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A return-to-work process after an extended employee absence

Insperity

Reduce costs associated with workers’ compensation , disability and medical insurance (if an employee can return to work faster). Improve employee retention, which saves costs associated with hiring and training new employees. For employees, the process should help: Give them a purpose. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

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10 Important Hybrid Work Statistics to Know in 2024

Office Space

If employees are reluctant to go to the office, these costs can drain resources without a corresponding return on investment. Still, this number is staggering, and we’re seeing other industries begin to follow suit—like the insurance industry, now America’s second-most flexible industry.

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5 Innovative Employee Practices from Chicago’s Best Workplaces

Great Place to Work

This affordable add-on to the organization’s benefits package comes in addition to health insurance and a co-worker wellness program. Colleagues 55-plus with 10 years at the company can cut back to four days a week or take an additional five weeks of vacation with a corresponding adjustment in pay.

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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

Mad in America

One advantage of BetterHelp is that because the service does not bill insurance, there is no need for clinicians to provide a diagnosis and target therapy to fit the “medical necessity” requirements imposed by third-party payers.

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Why millennials, not Gen Z, became the side hustle generation

Work Life

” This is exactly what she has done with hosting the PM Learning Series, a live show with a corresponding newsletter, reaching 100,000 LinkedIn followers. Financially, a lot of people were caught off guard with the layoffs over the last few years, so I can see them wanting to insure themselves for when the unexpected happens.”

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

Mad in America

I corresponded with Hjelmeland about this saga, which made me search on the Internet to find out what the “experts” opine today about using drugs for suicide prevention. What saved her was that her private insurance ran out. The university gave in to this silly demand and its investigation fully supported the researchers.

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if the job that laid me off wants to bring me back, can I decline and still collect unemployment?

Ask a Manager

Unemployment insurance (UI) isn’t there to pad your departure-by-choice from a job you no longer want. Yes, the rules on unemployment benefits require you to accept if the job you were laid off from offers you the job back. You can decline to return if you want, but you’d lose your eligibility for unemployment.