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Employers who cut staff in an attempt to create a more efficient business may find the transition period equally challenging, according to a new white paper from Corporate Counseling Associates. The paper, "Some Swim Upstream: Executive and

Don Yee has been appointed president of OptumHealth's vision business.

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Among private industry workers, 43 percent don't have paid sick leave. 23 percent of private industry workers have no paid vacation time. Of private industry workers, 88 percent have paid holidays, compared with 76 percent of governme

John S. Roberts has been named president and chief executive officer of Assurant Employee Benefits. He assumed these roles on an interim basis in July 2007.

Liberty Mutual has released a new report highlighting 10 best practices for reducing employee absences, based on findings from the 2008 Leadership Series -- Absence Management. The symposium, co-sponsored by the Disability Management Employer

"Everything proceeds as if of its own accord, and this can all too easily tempt us to relax and let things take their course without troubling over details. Such indifference is the root of all evil." (I Ching). I learned this all too

Gerald Patterson has been named chief operating officer of Nippon Life Insurance Company of America.