Benefits

Do You Really Know What Your Business Does?

John Friedman | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Environmental Impact, Benefits, Loyalty, Community, Chip and Dan Heath, Sustainability, Employee Communication, Messaging, Society, Climate Impacts, Made to Stick, Productivity, Business News

The fact is we so often get caught up on the tactics of what our companies or organizations make day to day that we lose sight completely of what it is they really do.

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Greek Fraudsters Lose Benefits

Reuters | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Benefits Fraud, Fraud, Social Security System, Video, Benefits, Greece, Greece Debt Crisis, Reuters, Pensions, EU/IMF Bailout, Greek Labour Ministry, Austerity, Business News

By Angeliki Koutantou and Harry Papachristou ATHENS, April 25 (Reuters) - Greece has halted welfare or pension payment...

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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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Wine, Women and Shoes... Make for a Wonderful Charity Benefit

Jay Weston | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Jimmy Choo, Bouchon, Westside Children's Center, Children's Action Network, Benefits, La Impact, Los Angeles News

Last night I attended a charity event which was so pleasant that I was sorry when it ended. It was the inaugural benefit for the Children's Action Network and the Westside Children's Center, both great causes.

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How Much Do We Value Our Values?

Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Gregory Berns, Joel Hoffman, Jonathan Haidt, Emotion, Benefits, Costs, Rationality, Values, Ten Commandments, Mind, Religion News

And perhaps the greatest impact religion has had on the world is that it helps us move the discussion of values from "costs and benefits" to "right and wrong."

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Celebrated Playwrights To Aid Japan

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Benefits, Pacific Overtures, Tony Kushner, Edward Albee, Theater, Plays, Fundraising, Stephen Sondheim, Japanese Earthquake, Arts News

NEW YORK — Celebrated playwrights including Stephen Sondheim, Tony Kushner and Edward Albee have joined a fundraiser to mark the anniversary of ...

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WATCH: Wounded Vets Paired With Dolphins

Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Benefits, Video, Miami VA, Dolphins, Miami News, Wounded Warrior Project, Florida Keys, Iraq, Cycling, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Miami News

Thursday through Saturday, 30 wounded veterans took part in a three-day soldier ride in South Florida. The event was organized by Wounded Warrior ...

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Ernst & Young Named 'Employer Of The Year' By LGBT Advocacy Group, Provides Unique Benefit For Same-Sex Couples

Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Big Four Accounting Firms, Income Tax, Ernst and Young, Benefits, Gay Benefits, Ernst & Young, Lgbt Partner Benefits, Civil Partnerships, Accountancy Firm, Gay Income Tax, Gay Voices News

International accountancy firm Ernst & Young is quickly living up to its new title as the world's "most gay-friendly employer" by offering its lesbian...

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Instead of Complaining About Teachers, Become One

Shaun Johnson | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Stephen Colbert, United Farm Workers, Republican Party, Benefits, Public Sector, Conservatives, Private Sector, Salary, Pensions, Education Reform, Teachers, Tea Party, Education News

I implore all readers out there who begrudge teachers of what they earn to quit their dead-end private sector jobs and become a teacher. If you want information, I'm happy to provide it in the comments.

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Goldman May Cut More Jobs Than Previously Indicated

Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Chief Financial Officer David Viniar, Video, Benefits, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Compensation, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, New York Stock Exchange, Investment Banking, Job Cut, Business News

Goldman Sachs Group Inc may cut $1.45 billion in expenses by year's end, $250 million more than it indicated in July, in a move that could lead to...

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Goldman Bonus Lawsuit Dismissed

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Central Laborers Pension Fund, Lloyd Blankfein, Video, Shareholders, Benefits, Bonus Payouts, Compensation, Goldman Sachs Group, Lawsuit, Business News

Goldman Sachs Group Inc's board of directors has won the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to recover billions of dollars of bonus payouts and other ...

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23,000 Nurses To Strike Over Benefits Cuts

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: California Nurse Strike, Video, Benefits, Nurse Strike, Sutter Health, California Hospitals Strike, California Nurses Association Strike, Health Insurance, California Nurses Strike, Benefits Cuts, Kaiser Permanente, Health Benefits, Business News

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -- Nurses at nearly three dozen hospitals in Northern and Central California are set to go on strike over benefit cu...

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The Social Security Conundrum Explained

Paul Heroux | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Social Security Administration, Taxes, Treasury Department, Benefits, Social Security, Social Security Cuts, Pensions, Social Security Crisis, Obama Social Security, Tea Party, Social Security Benefits, Raise Taxes, Public Financing, Treasury Bonds, Politics News

But how can drastic action be necessary when the Social Security trust fund reportedly has over $2.4 trillion in it at present? This is a misleading sleight-of-hand. Here is how.

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Companies Tell Smoking Employees To Pay Up

Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Wellness Programs, Smoking Employees, Benefits, Health Insurance, Smokers Pay More, Smoking, Smokers Refused Employment, Business News

If you smoke, you'll pay more. That's the message and policy coming out of some of the country's largest corporations. As of July 1, employees at ...

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5 Things I Don't Understand About the Deficit

Gene Marks | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Deficit, Small Business, Federal Budget Deficit, Benefits, Social Security, Debt Ceiling, Pensions, Raising the Debt Ceiling, Business News

Why don't we take some obvious steps to lower the deficit? As a business owner, I don't understand this.

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Newport Beach Lifeguards Earn More Than Some Corporate Executives

The Washington Post | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Overtime Pay, Public Safety Employees, Budget-Watchers, Salaries, Benefits, Beachgoers, Pension Costs, Overpaid, Fire Captains, Lifeguards, Facebook, Battalion Chiefs, Business News

(AP) NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. Aurora Toussaint brings her disabled son to the sun-kissed beaches of this Southern California city almost every day in the...

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The ABCs of Getting Health Reform Right

Judith S. Palfrey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Donald Berwick, Coverage, Benefits, Access, American Academy of Pediatrics, Prevention, Children, Affordable Care Act, Health Reform, Cost Containment, Health Reform Implementation, Politics News

Some naysayers in Congress are attacking the Prevention Fund proposed in Obama's Affordable Care Act, labeling it a 'slush fund.' They are completely missing the point.

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Southern States Lack Union Bargaining Rights

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and ERIK SCHELZIG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Benefits, Wages, Scott Walker, Economic Crisis, Business News, Wisconsin Unions, Union-Bargaining-Rights, Business News

JACKSON, Miss. — Whenever Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has asked lawmakers to weaken benefits for state employees, his proposals have met litt...

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Senior Bashing Is Back in Season

Bernard Starr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Entitlements, Congress, Benefits, Aging, Social Security, Surplus, The Rich, War, Recession, Seniors, Trust Fund, National Debt, Corporations, David Brooks, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Politics News

How can Social Security possibly reduce debt? It might sound too good to be true. But in this case, it is true.

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The Madison Protests: It's Not About the Money

Howard Schweber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Protests, Collective Bargaining, Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker, Democracy, Benefits, Madison, Unions, Politics News

The Wisconsin protests have never been about the money. It's about the politics, about the representation and about the duty that public officials have to treat their constituents who are taxpayers with a minimal degree of respect.

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Unemployment 'Math': Statistical Lies

Iris Mack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Market, Unemployment Math, Statistics, Population Employed, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bls, Journalist, U.S., China, Wall Street Journal, Journalism, Obama Administration, Unemployed, Economists, Part-Time, Minimize, Distorting, Lying, Employees, Policies, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs, Employment Numbers, Unemployment Report, Weather, Jobs Report, Students, Math Literate, Falsehoods, Homeless Shelters, Reading, Household Data, Egypt, Legal Residents, Statistical, Economy, Full-Time, Media, Unemployment Rate, Taxpayers, Msnbc, Government, Underemployed, Real Unemployment Data, Data, International Math Exams, Americans, Hire, STATISTICAL LIES, Paid Government Servants, Population Estimates, Benefits, Labor Department, Tent Cities, Math Illiterate, Science, United States, Survey, Chinese Goods, Parole Officers, Fuzzy Math, Mainstream Media, Analytical Reasoning, Credit Cards, Wall Street, Holiday Shopping, Math Proficiency, Pisa, Statisticians, Social Networking, Washington Math, Job Market, Unmarried Women, Women, Business News

Parents need to demand that their children learn math. Math literate citizens can will use analytical reasoning to see through the lies of government and the ridiculous insults from the mainstream media.

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Our Demand: Increase Social Security Benefits

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Transactions Tax, Social Security, Spine, Wall Street, Decency, Benefits, Middle Class, Wealth, American Dream, Democrats, Economy, Sotu 2011, Politics News

You must not believe that we are in a financial debt or deficit "crisis." It is a complete sham. The problem is that our leaders do not have the spine to go after the rich and the powerful.

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Pension Envy

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pensions, Public Employees, Labor, Unions, Benefits, Corporate Union, Politics News

Circumstances in our economy today lead people to the wrong conclusions about unions. Working people feel increasingly powerless, and this weakens support for the institutions that would come to their assistance

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PUPPY ART: Ed Ruscha And David Hockney Paint Dog Bowls For PAWS LA Benefit

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LA Times, Benefits, Animal Rights, Art Auctions, Benefit-Shows, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Charles Arnoldi, Contemporary Art, PAWS LA, Painting, Slidepollajax, Arts News

Who needs Color Me Mine when you've got famous artists painting dog bowls for you instead? As the LA Times reports, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Charles...

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VA Made Secret Deal With Prudential Over Soldiers' Life Insurance Payouts

Bloomberg | David Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benefits, Dead Soldiers, Profits, Va, Afghanistan, Veterans Administration, Payouts, Iraq, Prudential, Life Insurance, Casualties, Veterans, Politics News

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs failed to inform 6 million soldiers and their families of an agreement enabling Prudential Financial Inc. to w...

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