Work-Life

To improve retention and keep employees longer and happier, companies are always looking for ways to offer more creative benefits.

While employee turnover is a given and a cost of doing business, companies can take steps to reduce their turnover rate.

Employers don’t have the luxury of time to wait for the people they need today to earn their college degree in two to four years.

Sabbaticals have been part of academia for years, with tenured professors enjoying them every 3-5 years. But corporate America is now stepping up.

Bereavement leave is the time taken by an employee to grieve the loss of a loved one or close family member.

Bleisure travel is the combination of business travel and leisure travel. It’s a novel way of saying “extending a business trip.”

According to Gallup, the cost of replacing an employee can be as high as two times the employee’s annual salary

Being a successful full-time freelancer isn’t a zero-sum game — there are plenty of opportunities out there for everyone.

Would switching to a 4-day workweek with 10-hour days actually improve overall employee productivity and satisfaction?

Global statistics indicate workplace stress is being experienced by an increasing number of people struggling with mental health issues.

For the second year in a row, open enrollment will occur against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.

If your new business will rely on supplies and inputs from other sources, now may not be the best time to start a business.

The great resignation is no longer coming — it's here. Why are so many people leaving their jobs and what can employers do to retain talent?

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 17.9 percent of people with a disability were employed in 2020.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it costs employers an average of $957 a year per worker to provide legally required workers' compensation.

Paid return-to-work programs typically last a few weeks to a few months and offer training to improve skills and potential mentorship.

EAPs provide a predetermined number of counseling referral sessions — usually between one to three — at no cost to an employee.

About 4 in 10 adults have reported anxiety or depressive disorder symptoms during the pandemic, up from 1 in 10 adults from January to June 2019.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 76% of civilian workers had access to paid vacation leave and paid sick leave in 2020.

“These are not people who had a lot of money and decided to start a business. This is pretty much first-generation wealth across the board.”

If the benefits where you currently work are important to you, you’ll need to take that into account as you consider a job change.

There’s a demand for people like you, and businesses are out there looking. One way they’re doing so is through returnships.

Gig workers usually complete short-term work for multiple clients. The work may run the gamut from project-based work to hourly or part-time work.

If your company offers fully-paid paternity leave, the chances are very high that they’ll also cover your other full-time benefits while you’re out.

As an employee, you can tap into 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave every year through the FMLA, in addition to health benefits.

Whether your employer must offer parental leave depends on the size of the company and the state in which it operates.

According to the National Safety Council, workplace injuries are alarmingly common: every seven seconds, a worker is hurt on the job