Most employers in a May 2010 Towers Watson survey believe that the recently enacted health reform legislation will reduce the number of large employers offering employer-sponsored retiree health benefits, and 43 percent of employers that currently offer retiree benefits plan to reduce or eliminate them. Read more

Just one in five employees “always” trust their managers to make the best decisions; 19 percent of employees “rarely” trust their managers to make the best decisions, and as many as many as 57 percent say they only “occasionally” trust their managers according to a survey by Right Management. Read more

More employers are taking steps to improve their employees’ health by making sure they take their medicines as prescribed, a move that could stave off more serious and costly health consequences, according to a new report sponsored by the National Pharmaceutical Council.

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Fewer small business owners plan to give their employees holiday gifts or bonuses this year, although the percentage who plan on gifts to customers are roughly equivalent to last year, says American Express.

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Companies with highly effective internal communication programs are better placed to keep employees engaged and retain key talent, according to a new Watson Wyatt survey of companies around the world.

The survey finds that 61 percent of companies that are highly effective communicators report that their managers are effective Read more

A majority of respondents (76 percent) in a recent survey conducted by software company CyberShift reported that up to 10 percent of employee absences were unauthorized.

The CyberShift survey polled 1,200 American Payroll Association members, and finds that the unapproved absences are tracked at a manage Read more

Employees plan to spend nearly two full working days (14.4 hours) on average shopping online from a work computer this holiday season, according to a survey conducted on be Read more

Ninety-nine percent of companies with policies prohibiting the use of cell phones and messaging devices while driving have experienced no change in productivity -- and some have seen an increase in productivity -- after the policies took effect, says the National Safety Council.

In its survey of its members, the NSC says that alt Read more

Despite what their employers may think (see Feature of Week article), a majority of workers (84 percent) believes that the recession creates more pressure for them to show up for work even if they are sick, according to a national survey conducted last month.

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The recession has not spelled the end for corporate citizenship, but it has forced corporations to rethink—both good and bad—their approach, according to a survey recently released by The Hitachi Foundation and the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship. Read more

Many elements of corporate executive pay programs believed to cause excessive risk taking actually encourage executives to reduce risk, according to Watson Wyatt.

“Many believe that executive pay played a substantial role in the financial crisis by encouraging excessive risk taking. Read more

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More employers are streamlining the management of employee absenteeism by shifting the administration of their leave of absence programs to internal, dedicated groups or to an outsourcing partner, accordi Read more

In the hands of uninformed, careless, or disgruntled employees, every device that accesses the company network or stores company data is a potential risk to its intellectual property or sensitive customer data, according to a Cisco Systems White Paper.
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The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 may represent “an unprecedented level of activism by the federal government” in executive compensation, according to Littler, a national law firm.
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