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A vast majority of workers are tapping their health savings accounts to pay for immediate healthcare expenses — and nine other findings from Willis Towers Watson.

The data suggest demand for workers remains strong and companies are offering better compensation packages to workers amid low unemployment rate.

Oren Eini, chief executive officer and founder of Hibernating Rhinos, has more than 20 years of experience in the development world with a strong focus on the Microsoft and .NET ecosystem. Recognized as one of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professionals since 2007, Oren is also the author of "Inside RavenDB." He frequently speaks at industry conferences such as DevTeach, JAOO, QCon, Oredev, NDC, Yow! and Progressive.NET. An avid blogger, you can also find him under his pseudonym as Ayende Rahien at http://www.ayende.com/Blog/.

Health savings account participants are more engaged in their healthcare decisions but still see HSAs as ways for reducing medical expense.

Employers are grappling with slow adoption even as they push high-deductible health plans as a smart bet for more workers.

Men in the financial and entertainment industries are still unaware of issues impacting women in the workplace.

The company is using the new social collaboration tool to connect its 15,000 U.S. retail employees, many of whom do not have corporate email accounts.

The company is rolling out egg storage reimbursement, surrogacy reimbursement and genetic testing for its 38,000 U.S. employees, beginning in January.

Nearly two in three workers are tapping their health savings accounts to pay for healthcare expenses with only a modest 8% saving for the future.

Moving could eliminate their mortgage, reduce housing expenses and lower cost of living.