workplace trends and forecasting at the Society for Human Resource Management, offers insights into the top workplace trends, based on SHRM´s survey data. For more complete survey results, read "Seeing around the curve," in this month's EBN.

In a recent Watson Wyatt Workforce Planning Survey, almost two thirds (71%) of employers cite scarcity of talent as the biggest challenge impeding their business strategy. Other major concerns include restructuring (42%) and layoffs or hiring freezes (20%).

Rep. Hilda Solis, (D-Calif.), is President-elect in Barack Obama´s pick for Secretary of Labor, he will announce in a news conference today.