Employee Benefit Alerts

Sneezing And Sniffling? Stay Home By: Debra Auerbach

You knew it was only a matter of time. You wake up one morning with a pounding headache and a throat that feels like sandpaper. You force your aching limbs out of bed and take your temperature. As the mercury rises to 100 degrees, you contemplate whether or not you should go to work. You have a big meeting that day, so you decide you have to go. Plus, you rationalize that you can always leave after the meeting if you're still feeling ill.

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Destress Your Life In 10 Easy Steps By: Danny Penman and Mark Williams

The gloomy days of January can be the most miserable and stressful of the year, but it doesn't have to be this way. If you follow this ten step guide to destressing your life, then the next few weeks just might become the most serene and fulfilling ones of the year.

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The Beginning Of The End Of The 9-To-5 Workday? By: Dan Schawbel

The traditional eight-hour workday may soon be the exception rather than the rule.  New evidence shows that we're reaching a tipping point in terms of workplace flexibility, with businesses seeing the wisdom of allowing employees - young ones especially - to work odd hours, telecommute nd otherwise tweak the usual 9-to-5 grind.

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The Psychology Of Resolutions By: Sarah LeTrent

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Can Patients Handle The Truth? Getting Access To Doctors' Notes By: Alice Park

The last time you were at the doctor's office, and your physician scribbled or typed something into your chart, did you wonder what it said? If so, you're in the majority: according to a new survey, more than 90% of patients said they would want to know.

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9 Signs You Might Be Headed For A Holiday Meltdown By: Sarah Klein

Let's face it.  Some holiday-related stress is to be expected.  Turkeys will be burned. Flights will be canceled.  You probably won't be able to nab that $50 flat-screen TV on Black-Friday, even if you get up really, really early.

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Solving The New Medicare Puzzle By: Amanda Gengler

Thanks to Medicare, there's at least one thing you don't have to worry about in retirement: whether you'll have health insurance.  How you'll get it, on the other hand, is another matter.

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The 25 Worst Passwords On The Internet By: Ned Potter

If you’re trying to protect your email or your bank account online, the dumbest password you can use is … “password”.  This is according to SplashData, a California software firm that happens, among other things, to seel an app that helps you manage your passwords.

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Are Your Shoes Killing You? By: Gretchen Voss

It’s hard to believe there was once a time when we female humanoids simply wrapped our paws in woven weeds and went about our day.  These days, designers are daring women to climb to breathtaking new heights in order to totter on the cutting eddge of stylish footwear.

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Calling In Sick: 15 Weird Excuses By: Justin Thompson

It’s that time of year when the weather gets colder and people start missing work because of illness.

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