Eighty-three percent of Seattle workers are at least somewhat confident in their careers while only a small number feel concerned, according to a recent survey by public relations firm Weber Shandwick and KRC Research.
The Hartford is introducing MyTomorrow, an online educational resource that is designed to assist consumers in recognizing possible financial risks and better understand their benefits options.
In an effort to keep health care costs down and encourage better usage, the Affordable Care Act includes a provision that requires preventive care to be offered free of charge. While that may sound good in theory, some benefits experts do not buy into this free health care.
Some employers are struggling to find talent to fill key positions, even in this slow economy. With the national unemployment rate is sitting at 9.1 percent, there are plenty of people looking for work, but that doesnt necessarily mean employers finding the right job candidates, says Erin Peterson, recruitment process...
Employees are still suffering from stress, as two-thirds of employees report having high stress levels and 29 percent of employees are too stressed at work to be effective for five or more days each year, according to a recent StressPulseSM survey by ComPsych.
Republic/Allied Waste employees in the Teamster division are protesting what they see as poor treatment and labor law violations in Buffalo, N.Y.; Mobile, Ala.; Atlanta; San Jose, Calif.; and Canton, Ohio.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, nonfatal workplace injuries as well as illnesses among private industry employers fell to a rate of 3.5 cases for each 100 equivalent full-time workers in 2010, which is down from 2009s total case rate of 3.6.