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It´s an unbelievably difficult day to be a retiree at GM, as the automaker made news once again for cutting benefits. This time, the company says it will eliminate retiree medical coverage for salaried workers age 65 and older. Although GM isn´t the first - nor the last - employer to eliminate...

Have you tried to engage your Gen Y workers in retirement planning and education only to be told they'll TTYL? If trying to create effective retirement messages to reach this generation of texters doesn't have you LOL, click here for help.

Who needs Brangelina news when you have the Benny winners? EBN is proud to announce the recipients of the 2008 Benny Awards, given by EBN and corporate sponsor VSP. But for people who want the Brangelina news, click here.

As the Benefits Group's resident Gen Y staffer, I also seem to be the one most interested in learning about what's being written on the Millenials. In addition to some recent coverage (podcasts, articles, and even a Web seminar), I'm absolutely in love with Nadira A. Hira's blog from Fortune Magazine...

Here´s something to chew on with your morning coffee:

Want to implement a telework policy and not sure where to start? Click here for EBN coverage from experts on how to be lean and green with telework.

The National Center for Policy Analysis creates a calculator that shows 401(k) participants the savings lost from taking a plan loan, revealing that a 35-year-old that borrows $30,000 over five years actually loses more than $190,000 in the process. (Could the new tool be a shout out?)

In the dog days of summer, it can be a tricky exercise to keep employees' apparel on the business side of business-casual. Hear what Mary Lou Andre, founder, president and CEO of Organization by Design has for employers in enforcing a proper summer dress code.

"Research indicates main reasons [that employees leave an organization] are lack of communication with supervisors and lack of any hopy in future and money." On the flip side, workers stay for "vision for the future, their involvement in that future, understanding of corporate mission and strong workplace...

The bigger they are, the bigger the class-action suit. Participants in Wal-Mart's 401(k) plan have filed a $9.9 billion class action suit against the retail giant, asserting the plan's fees were too costly. However, execs have issued a slap in return, saying the allegations are "mere speculation" and...