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Continuing with our week-long trip into workplace culture, it is important to know how culture could be affecting company wellness programs. If your workplace culture is bad, all those step challenges and healthy eating campaigns aren’t going to do your employees much good. Here are eight red flags that indicate your workplace culture might need some work.

Improving upon well-being is vital to a population’s overall health and economy, and for employers. Well-being can also be a predictor of business outcomes, essentially affecting a company’s economic potential. Recent data from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index analyzes 100 communities across the country, and based on five elements that contribute to the notion of well-being — purpose, social, financial, community and physical — have ranked from best to worst for overall well-being. Here are the 10 communities with the highest well-being scores:

Retirement has been a hot topic for benefits professionals, and remaining competitive is key to keeping the best and brightest talent in the workforce. The following companies, according to BrightScope, provide their employees some of the best 401(k) options around, with a rating algorithm calculating a single numerical value for each 401(k) plan. The data points examined cover broad categories such as total plan cost, company generosity and investment menu quality.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is charged with enforcing six federal laws including, the Equal Pay Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. While the scope of six laws may seem small, the number of EEOC charges in 2014 came in at just under 89,000. And when it comes to certain states, EEOC charges are through the roof. According to EEOC data, the following states top the charts for the most number of EEOC charges last year.

The long-standing tradition of job boards, or the “post and pray” strategy, has always been a source of anxiety for employers looking to fill positions. While job boards can provide amazing leads on new candidates, times have changed. The experts at Glassdoor know today’s job boards are more about posting with a purpose, letting you run targeted job campaigns and influence candidates who may be unaware of your employer brand.

With March Madness underway across the country, many employers — big and small — can begin to see just how much madness it can cause in the workplace.

Employee engagement can be one of the hardest strategies to plan for many benefits professionals. Getting employees to actively take part in a holiday party or quarterly meeting can be tricky. Consultant and blogger Sharlyn Lauby shares some particularly useful ways to make events “Instagrammable,” with the idea of making company events so fun that workers will even post them on social media.

What makes millennials choose one job over another? According to Futurestep,a recruiting firm, these seven benefits are what matter most to millennials.

Employers can now offer a carryover of up to $500 in flexible spending account funds or allow a two-and-a-half month grace period at the end of the year. But the FSA grace period ends March 15.

Today, March 6, is Employee Appreciation Day and across the U.S., employees pour their heart and souls into their jobs. But there are some employees that go above and beyond, earning their employers’ gratitude all that much more. According to WalletHub's new data evaluating labor force participation rates, average hours worked per week and number of workers with multiple jobs, the following cities are considered the hardest working American cities.