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How to evaluate and choose a geriatric care manager

04/01/2007

As your organization’s employees age, more of them will have to care for their elderly parents, a time-consuming task that can sap a worker’s energy, time and productivity. To help with this burden, some organizations are giving employees access to geriatric care managers as an employee benefit …

How to Comply With Federal Teen-Labor Rules

03/15/2007
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Employment Laws: Compliance Thresholds

03/15/2007
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Workers’ Compensation Insurance

03/08/2007

HR Law 101: Workers’ compensation insurance provides compensation to employees who are injured or disabled on the job. It pays for medical treatment, loss of wages during a period of disability and compensation for permanent disability or disfigurement …

Johns Hopkins pays tuition even if worker’s child goes elsewhere

03/01/2007

Like employees of most universities, people who work for Johns Hopkins University (JHU) can earn a substantial subsidy to help their own kids enroll as students at the school. But the Baltimore-based university takes that perk a step further: It helps with tuition even if a JHU child decides to attend a different university …

On-Site pharmacy kiosk pares lunchtime chore list

03/01/2007

During the winter in New York, employees who work at Times Square-based Viacom don’t want to leave their warm building. So, three years ago, the company added a kiosk that lets employees order prescriptions from New York-based pharmacy chain Duane Reade …

Ogling Google: Best practices from Fortune’s ‘100 Best’ list

03/01/2007

Google is just eight years old, but it beat out a slew of old-timers last month to snag the No. 1 spot on Fortune magazine’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” …

Ogling Google: Best benefit practices of 100 ‘Best’ firms

03/01/2007

Google is just eight years old, but it beat out a slew of old-timers to snag the No. 1 spot on Fortune’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For.” Reason: Its benefits are to die for …

Corporate Culture is key at 11 Florida firms on ‘Best’ list

03/01/2007

Fortune magazine’s recently released list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For, 2007” includes 11 Florida employers. In light of the current tight labor market, it’s important to note the reasons they made the list …

Corporate culture is key at the 6 Ga. firms on ‘Best Companies’ list

03/01/2007

Corporate culture figures prominently at six companies headquartered in Georgia that made Fortune’s new list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” …