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Participating in a three-year initiative in 10 cities that offered strategies for supporting older workers, these workers are finding new work through a plan that placed them in paid temporary internships. The program, which allowed workers to try new jobs while gaining experience and education, is a model that could be replicated in other parts of the country.
Venture capital is a male-dominated world, but sexual harassment lawsuits are rare. A lawsuit was filed against one firm earlier this month, alleging that executives excluded women from email chains, allowing fewer female junior partners board seats and investment sponsorships compared to male junior partners, allocating women a smaller percentage of profits. Avoiding even the appearance of such gender discrimination is where the human resources function becomes crucial.
A significant number of U.S. employers that still offer defined benefit pension plans are committed to providing those benefits to new salaried employees, according to a survey by Towers Watson. The survey also finds that employers are adding features to their defined contribution plans that mirror DB design to help close possible retirement savings gaps created by the shift from DB to DC plans.
A Fortune 500 employer has a 401(k) plan that features auto-enrollment, a front-loaded match that offers up to an 11% match, a one-at-a-time loan policy and a 98% participation rate for line managers and above. Can you guess which one?
Kaiser Permanente has launched a new online nutrition program, called Mix It Up, designed for employers to help their employees improve their daily eating habits by including more fruits and vegetables. Do we really need a separate program for that?
Employers want to create a culture of health at the workplace and look to their broker to help them make wellness programs a success. Employers are looking to implement sustainable, long-term programs that can reduce company health costs, increase employee productivity and morale. American Specialty Health shares nine things employers are looking for that brokers should keep in mind. (Images: Thinkstock)
A New York woman who donated a kidney so her ailing boss would move up the transplant waiting list says she was fired shortly after the operation, according to a complaint she filed with the New York State Division of Human Rights.
Would you rather work for a company that shares its profits with employees, or for one that allegedly stole hundreds of thousands in lottery winnings? Easy pick, right? We thought so. To make you thankful for your employer as well as offer you a few benefits ideas from other companies you can steal EBN has compiled a list of the worst employer practices, alongside laudable companies from the Great Place to Work Institutes 2011 Best Workplaces list. (Images: Thinkstock)
A YouTube video shows 25 things the videos creator has learned from HR. What has the HR/benefits profession taught you that you would add to this list?
The number of women in senior technology positions at U.S. companies is down for the second year in a row, according to a recent survey.
After years of recession-fueled gloom, it seems the clouds are beginning to part when it comes to employee optimism as new poll from Randstad reveals that U.S. workers are feeling more secure in their jobs and positive about the future.
On the one hand, there is the Zappos approach to interviewing a lengthy, weeks-long process that involves not one, but several interviews. On the other, is the MediConnect Global approach, where candidates' formal interviews last just one minute. Which yields the best results?
Retail salespeople, biomedical engineers, furniture makers and firefighters — these and a host of other workers from around the country will face off this summer in The EBN-EBA Financial Fitness Challenge. Eighteen U.S. organizations will be giving their employees the opportunity to take a five-week online financial education course developed by our partner, The Educated Investor. The aggregated results of their efforts will be published by EBN and EBA. Here are 16 of the employers chosen for the first Financial Fitness Challenge.
A Kansas City woman who converted from Christianity to Islam has been awarded $5 million in punitive damages by a jury who found the telecommunications giant AT&T created a "hostile work environment" after her conversion, according to a judge's order issued last Friday.
In his book, Why Nobody Believes the Numbers: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction in Population Health Management, Al Lewis takes a wry look at the numbers wellness/disease management consultants and vendors use to calculate cost savings. He debunks their undetected claims costs and non-chronic trend using fifth grade math and common sense.
After watching all the political jabs being thrown between President Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney regarding the war on women, it seems that on many benefits and compensation issues including pay, retirement savings, health insurance premiums and life insurance coverage women come up on the short end of the financial stick.
New claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, according to a government report on Thursday that could ease fears the labor market recovery was stalling.
Nonfarm productivity fell in the first quarter as companies hired more workers to maintain output, but a moderate rise in wages suggested little pressure on company profits and inflation.
UnitedHealth Group, Target, Kraft and other leading employers have created a new outlet for employee altruism called micro-volunteering that allows individuals to give back to their community just 15 minutes at a time.
The American Board of Internal Medicine, Consumer Reports magazine and 17 medical professional societies recently banded together to launch Choosing Wisely, a public awareness campaign to reduce unnecessary medical tests and treatments.