Collecting Tech

Do you have a collection? Some people collect baseball cards, Barbie® dolls, or comic books. Others collect PCs, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and wearable technology. And those with mobile devices often collect apps.

Use Them, Don’t Lose Them

Work. Work. Work. People work long hours at their jobs only to be rewarded by working long hours when they’re home.

Check The Fine Print

As the saying goes, an oral agreement is as good as the paper it’s written on. However, once it’s in writing, it might as well be written in stone. Such is the case with labor contracts.

“Stressed” Is “Desserts” Spelled Backward

Stress eating, sometimes called emotional eating, is where a person feels the need to eat (usually in large amounts) some type of “junk” or “comfort food” in response to an emotional situation rather than due to feelings of being hungry.

Putting A Lock On Cloud-Based Computing

And like that song from 1969, it appears that most employees really don’t know cloud computing at all.

Future Employee Expectations

Today, most new full-time hires expect a company to offer certain standard benefits – health, dental, vision, and life insurance, paid vacation and sick days, and a 401(k) or pension.

Department of Labor Audit Triggers

Nobody wants to be audited–especially by the Department of Labor. Audits usually either arise from a complaint (which leads to an investigation) or are totally random.

Student Loan Benefits, Recruitment and Retention

Eighty-nine percent of job seekers with student loan debt said they believe companies should offer student loan repayment as an employee benefit, according to a survey by Beyond.com.

Moving from Employee Wellness to Employee Well-Being

The terms "wellness" and "well-being" are often used interchangeably; however, they mean very different things when applied to workplace health promotion.

What Employers Need to Know about the IRS-SSA-CMS Data Match Program

The program enables the IRS, Social Security Administration, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to share information about whether Medicare beneficiaries or their spouses are working.