Employee Benefits

Why More Employees Are Saying No To Company Health Insurance

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Cost-of-Healthcare, Workers, Health Insurance Costs, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefit Research Institute, Health Coverage Costs, Health Coverage, Health-Insurance-Industry, Health Insurance, Health Benefits, Rising-Costs-of-Health-Care, Small Business News

A primary factor driving employees towards being uninsured might not be that they aren't being offered health benefits by their company, but that the ...

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10 Companies That Will Help Pay Your Tuition

Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Tuition Help, Tuition Assistance, Help Paying Tuition, Ups, 10 Companies, Apple, Lockheed Martin, Employee Benefits, Tuition Reimbursement, Tuition Reimbursement Benefits, Tuition Reimbursement Jobs, Majoring in Debt, Slideexpand, Cost of College, College News

Here's one easy way to get a degree without going deep in debt: have someone else pay for it. What if you could go to college with a job lined up a...

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Moving From Wellness to Well-Being

Rose Stanley | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Health and Wellness, Work-Life Balance, Financial Education, Wellbeing, Health Care, Wellness, Emotional Wellness, National Employee Wellness Month, Employee Benefits, Business News

The state of many employees' emotional health is sub-optimal, but organizations are giving them the tools they need to make behavioral changes that ultimately drive health care costs down, creating more productive and engaged employees.

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No Phones, Unlimited Vacation and They Clean Your House

Josh Sawislak | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Telework, Employee Benefits, Technology, Performance Management, Management, Telework Exchange, Business News

If you have ever been interested in the idea of pure outcome-based management, you should watch this company. Phil Libin has instituted some very interesting and unusual policies at Evernote.

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FedEx fails to deliver for drivers

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: FedEx Corp, Independent Contractors, Employee Benefits, Workers Rights, Business News

By Amy Biegelsen, iWatch NewsGary Terrio used to work for himself driving lost luggage from the airport in Manchester, N.H., out to the owners' home...

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10 Awesome Office Perks

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Workplace Benefits, Google, Best Office Perks, Benefits, Company Culture, Clif Bar, Edmunds.com, Employee Benefits, Googleplex, Small Business News and Trends, Workplace Perks, Office Perks, Small Business News

Great companies, even when they get big, still manage to hold onto their entrepreneurial roots. For many, that means carrying over some pretty awesome...

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Walmart's Cuts To Health Care For Part-Time Workers Mirror Larger Trend

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Video, Workers, Employee Benefits, Smokers, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Great Recession, Employer, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Business News

As news emerged Friday of Walmart's decision to eliminate health benefits for new part-time workers and substantially increase premiums on existing pl...

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Survey: Workers Spend More Hours At The Office Than Before Recession

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: More Work Less Holiday, Longer Office Hours, Employees, Employee Benefits, Employees Longer Hours, Video, Business News

No, it's not your imagination. You really have been spending more time at the office since the recession hit back in 2008. At least that's the find...

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13 Devastating Numbers About Poverty In America

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Poverty, Economic Policy Institute, Employee Benefits, Income Inequality, Wages, u.s. Census Bureau, Health Insurance, Income, Business News

It's far from a secret that the U.S. economy is in trouble. A new report by the U.S. Census Bureau just puts numbers on what so many Americans already...

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Why We Have a Burning Man Policy

Adam Kleinberg | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Creativity, Burning Man, Innovation, Employee Benefits, Sxsw, Traction, San Francisco News

Some think it's just because we like naked people. That's true. We do like naked people. But there's more to it than that.

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Employers Consider Ending Health Benefits

AP | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Health Care Law, Employee Benefits, Employer Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Employee Health Care, Health Coverage, Obama Health Care Law, Health-Insurance, Health Benefits, Health Care Benefits, Business News

INDIANAPOLIS — A new survey from a large benefits consultant says nearly one of every 10 mid-sized or big employers expects to stop offering hea...

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How The Market Collapse Hurts Non-Investors: 24/7 Wall St.

24/7 Wall St. | Douglas MacIntyre | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Small Business, Unemployment, Wall Street, Employee Benefits, Stock Market, Retirement, Home Sales, College Tuition, Market Collapse, Auto Sales, Personal Finance, Finances, Business News

Those who don’t invest in the stock market would like to pretend stock market crashes don’t concern them, but the truth is that they do. It’s no...

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Survey Says: What Really Makes Employees Happy?

The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: HR Benefits, Survey Says, Employee Benefits, Small Business News and Trends, Managing Employees, Telecommuting, Employee Productivity, Small Business News

How much do people love working from home? How stressed are small-business owners? And how much do today's teens care about jobs? The answers might su...

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New Jersey Anti-Union Bill Paves Way For Other States

AP | BETH DeFALCO | Posted 09.01.2011

Read More: Chris Christie, New Jersey, Employee Benefits, Budget Cuts, Pensions, Wisconsin Unions, Unions Benefits, New Jersey Anti-Union Bill, Unions Health Care, Labor Unions, Unions, New Jersey Employee Benefits, Politics News

TRENTON, N.J. — The nation's financial downturn left many states in such a precarious position that they were forced this year to make tough dec...

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Hiring Your First Employee: 5 Things You Need To Know

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Julia L. Rogers | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: 5 Things You Need to Know, Employee Benefits, Hiring Employees, HR Advice, Hiring, Hr, Human Resources, Managing Employees, Hiring Your First Employee, Small Business News

If you do everything right during the startup phase, eventually you'll need to hire additional help. Simply put, you can't go it alone forever. And th...

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Countries That Require You To Take A Vacation (CHART)

Open Forum | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Mexico, Italy, Employees, Japan, Employee Benefits, Vacation Days, Mandatory Time Off, Paid Time Off, Business News

Here in the U.S., the government doesn't require companies to give employees a specific number of paid time off days. Around the globe, though, many g...

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Living Wage Laws: Good for Workers and Good for the Economy

Ken Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minimum Wage, Employee Benefits, Low-Income, Economy, Employment, Living Wage, San Francisco, Job Creation, New York, New York News

In an era when the richest one percent of American households are reported to be collecting close to a quarter of the country's overall income, it mak...

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Living Wage Laws: Good for Workers and Good for the Economy

Ken Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minimum Wage, Employee Benefits, Low-Income, Economy, Employment, Living Wage, San Francisco, Job Creation, New York, New York News

The verdict is clear: labor standards policies improve workers' income, productivity and health, reduce turnover and decrease job vacancies; they have not reduced the number of jobs.

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4 Ways Healthcare Reform Will Affect Your FSA

Manisha Thakor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Budgeting, Flexible Spending Accounts, Saving, Personal Finance, Employee Benefits, Healthcare Reform, Financial Planning, Pesonal Finance Saving Money, Business News

These days it feels like change is the only constant. As working Americans prepare for open enrollment - the annual window where you can make key ele...

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The 10 Best Employee Perks: Inc. Magazine

inc.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Azavea, Employee Perks, Fringe-Benefits, Employee Benefits, Worker Benefits, Fentress Architects, Inc., Patagonia, Loadspring, Corporate Perks, Googlesque, Mcgraw Wentworth, Business News

At some places, work can't be all that bad. Inc. offers a list of 10 perks that lucky employees get at their companies--like the outdoor apparel maker...

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When to Take a Severance Package

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Companies offering severance packages have generally sold the concept of lifetime employment concept. They are not places that fire employees without warning.

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Some Companies Drop Health Insurance, Don't Tell Employees

McClatchy | Mary Cornatzer | Raleigh News & Observer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Insurance Premiums, #Hcr, Health Care Insurance, Benefits, Health Care Reform Bill, Employee Benefits, House, Insurance Industry, Senate, White House, Barack Obama, Single Payer, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News

As if having to pay higher health insurance premiums each year isn't bad enough, now workers have another worry: companies that drop their health insu...

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My Meet the Press Minute

Trish Kinney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Workforce, Meet the Press, Maria Shriver, Employee Benefits, The Shriver Report, Center for American Progress, Business News

There are millions of workers employed by small and medium size businesses that are not flush with profits and simply cannot afford flexible schedules and paid family sick days.

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Bonuses At Small Companies Make A Comeback

AP | JOYCE M. ROSENBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Firms, Small Business, Employee Benefits, Wall Street, Wages, Compensation, Bonuses, Cash Bonuses, Recession, Small Companies, Business News

NEW YORK — Bonuses are starting to reappear at small companies as business shows signs of picking up. Many companies had to eliminate employee ...

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Peaceful Revolution: Facing Up to the Consequences of Paying Lip Service to the "Work/Life" Agenda

Juliet Bourke | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Family Friendly Policy, Work-Life Balance, Employee Benefits, Healthy Living News

We may title policies "work/life," but what we really mean is "work/family," and those who get pride of place even in this group are parents.

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