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COMMENTARY
Is Your Defined-Contribution Plan Leaking?
By Lori Lucas
It’s in everyone’s best interest for companies to keep employees from cashing out their 401(k) plans when they leave, defined-contribution specialist Lori Lucas says in this commentary.
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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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The Business of Management
Workforce Management editor John Hollon analyzes and comments on business, management and the art of leading a workforce.
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Looking Through Health Care Transparency
Recent years have witnessed important efforts to provide more and better cost and quality information to health care consumers—but promoting value in health care requires more than just transparency. Consumers need user-friendly access to all the information that matters—and some compelling reasons to use it.
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Tools and Resources
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No doubt some of your employees have adopted children, are considering it or are going through the process. Can you help them understand the ins and outs, the legalities, the benefits and other important issues? The U.S. Office of Personnel Management offers several resources in its 'Adoption Benefits Guide.'
Open enrollment is an opportunity to showcase for workers how well the company is taking care of them, according to benefits and health care experts. And it's an opportune time not only to educate workers about how to choose coverage wisely, but also to be sure that they know doing so can preserve their health and perhaps save them (and the company) money.
Alternatives to Google for searching for health care information online.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management offers a plethora of resources that employers can use in guiding them on how to establish smoking-cessation programs in the workplace.
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Eight Strategies for Top-Notch Employee Recognition
You want to drive productivity and take your organization to the next level. You need to reward and motivate a diverse global workforce in a tough economy. How can you get there from here? Many organizations are finding employee recognition a key part of the equation.
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