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Benefits Think Scone: Bush attempting to pave over glass ceiling?
The Paycheck Fairness Act, recently approved by the House (247-178) aims to help end pay discrimination against women and close the pay gap that has persisted for decades between the sexes.
Benefits Think News You Can Use: Kick in that glass celing
More than one-third (34%) of female workers feel they are paid less than their male counterparts for the same skills and qualifications, states new data from a CareerBuilder.com survey. While 40% of surveyed men make…
Benefits Think Tip of the Day
Fellow bloggers at Pension Pulse offer defined benefit sponsors useful tips for avoiding fraud in public plans.
Benefits Think News You Can Use: Telework becoming even more popular
For more than two-thirds of employees, off-site work is common, states new research from Office Team. Within the next five years, 82% of managers polled think telework percentages will increase.
Benefits Think Scone: Actually, being fat does pay
In the "I-don´t-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry" files, an Oregon man has successfully sued his employer to foot the bill for his gastric bypass surgery, using the state´s workers´ compensation law.
Benefits Think News You Can (and Can’t) Use: Encourage employees to ‘go green’ with vehicle rebates…plus, did you go to a green college?
We've heard ad nauseum rising gas prices, and quite frankly, we're sick of it. But enVista, an Indianapolis, In.-based company, isn't taking the situation lying down. They've introduced "enVista green," a program aimed at improving and protecting the environment.
Benefits Think Tip of the Day: Fashion Dos and Don’ts for the workplace
If you're having trouble enforcing office dress and behavior codes, consider seeking online assistance from The Protocol School of Washington. Their recently launched Business Image Coaching(TM) (BIC) uses a scientific, in-class and web-platform combination to analyze individuals from head-to-toe to…
Benefits Think Tip of the Day
Second in importance only to your relationship with employees is your relationship with your broker. The August EBN features tips on finding the right broker match and strengthening the bond.
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The Center for State and Local Government Excellence has made available two sets of 2006 pension data on its Web site, covering defined DC data for 20 primary plans operated by state governments as well as DB data for 126 state-administered plans. Curious about the health of your pension plan? Compare…
Benefits Think News You Can’t Use: Employee sues for the right to pee
So very sad that this had to come to litigation, but here you have it. A female crane operator has won the right to pursue a discrimination lawsuit against her employer for telling her that she would have to urinate off the back of the crane like her male colleagues when she needed to go to the bathroom….
Benefits Think Overheard At: New Issue Time
It's a new month, and you know what that means! A new issue of Employee Benefit News. Listen to this month's issue highlights podcast as Editor in Chief Kelley Butler shares her tips for navigating through all of the great content we have available. Don't forget to download your copy today.
Benefits Think Tip of the Day
Is your look a bit outdated, professionally speaking? Learn from your benefits industry peers how to give yourself a career makeover in a report in the August EBN.
Benefits Think Scone: Blues move toward retail clinics could present catch 22
Creating a good news/bad news scenario for employers offering Blues health insurance plans in Minnesota, BCBS Minnesota has announced it will waive copays for members who use retail clinics to receive medical care.
Benefits Think News You Can Use: Discrimination suit over English ability can proceed
Whoo boy! That sound you just heard was a new can of worms being opened on the employer liability front, as a D.C. appellate court has ruled that a worker who was fired for not speaking English well enough can pursue a discrimination lawsuit. This is one for employers to watch, as such issues likely are…
Benefits Think Overheard At: Recruit a younger, more mobile workforce
Sadly, our super intern, Dan, has left for the summer, but before he headed back to University of Ohio, he left us this great podcast with Andrea Jackson of IBM. She talks about how to recruit a younger, more mobile workforce.
Benefits Think Wish You Were Here: Workforce Alliance receives DOL Excellence Award
Workforce Alliance recently received the Department of Labor's Recognition of Excellence Award in the "Educating America's Workforce to Serve Emerging Industries" category for its biotech training program that granted certificates and provides opportunities for individuals seeking a career in biotechnology….
Benefits Think News You Can Use: Video resumes land on the cutting room floor
Employers advocate that potential new hires develop a Web presence, but video resumes aren't the way to catch their interest, states new research from Robert Half International. Just under a quarter (24%) of employers surveyed says that their companies accept video resumes. More than half (58%) say…
Benefits Think Scone: GAO uncovers employers âblatant cheatingâ on payroll taxes
During a time when employees are struggling with stagnant wages, falling home prices and rising gas and food prices, it´s all the more stomach turning to read news of a new report from the Government Accountability Office that finds thousands U.S. employers appear to have been ducking federal payroll…
Benefits Think News You Can Use: DOL, SEC join forces on retirement plan oversight
In a too-rare display of government collaboration, the Department of Labor and the Securities and Exchange Commission have inked an information-sharing agreement that will aid both agencies´ efforts to regulate the nation´s retirement plans.