In all too many companies, Kimmie the junior HR associate leads a conference room full of half-asleep employees through a positively delightful Power Point … Read more
Employee Wellness vs. Office Lifestyle: Why We Need to Get Up and Move
New research published recently shows that sitting for prolonged periods of time can’t be undone by an active lifestyle and exercise. In fact, “women and … Read more
Consumer-Directed Health Plans Are on the Rise, but the Jury’s Still Out
The 15th annual National Business Group on Health/Towers Watson employer survey on purchasing value in health care that was released last spring has some … Read more
Do You Need to Be Certified to Understand Health Care Reform?
If you say the words “health care reform” to me, I get an instant migraine. I’m not sure what it is: the thousands of pages of … Read more
Is Your Employees’ Health Their Own Private Matter?
My health is my affair, right? If I decide to stuff my face, never get off the couch, and chew tobacco until the cows come home, whose business is that but … Read more
Health Care Reform: How it Will Impact Your 2011 Benefits Enrollment
The Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and our new National Prevention Council have been busy! As you and your team develop … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Bias Verdict at LucasFilms, and No Jobs for Smokers
If you’re anything like me, you hope that Friday is a nice, quiet day without any drama or problems popping up. When that happens, it makes Friday an ideal … Read more
Employee Wellness: What Will You Do to Help Workers Stay Healthy?
One of the very first things I wrote here at TLNT last month was about the wellness push and the debate around the notion of whether getting employees to … Read more
Steve Forbes at SHRM: A Little HR, a lot on Mark to Market Accounting
Okay, I’ll admit I’m a bit of a slow learner, so here’s what I finally learned from listening to Steve Forbes give the opening keynote speech Sunday at … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Boeing Pension Battle, Defining a Son/Daughter, Racy E-Mails
Do you ever feel like there is just a lot more going on every day than you can possibly get to? That’s how I feel too, and that’s why I try to get to … Read more