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With open enrollment season in full swing at companies nationwide, employees who miss out on benefits may be simply throwing money away.

In today's special Web-exclusive podcast, grocery chain Piggly Wiggly discusses how they moved from paper to online enrollment systems. Craig Massey, director of HR, shares the story with EBA Managing Editor McLean Robbins.

Small or large, almost all businesses are feeling the pinch in this economic downturn. If your company is forced to lay off employees, it is critical that proper channels are followed to avoid potentially costly backlash in the future.

Nearly one-third (29%) of workers do holiday shopping online during work hours, states new data from CareerBuilder.com. In addition, only half of employers will monitor Internet use of employees, potentially setting the stage for even more lost productivity in an already-crunched Q4. "While employers...

Dean Kohmann, vice president of 401(k)s for Charles Schwab, chatted with us last week to share details about a new survey about retirement habits. He offered eight tips to help employees get on track with their savings regimen. Tune in to the podcast, and find the tips written below in this exclusive...

While the economy may have curtailed holiday merriment to an extent, many offices are still planning smaller get-togethers as celebrations. Unfortunately, without proper planning, these shindigs can turn into potential HR nightmares as "off the clock" employees exhibit behaviors that are less-than-work...

Benefits account for nearly 20% of total compensation spending, states data from the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institutes's 2007 study, published last week in the November issue of EBRI Notes.

Revisit the tax treatment of gifts to employees.

A recent study published in the December issue of the journal Pediatrics finds that about half of some 800 pediatricians and family docs surveyed delayed purchasing childhood vaccines because of high vaccine costs compared to low reimbursement rates, and another poll finds that 11% of doctors (just 5%...

Nearly all (94.5%) of human resource professionals say that it is important for employees to own a home computer, but as many as one-fourth of professionals say that over 30% of employees don't own computers at home.