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News in Brief
Monday - October 06, 2008
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DISEASE MANAGEMENT
Study: Weight Surgery Pays Off for Employers
October 6, 2008 5:00 AM PT
In the largest study of its kind, researchers looked at health care costs of more than 3,000 patients who underwent bariatric surgery. They concluded that payers recouped the cost of the surgery—which varied from $16,000 to $25,000—within two to four years.
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HIGHEST PAID HR EXECS
HR’s Top Earners: Fiscally Fit for HR
By Jessica Marquez
Chesapeake Energy people chief Martha Burger, the top-ranked woman on Workforce Management’s annual list of the 30 highest-paid human resources executives, says her background in finance has helped raise HR’s standing in the company.
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Overcoming ‘Isms’ in Your Workplace
Commentary: What I have seen—and what I’ve lived—tells me that many people in our culture face hardships in their lives and workplaces not because they lack talents and skills, but because others don’t make the effort to really see them or allow them to succeed. When others define you by your slanted eyes, it limits your potential. But it limits their potential too, and that’s the message I bring to businesses. In organizations overrun by racism, sexism and other rampant ‘isms,’ everyone loses.
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