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  • Employers have a heart for Haiti

    March 8, 2010

    Among other generous gestures, employers are unfreezing their matched employee donation contributions to help heal the country of Haiti, finds a new Society for Human Resources poll.

  • As goes the digital nation, so goes Digital Insurance

    March 5, 2010

    So, with an unemployment rate still hovering close to 10% and a growing number of employees feeling detached from their jobs, I’d suspect Digital Insurance is getting a lot of interested applicants these days.

  • Who needs reality TV? Submit your company’s own adoption story!

    March 3, 2010

    Here’s another tidbit about me: my reality TV-watching habits generally trend toward whatever life change I’m undertaking at the moment.

  • Laughter is the best medicine - and productivity booster

    March 1, 2010

    Having a bad day or week? Looking for a way to relieve your frustrations and lighten things up a little? Humor may be a good antidote.

  • Businesses join to educate community on health

    February 25, 2010

    The Whirlpool Corporation and other community organizations in the Benton Harbor/St. Joseph, Michigan area are taking steps to control health care costs for their employees and the greater community with a pilot project, known as Communities of Health.

  • You really can be bored to death, researchers say

    February 11, 2010

    Due to two monstrous snowstorms in the D.C. area, it has now been a full week since I’ve left my home. Did you hear that, pros? A WEEK.

  • Can neither snow nor rain keep your workers from their appointed rounds?

    February 9, 2010

    Perhaps you’ve heard, but here in the D.C. area, it’s been a bit snowy lately. By a bit, I mean we've already gotten about 2 ½ feet of the white stuff, with some 10 to 20 inches more expected as I typed this.

  • Do you really care about workplace romances?

    February 8, 2010

    Okay, so Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, which means it’s time to talk about such things like heart disease/hypertension, the health benefits of chocolate and of course, workplace romances.

  • Office gambling common for Super Bowl

    February 5, 2010

    With the Super Bowl this weekend, many employees will be counting their winnings from office pools on Monday morning. According to a new poll conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management, more companies organize office gambling pools around the Super Bowl than any other sporting event.

  • News You Can Use: Working harder with fewer legal protections

    January 27, 2010

    Americans work longer hours than people in most other developed countries, including renowned workaholics in Japan. As a result, work-family conflict is much higher in the United States than in other nations.

  • Bringing a weekend mindset to work

    January 20, 2010

    New research by the University of Rochester suggests that employers can improve their work-life balance initiatives by studying the moods of their workers during the weekend.

  • Note to self: Use up vacation leave

    January 7, 2010

    If you need a new New Year’s resolution, here’s one: ‘I will use up all my vacation leave in 2010.’ An online poll of 667 workers revealed that 66% of respondents had not used all of their allocated vacation leave in 2009.

  • Commuter benefits remain on the benefits hot list

    January 1, 2010

    According to TransitCenter's fourth annual Commuter Impact Survey, 35% of employers offered tax-free commuter benefits in 2009. Among large companies, this number rises sharply to 58%.

  • The pursuit of happiness

    January 1, 2010

    Catch an episode of the hit series "Mad Men," and one is immediately catapulted into the male-dominated, chain-smoking, secretary-ogling era of the 1960s workplace. The show is a stark reminder of just how much has changed in society and at the workplace, especially for women.

  • It's the thought that counts

    December 2, 2009

    With holiday season just around the corner, now is the perfect time to remind employees of how grateful you are for their hard work, encourage teambuilding and celebrate making it through what probably has been a tough year.

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