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FMLA Can Be Used as a Warning System to Prevent Costly Absences: Survey
Employers may be able to use the Family and Medical Leave Act as an early warning system to prevent or minimize costs associated with disability absences. According to a recent report, paying attention to FMLA claims gives employers the chance to connect employees with employee assistance programs
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'Global Nomads' Finding There's No Place Like Home for Benefits
The upturn in so-called 'global nomads'—those who move from country to country on long-term assignments—has focused more attention on their medical and retirement benefits.
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Health Risk Assessments Get Social Status
One company is enticing insurers by blending the traditional HRA with social networking, mobile technology, games and behavioral psychology.
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High-Deductible Health Plans Gaining Employer Support
Pushed by rising costs and health care reform, employers are considering dropping their traditional health benefits for these consumer-driven health plans.
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Majority of Employers Want to Improve Health Care Plan Efficiency, Reduce Costs: Survey
Most employers plan to find ways to improve the efficiency of their health care plans rather than shift employees and retirees to insurance exchanges, according to a recent Towers Watson & Co. survey.
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Careers & Cancer
Careers & Cancer
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Caring for Workers Who Care for Mom
There are nearly 10 million adult children over 50 who are responsible for an aging parent, and that is costing companies up to $34 billion a year due to absenteeism and other issues affecting productivity.
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The Eyes Have It
A study conducted in 2011 indicated that 2.4 million people were identified as having a chronic disease after having a routine eye exam. Employers offering vision benefits saved $4.5 billion in health care costs because of early detection, according to the study conducted by the Human Capital ...
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Film, Class: Roger Ebert's Passion for His Work Should Inspire Us All
When Roger Ebert announced on April 2 that he was taking a " leave of presence ," it was a shocking reminder that the seemingly indefatigable movie critic and author was human after all. He just seemed superhuman with the prolific amount of content and critiques he culled together over his career.
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What the Young Adult Coverage Provision Means to Me
Ed Frauenheim is on assignment. The risks of being uninsured traditionally hung above the proverbial head of the youngest generation entering America's workforce like the Sword of Damocles . Since the advent of health insurance, the youngest generation of workers typically has carried the highest
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Most Employers Plan to Continue Offering Health Care Plans
An overwhelming majority of midsized and large companies plan to continue offering employees health care plans, rather than pay the high price of penalties and other financial costs.
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Work, Cancer and Us
'If you don't know someone who has been afflicted by cancer, chances are good that your colleague does.'
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Getting Workers the Help They Need
About half of the U.S. population will experience a traumatic event, and though a far smaller percentage will develop PTSD as a result, services are usually available to employees who experience trauma.
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So This Is 30: How Health Care Rules Are Changing for Part-Timers
… advantage of employer-sponsored health care benefits than full-time employees ..... more hours per week—with health care benefits . This will transition a large ..... workers will take advantage of health care benefits , this data can be viewed as …
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Most Employers to Retain Health Care Benefits , Study Shows
… of the health care reform law. But when asked whether their organization is seriously thinking about dropping health care benefits , most employersâ 64 percentâ said they were not, though 20 percent indicated they were considering no longer …
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Medical Malpractice Liability Reforms, Health Care Benefits Up for Vote
… the future, the report said. The likelihood of Congress acting on any of the proposals isnâ t known. Taxing health care benefits , for example, is extremely controversial, and it would be a big â stretchâ for Congress to completely eliminate …
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'Jackass' Penguins Are No Dummies When It Comes to Communication
… part of the onboarding process, for example. Companies give workers huge packets of information on policies, health care benefits and so on, but not all organizations take the time to really explain what it means. This is especially true when …
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UAW's VEBA Board Autoworkers’ Health Care Benefits in Peril
… could leave retirees without health care benefits . â Obviously, weâ re as worried ..... insurance against losing retiree health care benefits should the automakers file ..... saying it would secure retiree health care benefits for the next 80 years. Ghilarducci …
