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Be careful when considering allowing employees to wear Halloween costumes to the office. Dennis Donnelly of Brian Cave in St. Louis shares potential legal ramifications during this Web-exclusive podcast.
In a word, duck! A finger of blame may be pointing your way. A recent article in the Las Vegas Business Press reports that employees angry over their 401(k) losses from the stock market freefall will be "looking for someone to blame," and that someone may be employers.
Sens. McCain and Obama, take note: A majority of workers want you to make work-life flexibility a priority during your presidency.
Okay, so maybe you´re outside the target demographic for MTV´s get out the vote push. But with less than a week to go until election day, it´s time to make your choice and show the power of your industry as a voting bloc.
In a push to make benefits more relevant to today's employees, Guardian Life has commissioned soccer star Mia Hamm to promote benefits enrollment to employees. She's got a cool video, sure, but does this technique work?Read a full post on the subject from EBA Editor Robert Whiddon.
The economy hasn't soured employers on expatriate assignments, as new research from Mercer finds that the number of that the number of employees working abroad has nearly doubled in the last several years — from 50,000 in 2005-2006 to 94,000 today.
In today's economy, we're all being asked to do "more with less." But since there aren't ever going to be more hours in the day, you need to figure out a way to make those hours more effective.
Welcome to an exclusive online podcast with Joel Rice of Fisher & Philips, a national labor and employment law firm. In light of the economy, we know employers out there are struggling with difficult decisions regarding layoffs and termination of employees.
We all know you love your CrackBerry, but there's such a thing as too much contact.
Is your retirement plan ERISA 404(a) and 404(c) compliant? I couldn´t tell you, but EBN contributor Phil Fogli can.
We've got a great Web-Exclusive podcast on a small employer in Colorado who recently implemented a full-scale concierge benefits program for their employees. Want to take a listen? Click here.
No matter how much you like your job, there are days when huddling under the covers, playing golf, or just watching TV sounds much better than going to work. According to CareerBuilder.com's annual survey on absenteeism, one third of workers have played hooky by calling in sick when they weren't.
Let the cookie crumble … sort of. EBN contributor Phil Fragasso offers advice on moving beyond cookie cutter retirement messages and helping plan participants create an "individual pension plan."
You can beat a benefit that saves money and brings healthy bouncing babies into the world! Read more in the October EBN about how Nationwide Better Health´s maternity management program did both.
I am skeptical of Massachusetts' results as reported in this paper. Since initially signing up people for Commonwealth Care, there has been a steady trend of disenrolling people who are no longer eligible or who were not eligible in the first place. Also the state initially reported a 6% uninsured rate…
Did you miss today's Web Discussion on how to implement wellness programs? Never fear, we've got the transcript. Click here for full details.
Concerned about financial strains, employees want more information about how to handle their retirement plans and personal debts.
"I just saved a bunch of money on my company´s health expenditures by switching to a radiology benefit manager!" Okay, doesn´t roll off like "switching to Geico," but you may save significantly more. A current EBN report tells you how.
Here´s a downward spiral we can all agree we´d like to continue: Census data reveal that the number of uninsured individuals in the United States fell by 1.5 million between 2006 and 2007, driven by growth in Medicare, Medicaid, military programs and Massachusetts health care reform. This report from…