Reports of workplace bullying up
CareerBuilder says more employees are reporting being bullied and claim that HR is doing nothing about it.
Quality of life benefits
Experts encourage using work breaks for fitness
By happy coincidence, a 30-minute lunch break is exactly as long as the minimum amount of time government guidelines recommend adults spend on physical activity.
Moderate pay raises, unfunded bonuses ahead
For the second consecutive year, U.S. bonuses will not be fully funded, but pay increases are predicted for 2013, according to a pair of Towers Watson surveys.
Fidelity launches Plan for Life savings initiative
New retirement toolbox seeks to balance 401(k) plan funding with participants life needs.
Legal life events having greater impact at the workplace
Recent research indicates that more people are being affected by major legal events in their lives and so is their productivity.
Benefit cuts are workers top worry, Gallup reports
Americans express greater concern over the loss of employer-sponsored benefits than about being laid off in a new Gallup poll.
Survey: Many firms want Boomers to work past retirement age
Many U.S. employers would like to retain selected Baby Boomers who choose to work beyond age 65, a new survey suggests.
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Business travel seen as bastion for unhealthy behavior
A new Harris Interactive poll of more than 2,000 working Americans suggests that bad behaviors occur on business trips, including excessive drinking and extramarital affairs.
Benefits Think Mad at the food police? Get real. We have a serious problem
If its okay to charge higher premiums on employer-provided health insurance to smokers or employees who refuse to take a health-risk appraisal, then why, asks guest blogger Bruce Shutan, is it wrong for the government to help us take better care of ourselves?
Eye-popping retiree medical tab seen
Experts who have crunched the numbers on retiree medical cost estimates that factor in Medicare premiums, prescription drugs and the occasional illness project frightening bills even for healthy individuals.
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Linda Stern
Mississippi most obese, Colorado slimmest
Corporate America, take note: A new report sheds light on the national obesity epidemics regional trouble spots, as well as areas that are successfully battling bulging waistlines.
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Ian Simpson
Perks keep drivers truckin
Truck stops are getting a makeover as companies add amenities to combat the growing shortage of a precious commodity: drivers.
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Keynote shows how to trim obesity costs
Employers that develop a culture of health are able to bend the cost curve, but one potentially serious impediment is an alarming national obesity epidemic that has triggered multiple co-morbidity factors that run up expenses.
Financial literacy tied to productivity
Financial literacy is so critically important to working Americans that it can make them more productive and less vulnerable to major economic uncertainty, according to a new survey, but only about half of employers said they provide basic workplace financial education.
Wellness incentives: a carrot or stick?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) poses both a moral and business dilemma for worksite wellness programs, but a leading authority suggests that it can be overcome with careful thought and the right strategy in place.
Half of urban workers would trade a benefit for more time off
Half of all workers who receive paid vacation time in the nations top 10 largest cities would be willing to sacrifice a workplace benefit in exchange for more paid time off. However, despite their desire for more free time, most employees dont even use the vacation time they already receive.
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Study: sitting less lengthens life
Sedentary office workers, including busy HR practitioners, may want to stand up to absorb some provocative news published in the online medical journal BMJ Open: Most Americans could live two years longer on average if theyd spend less than three hours a day sitting.
10 reasons the Olympics wont be a workplace distraction
Should employers be worried about workplace productivity during the Olympics?
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Unprepared for retirement?
Worries persist that working Americans arent saving enough to afford a life of leisure, but maybe retirement isnt all that its cracked up to be.
White men seen as change agents
Can training really make corporate cultures dominated by white men more inclusive?
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