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Hillary Clinton to Kick Off SHRM's Annual Conference
… reform," says SHRM spokeswoman Kate Kennedy. "As a U.S. senator, Sec. Clinton served on the Committee on Health, Education , Labor & Pensions and on the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety—panels that have jurisdiction over the many …
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Small Business Bakes Wellness Into Its Workforce
… employers that want to offer wellness programs.Bridgetown Natural Foods spends about $1,000 per month on its nutritional education program, and plans on expanding it, Klock says, adding that the seminars are always oversubscribed and the response from …
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Best Practices in Benefits
… personal financial concerns have a negative impact on worker productivity. This white paper shares how offering financial education benefits and non-traditional, voluntary benefits such as employee purchase programs can result in a happier, healthier …
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Driving Successful HR Leadership
… language they understand best: numbers. Talent management—covering everything from recruiting and compensation to ongoing education and retention—has traditionally been managed in silos, with a series of disparate systems and disconnected processes and …
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Learning to Save, Saving to Learn: A Portrait of the Next Generation
… quality of this cohort is that they place a higher importance on education than older millennials."The idea of college and getting ..... The world is more competitive today, so you need more education ," she says.Max Mihelich is Workforce's associate editor …
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Get Well Soon? Wellness Programs May Help Decrease Health Costs, Survey Shows
… health risk appraisals, behavioral coaching and health education rather than just traditional acute-care services ..... notes populations that were exposed to increased health education experienced an improvement in overall health, especially …
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The Pre-existing Conditions: Buildup to Health Care Reform Bound to Bring Overload of Information
… employers need to do a better job of communicating benefits, according to Dana Bagwell, director of benefits communication and education at Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co. Colonial released a survey April 2 showing that most workers think their employers …
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Another Generation Rises: Looking Beyond the Millennials
… official moniker and relatively unknown to the larger corporate society of the United States is trudging through the American education system just like millions of others before them, and they are just starting to think about what they want to do with their …
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How Forward-Thinking Companies Play It Forward
… is woven into the fabric of social practices, we will dramatically transform our personal health, our relationships, the education we provide our children and the capacity of our corporations to innovate."I couldn't agree more. Playing is all about …
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Reaching the Learning Resistant
… be considering how to make sure that all of our learning methods address conceptual resistance if we want our investment in education and talent to yield the best results which is to prevent, detect and correct problems before they lead to workplace disasters …
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Manufacturing Should Ratchet Up Recruitment of Women, Experts Say
… the shortage of women workers is education and skills requirements demanded ..... agrees with the president's view on education 's importance to the American economy, especially when it comes to education for girls in STEM subjects—science …
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Women Represent Untapped Resource for Manufacturing Industry
… the shortage of women workers is education and skills requirements demanded ..... agrees with the president's view on education 's importance to the American economy, especially when it comes to education for girls in STEM subjects—science …
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Financial Wellness an Imperative for Healthy Employees
… paying bills and meeting the future costs of home ownership and education .More than ever, workers are turning to their employers for support in the areas of financial education and long-term planning. Progressive companies recognize this …
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Georgia March Madness Meets Watergate
… NCAA basketball tournament. It's also the deadline for us to complete our prior year's twelve hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) to maintain our Georgia Bar licenses. So sometime in March, many of us trudge downtown to sit through two days of …
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Step Into My Office
… clients vary considerably from less than $100 million to Fortune 100 companies and across industry segments, including higher education institutions."I have seen more and more companies become more concerned about the clarity of their vision and their visibility …
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'Shipping' and Handling: Picking the Right People to Head Overseas Is Paramount
… Illinois.But in these countries, everything from security to health care to infrastructure to housing to children's education can be causes for concern, Sullivan says.And there are other concerns for employers looking to send workers abroad. Chief …
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Building a Philanthropic Culture Builds a Better Brand, Too
Rather than leaving it to government and social service agencies to address concerns such as hunger, health and education , corporations are taking an active role in such efforts while encouraging employees to give of their time and money. Since …
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Companies Find a Cause to Rally Around
… financial protection benefits, decided about five years ago to put much of its philanthropic focus on educational issues. " Education is critical to the economic development in the communities where we operate," says Joe Foley, Unum's chief marketing …