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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