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Since the Women's Liberation Movement of the 1960s, women may have pushed open the front door of corporate America's workforce, but as a gender, they have yet to fully represent their talent pool in upstairs board rooms and high leadership positions.
It doesnt seem like that long ago that folks were screaming and tossing chairs at each other in protest of health care reform proposals. But consumers either have come a long way since or have short memories, as a recent Mercer survey reports that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is being viewed more positively.
What is it? Nope, not your vending machine/cafeteria options. Not employee engagement (or lack thereof). The answer is most likely right in front of you.
More and more people report to more than one boss, and learning to handle multiple managers is an essential skill in today's complex, and often dysfunctional, organizations, says Harvard Business Review.
The younger the employee, the more they will want a guaranteed income after retirement is the first takeaway for insurers from a Prudential survey about retirement planning.
What does it mean when your boss tells you, "Do diversity?" Deborah Dagit, vice president and chief diversity officer at pharmaceutical company Merck, was given this amorphous directive and thinks she's found the solution, at least at her company.
The Department of Labor on Monday issued final rules on investment advice in 401(k) plans, largely in line with its initial definition of advice.
Author Michael McIntyre caused a bit of a stir last week with comments about how he sees the corporate world as exceedingly benefit-less and that job seekers shouldnt ask about benefits unless. I asked him about these comments in a new EBN podcast.
From health care reform to social media to Walmart, 2011 was a busy year for benefits law, regulations and court decisions. Here are five of the top legal issues that held our attention this year.
Dont worry about benefits, says Michael McIntyre, president and CEO of Benefits America. Further, McIntyre adds, never ask about benefits, unless you are applying for a C-level position with a Fortune 500 company. Hes kidding, right? Right?
New research released by Brightscope and Target Date Analytics analyzes 34 target-date fund families including 400 distinct target-date funds shows that competition and more conservative glidepaths are primary drivers of market change.
A bill introduced Oct. 5 by Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) and Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.) would waive the 10% early withdrawal penalty on 401(k) hardship withdrawals up to $50,000 to prevent home foreclosure.
The White House is counting long-term care premiums collected under the CLASS Act as $80 billion in deficit reductions over the next decade. However, AP reports, CLASS has yet to be funded while the administration tries to figure out how to keep the program solvent while still claiming the savings.
With the U.S. economy still unsteady, many companies are finding it relatively easy to attract or retain workers, with one major exception: critical-skill employees. A new survey from Towers Watson and WorldatWork shows that for the second consecutive year, the number of U.S. companies having difficulty finding and keeping critical-skill workers has increased.
Target-date retirement funds will represent nearly half of the total $7.7 trillion in U.S. defined contribution assets by 2020, and low-cost passive funds along with innovative, customized active accounts will be the fastest-growing strategies adopted by investors, squeezing out the currently dominant mutual funds. That's the forecast of Casey, Quirk & Associates, a consulting firm to the global asset management industry.
HR leaders from four of Fortunes 100 Best Places to Work share their tips and strategies on how to foster a productive and happy workforce. Representatives from KPMG, Intel, W. Baird & Co, and Microsoft discussed their companys best practices for work life balance, leveraging social media and corporate transparency.
According to Walgreens, last flu season resulted in 100 million lost work days and nearly $7 billion in lost wages. In addition, Walgreens projects that nearly 2 million business trips were cancelled last flu season.
I know of someone who is surviving the unthinkable, the impossible. Perhaps an indication that I've been in this business too long, her loss made me wonder about bereavement policy.
While workers can't do much when a stock market sell-off hits their 401(k) balances, they can speak up about poor investment choices and unreasonable plan fees. Now, more are taking those complaints to the courts as they bring lawsuits against employers they believe have allowed poorly-performing and overly-expensive funds into their retirement plans.
To fix their persistent pension problems, some U.S. states are looking to reshape their retirement plans to resemble those in the private sector, but they may find many employees resistant and the savings elusive.