Within hours of the attacks on the World Trade Center on Tuesday, mental health workers at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York had set up a walk-in counseling center. On Wednesday, only a handful of people came through. On Thursday, though, the number had quadrupled.
Since the mid-1980s, employers have been paying for everything from fitness centers to blood pressure screenings because they helped reduce health insurance premiums.
The impact of sleep-deprived employees on the bottom line has caught the attention of employers, and some of the progressive ones are allowing employees to nap on the job, according to USA Today.
Companies and their chief executives are talking freely of spirituality in the workplace these days and trying to encourage spiritual values through employee benefits, according to the Washington Post.
President Bush told a group of veterans on Monday that he would see to it that the government keeps its promises to those who've worn the uniform, according to The New York Times.
Employment-based retiree health benefits, already trimmed in recent years, are likely to continue shrinking because of recent accounting changes, age-discrimination rulings by federal courts, medical inflation, and potential federal legislation, according to a new report.
A new survey shows a dramatic jump in the number of companies offering employees online access for annual benefit enrollment, family status changes, employment events, personal and 401(k) changes, as well as 401(k) loan modeling.
Fast-food restaurants are attempting to pitch themselves as viable long-term career options by showering employees with stock options, 401(k)s, all-expense-paid vacations and even birthday cards, according to the Detroit News.
