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The Workplace Agenda: Engaging Employees in Politics
By Mark Schoeff Jr.
A Washington advocacy group is attempting to reach millions of potential voters through their employers. Yet bringing politics into the workplace is a perilous proposition, as Wal-Mart learned.
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Canadian Health Plan Under Investigation
October 6, 2008 2:40 PM PT
Expedited medical treatment insurance sold by the British Columbia Automobile Association to its 800,000 members is under scrutiny for possibly violating the Medicare Protection Act.
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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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Washington staff writer Mark Schoeff Jr. provides an insider's insights to the workings of our nation's capital from the workforce management perspective.
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Policies and FMLA Rights For Ineligible Employee
A company handbook can create a contractual relationship or, in the alternative, the enforcement of a promise made in the handbook that the employee has relied on to his detriment. As such, courts have barred employers from asserting the defense of FMLA ineligibility.
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There are definitely ways to minimize lawsuits and prevent employee conflict involving political expression at work. An employer’s clear, consistent policy on political activity will help ensure that partisan politics don’t become workplace wars.
The punitive approach taken by Indianapolis-based Clarian Health is a departure from the methods used by most employers, but it is permitted under the final rules the federal government issued in December 2006. Other employers are expected to follow suit.
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