Employees are increasingly unhappy with their workplaces and benefits packages, a new study from Unum finds. In fact, ratings are at their lowest levels since 2008.
Its always an uncomfortable moment when an employee is caught surfing the Internet for leisure during working hours. But thanks to new research, they can tell their boss they are not goofing off theyre improving their productivity.
Finding the proper balance between work and life always rates high in surveys of what employees want from their job. Achieving that objective may be easier in some careers than others, according to a recent study conducted by Glassdoor.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. says the two biggest challenges in the benefits arena for employers are the need to control costs while attracting and retaining a competitive workforce.
Abortion advocates in New York introduced a bill this week that would require employers to notify workers in advance about changes in contraception coverage.
More than half of surveyed employers identify rulemaking and enhanced enforcement from federal agencies as the most troubling outcomes of a divided government.
Although overall federal spending on health care is expected to soar in coming decades, the CBO says cost-control measures in the health care reform law will help reduce the rate of growth.