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Can ergonomics in the workplace boost employee retention?

Insperity

Picture comfy chairs and computer wrist support pads. These illnesses and injuries cost employers in absenteeism, lost productivity and, quite often, higher insurance premiums. Does she know that sitting for three hours straight on her sofa, while hunched over her computer, is bad for her back? But what about employee attrition?

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the axe thrower, the carpet glue, and other astounding first impressions made by new employees

Ask a Manager

New hire insisted on naming himself as the beneficiary on his life insurance policy “in case I’m around when it pays out.”. First day she walks up to the administrative assistant and asks for a list of who she gets to “boss around” (in those terms). The beneficiary. Years ago I worked in the cataloging department of a library.

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