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Jan 3,2012
Jeanine Skowronski - Main St.
New Year Brings New Stress for Workers
You might think the start of a new year would inspire Americans to turn over a new leaf, but a recent survey found that the majority of Americans bring old woes back into the office following their holiday break.
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Jan 3,2012
Jenny Keefe- Employee Benefits.co.uk
International Reward: Wellbeing Strategy Needs Local Input
If you read nothing else, read this . . .
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Dec 26,2011
Ely Portillo - Chicago Tribune Business
Workplace poll finds most believe millennials' work ethic falls short
The co-workers of 20-somethings are less than impressed with the younger generation's work ethic, according to a new poll.
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Dec 22,2011
Danny Rubin - Brazen Life
Epic Fail: Millennials Get Slammed In Poll On Workplace Attitudes
Ever feel like your boss has a habit of giving you disapproving looks or keeping you from the company's most important accounts?
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Dec 16,2011
Ed Frauenheim - Workforce
Today's Worforce - Pressed and Stressed
All work and little play make Kate a resentful employee.
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Dec 12,2011
Brazen Life
Epic Fail: Millennials Get Slammed in Poll on Workplace Attitudes
Ever feel like your boss has a habit of giving you disapproving looks or keeping you from the company’s most important accounts?
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Dec 12, 2011
Business Insider
Are We Asking the Right Questions About Millennials?
Ever feel like your boss has a habit of giving you disapproving looks or keeping you from the company’s most important accounts?
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Dec 08, 2011
Dean Debnam - TLNT
Are We Asking the Right Questions About Millennials?
The Millennial generation is the most polarizing topic of discussion among the professional HR community right now.
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Nov 10, 2011
World at Work
Agreeable Workers Viewed as More Productive in the Workplace.
A new survey by Workplace Options, a global provider of work-life programs and employee benefits, reveals that almost half of American workers (45%) believe employees with more agreeable personalities (those who seem more tolerant, less controlling, or more willing to consider co-workers' ideas) are more successful in the workplace.
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Nov 10 2011
By Laura Walter - EHS Today
Positive Workers May Positively Affect the Bottom Line.
While previous research has indicated that difficult, aggressive or rude employees achieve higher salaries than their more friendly and easy-to-work-with coworkers, a new study from Workplace Options indicates that many employees actually perceive their agreeable coworkers to be more productive and successful in the workplace.
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Nov 9 2011
TLNT
Positive Workers May Positively Affect the Bottom Line.
A lot of talk has surfaced about the state of employee benefits and workplace perks..
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Nov 2 2011
by Sue Shellenbarger - The Wall Street Journal
What’s the Right Age to Leave Teens Home Alone?
A reader is asking for advice on one of the toughest questions working parents face, at least in my experience: When is it OK for working parents to let an adolescent stay home alone?
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Oct 17 2011
by Michael O’Brien - Human Resource Executive - Online
Goodbye, Email. Hello, IM?
A new survey finds that more than half of CIOs believe instant messaging will overtake email in popularity in the next five years. Should HR start addressing the change-over now in employee handbooks??
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Oct 10 2011
by Eve Tahmincioglu - msnbc.com
Nice Guys and Gals Still Finish Last at the Office
Nice guys and gals take note: You may be at risk of being overlooked for positions of power. read more...
Oct 7 2011
Triangle Business Journal
Best Places to Work Profile - Workplace Options
Description: Work-life benefits company.
Number of Triangle employees: 240..
Top Triangle executive: Dean Debnam, CEO.
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Oct 2 2011
by Roy L. Williams, - Birmingham News
Nice Guys and Gals Still Finish Last at the Office
A growing number of Americans are finding it more difficult to maintain work-life balance as employers cut back on staffing and put extra duties on workers left behind, according to a new survey by a North Carolina company and Birmingham experts in the field.
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Sep 26 2011
by Darah Hanson- The Vancouver Sun
Worker intensification’ enters workplace vocabulary
You’re hearing the old efficiency mantra now more than ever: Do more with less. Raleigh, N.C. -based Workplace Options calls it “worker intensification,” and Americans are doing a lot more of it these days.
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Sep 26 2011
by Al Lewis - Dow Jones Newswires
Legal Issues a Drag for Time-Strapped Workers
You’re hearing the old efficiency mantra now more than ever: Do more with less. Raleigh, N.C. -based Workplace Options calls it “worker intensification,” and Americans are doing a lot more of it these days.
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Sep 19 2011
by Laura Walker - EHS Today
Legal Issues a Drag for Time-Strapped Workers
Whether they come in the form of traffic tickets, real estate, taxes, debt, divorce or child care, personal legal issues are a common drain on workplace productivity.
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Aug 31 2011
by Talent Management
Legal Issues a Drag for Time-Strapped Workers
Whether they come in the form of traffic tickets, real estate, taxes, debt, divorce or child care, personal legal issues are a common drain on workplace productivity.
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Aug 12 2011
by Ed Frauenheim, editor
The Jobless Recovery, the 'Job More' Economy and You
While politicians and pundits fret about unemployment and underemployment rates, many workers have the opposite problem.
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14 July 2011
by EHS Today
Out with the Old, In with the New: Addressing Young Workers’ Training Needs
According to a new poll, Generation Y workers, or those ages 18 to 29, are more likely to appreciate shorter training sessions
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12 July 2011
by Nwjobs
Gen Y to employers: Your on-the-job training programs stink!
Much has been written about how Generation Y -- the under-30 crowd in the workforce -- has had to adjust their attitude in today's crippled job market
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11 July 2011
by World at Work
Poll Reveals Generational Gap in Workplace Training Programs
Each new generation brings different ideas, challenges and demands that force employers to reevaluate certain aspects of their business
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