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Employers Offering Financial Rewards for Healthy Behavior Almost half of companies interviewed offer financial incentives to help workers improve health. |
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The Beast Attacking Your Retirement Our unhealthy eating habits can cause our health-care costs, direct and indirect, to devour our retirement income. |
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Jobless Pay Around the Globe European governments offer the highest percentage of combined unemployment pay and state benefits, while the U.S. provides the least generous compensation to dismissed workers. |
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The Weight Debate Encouraged by employers, health plans ponder expensive options in covering a generation of obese Americans. |
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March 2010
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Don't Worry About the Unemployment Rate The unemployment rate is an easy-to-understand statistic, but how helpful is it for investors? |
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Federal and State Governments Pressed to Give Tax Breaks For Wellness Initiatives Legislators are being urged to reward companies that provide programs for their workers, but success has been mixed |
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Prescription for Survival: How to Control Healthcare Costs Are healthcare costs making you sick? Manufacturers are discovering that a healthy workforce is a cost-effective workforce. |
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Paying the Price The rising cost of health care could lead to surcharges. |
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The Win-Win of Wellness in the Workplace Even the simplest of programs offer clear benefits for companies and their employees. |
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Surviving the Third Wave After the financial and economic crises, a "third wave" is engulfing the labor market, leaving millions without work and changing the course of their lives. |
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What's the ROI on Wellness? A few major corporations, sometimes with the assistance of a traditional health plan, have made significant efforts to improve employee lifestyles. |
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Why Are the Dems Griping About Jobs? As the election nears, a fair assessment is that the U.S. economy is actually doing well and that jobs are being created at a pretty fair clip. |
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Mid-year Employment Review Think the economy is in trouble? There are some encouraging data overshadowed by the negative news these days. |
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February 2008
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Sizing Up the Labor Force A drop in unemployment is typically associated with growth in the labor force. But in the current market, that's not happening, which makes the Fed's job more difficult. |
BusinessWeek
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Wellness--Or Orwellness? A story about Scotts' controversial health-care plan provoked strong reactions. |
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Job Crisis: Machines Over Manpower Hiring has been elusive in this recovery. One possible reason: companies are finding it's cheaper to buy new machinery than to add new people. |
