Does Fish Oil Cause Cancer? What You MUST Know About Fish Oil!

By Dr. Josh Axe

 

The most widely consumed supplement in North America today is Fish Oil.  Fish Oil is a concentrated source of Omega-3 fats (EPA/DHA) and has been touted for it’s ability to reduce inflammation and has been proven effective in medical studies to reduce the risk of heart disease, joint pain, breast cancer and Alzheimer’s.

 

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Early look at pay in 2014: How do your plans stack up to other employers?

By Jared Bilski

 

Many employers are already working out their compensation budgets for 2014, and new research gives employers a pretty good idea what their peers have planned next year.

 

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First ADA suit since AMA’s obesity policy: Is this the start of something big?

By Tim Gould

 

Bet you saw this coming: On the heels of the American Medical Association (AMA) announcing its position that obesity qualifies as a disease, an employee in Missouri has filed suit accusing his employer of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by firing him because of his weight.  

 

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Tip Tuesday! Employer Notification Templates Now Available

By GSA

Employer Notification Templates Now Available

Perhaps one of the most important elements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — the Health Insurance Exchange/Marketplace — will open on October 1, 2013. The government has released initial templates of the forms that employers can use to communicate with employees about the exchanges.

Sample Notifications for Employers

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires that employers inform employees in writing about the new Health Insurance Marketplace (aka Exchanges) and how the exchanges relate to their benefits. The original notification date of March 1, 2013 was delayed by the Department of Labor (DOL). The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that employers have until October 1, 2013 to provide notification. 

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Case study: How wellness initiative helped staff living paycheck to paycheck

By Dan Wisniewski

 

 

Periodically, we like to offer success stories from HR pros from across the U.S. This account of how one employer’s wellness program helped staffers both physically and financially comes courtesy of Tim O’Neil, manager of employee health and financial wellness at Meredith Corp., Des Moines, IA.

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9 do’s and don’ts of employee workplace monitoring

By Dan Wisniewski

 

Thinking of keeping an eye on employees in your workplace? Tread carefully. 
Employers that want to monitor staff members’ workplace activities have a lot of options: email filters, website visit logs, global positioning systems, phone logs, keystroke logger software and even video surveillance.

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Multigenerational workforce: What motivates today’s employees [Graphic]

By Jared Bilski

March 1 marked Employee Appreciation Day. And for the first time in history, there are four different generations working side-by-side in the workplace — and each of these groups has different motivators.

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Tip Tuesday! Benefits communication: 3 common — and costly — pitfalls

By Jared Bilski

When employees don’t understand or fail to act on the benefits info their employers offer, there’s a good chance the overall communication strategy is suffering from some of these common mistakes.
Here are three benefits communication pitfalls to watch for, as well as proven ways to correct the problems, courtesy of the folks over at Benz Communications.

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4 Steps to Heal Leaky Gut and Autoimmune Disease

By Dr. Josh Axe

 

 

Leaky gut syndrome is a rapidly growing condition that more and more people are struggling with everyday. This condition may be the cause of your allergies, low energy, joint pain, autoimmune conditions and weight gain. In this article I will outline specifically how you can cure your leaky gut.

 

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6 ways (besides health savings) wellness plans benefit employers

By Christian Schappel

 

Most employers start a wellness program for the potential healthcare cost savings. But new research has shown they’re great for more than just padding the bottom line.

In addition to the healthcare cost savings employer-sponsored wellness programs can generate (anywhere from $2.71 for every dollar spent to $3.27), the 2013 Aflac WorkForces Report revealed that employers also benefit from wellness plans via increases in these six areas:

1. Employee knowledge about health care

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A healthier mouth for a healthier future

By Michael D. Weitzner, D.M.D., M.S.

 

You use your toothbrush every day because that's what's good for your teeth and gums, right? But, did you know it's a habit that may benefit your health in other ways, too?

The mouth-body connection
There's growing evidence that having a healthy mouth — free from gum disease — may be associated with a lower risk of certain health conditions. Those include heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

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Tip Tuesday! A Limit on Consumer Costs Is Delayed in Health Care Law

By Robert Pear

WASHINGTON — In another setback for President Obama’s health care initiative, the administration has delayed until 2015 a significant consumer protection in the law that limits how much people may have to spend on their own health care.

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What do Obamacare, Oprah Winfrey and Alicia Keys have in common?

By Christian Schoppel

 

In case you haven’t heard, the Obama Administration could have a big problem on its hands come Oct. 1.

The administration has said it needs about 2.7 million young adults (between the ages of 18 and 35) to sign up for insurance in the state exchanges in order to prevent premiums from spiking for everyone else.

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Weight and aging: Secrets to holding steady

By Melanie Polk, M.M.Sc., R.D., F.A.D.A.

As we get older, we tend to grow in both wisdom and confidence. But, there can be less welcome gains as well — such as extra pounds and a bulging waistline. And, for many of us, this troubling trend can begin in our 40s or 30s — or even younger.

So, why does this tend to happen?

 

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Obamacare: 3 things you’ll want to tell employees today

By Christian Schappel

 

The healthcare reform law is in constant flux. The regulations governing how to comply with it keep being released in dribs and drabs, rewritten, delayed and rewritten again. As a result, employees have no idea how Obamacare will impact them.

Here’s an example of just how confused employees are: The new Health Tracking Poll by The Kaiser Family Foundation discovered that four out of every 10 American adults aren’t even aware that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is still the law of the land and being implemented. Yikes!

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Tip Tuesday! 5 big mistakes that will get you sued under the ADA

By
Christian Schappel

This year, it’s expected that nearly 30,000 ADA-related claims will be filed against employers with the EEOC. A big part of the reason: Some employers have gotten their wires crossed when it comes to complying with some of the more confusing aspects of the law.
In 2012 alone the EEOC says, 26,379 disability claims were filed, and the agency collected a whopping $103.4 million in damages resulting from those claims.
To help employers keep themselves from becoming part of those bleak statistics, employment law attorney Jeffrey S. Kopp from the firm Foley & Lardner, LLP, recently pointed out five of the worst mistakes employers make that expose them to EEOC discrimination claims and employee lawsuits:

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6 other ways wellness programs produce big ROI for employers

By Christian Schappel

The No. 1 goal of wellness programs is to save money. And for the most part, research has proven they’re successful at doing just that. But new research shows employers benefit from wellness plans in six other ways as well.

In addition to the healthcare cost savings employer-sponsored wellness program can generate (anywhere from $2.71 for every dollar spent to $3.27, depending on the studies you read), the 2013 Aflac WorkForces Report revealed that employers with wellness plans benefit from them via increases in these areas: Click here to continue reading.