Work Life

JULY 30, 2024

It might come as little surprise that working in retail or fast food ranks as one of the most common jobs in the U.S. In 2023, the BLS reported that median pay for home health and personal care aides was about $16 an hour, or the equivalent of less than $34,000 in annual income. But there’s another industry that also employs nearly 3.7

Insurance 98

Insurance Retail Food Manufacturing 98

Work Life

JULY 25, 2024

of high-performance American athletes earn less than $15,000 a year, according to a recent report “Passing the Torch” by the Commission on the State of the U.S. Only 50% of all responding high-performance athletes reported any compensation related to their sport, and of those only 11.5% In fact, 26.5%

Insurance 98

Insurance Equipment Government Food 98

Success

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Associated Press (AP) reported that spending had slowed in October , ahead of the holiday season. And it’s not just the United States— Dutch consumers are cutting back, and Canadians are spending less on holiday travel and gifts, new reports show.

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Insurance Food Consulting Prioritization 130

Work Life

APRIL 29, 2024

She emphasizes she wouldn’t have spent nearly 19 years working for the health insurance provider otherwise. More than 60% of respondents reported increased participation last year in employee volunteer activities, according to an Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals survey of 149 companies. But flexibility is key.

Insurance 95

Insurance Transportation Mentoring Reporting 95

Success

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

To use this budgeting technique, allocate 50% of your income to needs (rent, food, utilities, car payments, etc.), Research the best interest rate and lowest fees, and make sure that the bank you choose is FDIC insured. It’s also important to check your credit report regularly for any mistakes or fraudulent accounts.

Finance 116

Finance Food Banking Insurance 116

Insperity

JANUARY 7, 2015

Lower health insurance premiums? One 2012 report found that most North American employers who have analyzed the ROI of their wellness programs saved one to three health plan dollars per dollar invested. Ask your vending machine company to add healthy foods. Happier employees? Why workplace wellness? Why workplace wellness?

Insurance 100

Insurance Supplies Healthcare Legal 100

Work Life

MARCH 5, 2024

Grocery store food prices were 1.2% Car insurance is up 20.6% families who are unable to afford the basics of housing, child care, food, transportation, health care and technology. Car insurance is up 20.6% higher in January 2024 than in January 2023, according to the U.S. Outpatient medical services are up 8.3%

Transportation 105

Transportation Food Retail Security 105

Work Life

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Pew reports two-thirds of voters think corporations make too much profit. Independent workers like ride-share drivers , who are often misclassified and lack worker protections, shoulder the costs of doing their jobs, like buying, maintaining, and insuring a vehicle. In fact, almost 25% of U.S. workers earn less than $17 an hour.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing Security Insurance Food 98

Work Life

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Independently employed, gig workers are paid per “gig,” which can vary greatly in nature—from delivering food or designing a logo to developing a software application or offering business consulting. Just this year, the Pew Research Center reported that 14% of adults in the U.S.

Transportation 111

Transportation Flexibility Flexibility Software 111

Work Life

APRIL 23, 2024

And when they face an interruption in childcare arrangements, an adult in the family is far more likely to take unpaid time off or to be forced to leave a job altogether, according to an analysis of Census survey data by The Associated Press in partnership with the Education Reporting Collaborative. Balingit reported from Washington, D.C.,

Cubicle 96

Cubicle Government Manufacturing Customer Service 96

Success

JUNE 23, 2023

Following a financial independence plan, which includes a savings system and budget, will be the key to chasing your goals while maintaining a roof over your head and food in the fridge. You have known expenses every year, like charges for insurance and streaming services. 30% is for wants, like entertainment, eating out or travel.

Finance 107

Finance Insurance Banking Purchasing 107

Success

JANUARY 13, 2023

Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 4.5 With grim news reports, isolation and a complete 180-degree turn in how we carried out our day-to-day life, mental health plummeted. adults who reported symptoms of depression and anxiety disorder in 2021 was up 30% from just two years earlier.

Real Estate 105

Real Estate Flexibility Flexibility Prioritization 105

Mad in America

MAY 2, 2024

A functional psychiatrist may consider one patient’s depression to be the compounding result of childhood trauma and hypothyroidism, and another’s to be the result of metabolic issues, autoimmunity, and food allergies. Clinical psychologist Bruce Levine observes that, “ once radical critiques of psychiatry are now mainstream.

Food 108

Food Insurance Influencing Networking 108

Great Place to Work

APRIL 1, 2022

Best workplaces extended health insurance, offered training and development, and provided food and COVID care for those laid off or furloughed. Show genuine care and empathy Best companies have an increased focus on workers’ whole well-being—their personal life, family life and life in their community—even after an employee leaves.

Salary 111

Salary Insurance Government Food 111

Vantage Circle

MAY 20, 2024

Employee Wellness: These platforms provide software that offers Health and Fitness Guides, Contests and Challenges, Tracking and Reporting, Leaderboards, Sync with Wearable Devices, and Personalized Goals. Number of food options could be increased. Customer Reviews “The food journal needs to be able to search for more options.

Software 105

Software Communication Flexibility Flexibility 105

Work Life

JANUARY 9, 2024

According to H&R Block’s Outlook on American Life Report, millennials, those born between 1981 and 1996, are more likely to work multiple jobs compared to any other generation. The report also found that millennials are the generation most likely to rent out their home (or just part of it) to earn extra cash.

Problem-Solving 110

Problem-Solving Creativity Prioritization Coaching 110

Workplace Insight

JULY 3, 2023

A new poll suggests that the continuing cost-of-living crisis is now affecting a greater proportion of employees, with more people working extra hours, more struggling to buy food or pay their bills, and fewer being able to afford to take sick days, compared to mid-2022.

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Insurance Food Retail Finance 52

Work Life

DECEMBER 14, 2024

These findings mirror the results from FlexJobs State of the Workforce Report , which also found that nearly one in four workers (23%) faced return-to-office mandates in the past year. In FlexJobs State of the Workforce Report , remote work topped the list of factors workers consider most important in a job (81%), surpassing salary (77%).

Real Estate 76

Real Estate Flexibility Flexibility Reporting 76

Success

MARCH 14, 2023

A review published in Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports found that peer support and online peer groups may help “facilitate long-term adherence” to weight loss regimens. Sites such as Get Rich Slowly and Money Crashers offer advice on everything from investing to car insurance. Find a cheerleader. Seek support. Life can be difficult.

Problem-Solving 143

Problem-Solving Learning Banking Purchasing 143

Launch Work Places

APRIL 19, 2023

There’ve been a variety of studies and reports over the last few years that unpack this phenomenon. Amenities and perks: Workspaces can come with “extras” like gyms, food options, events , on-site staff, tech support, virtual office services , and more. In 2023, your workplace should be focused on enhancing people’s lives.

Salary 52

Salary Food Insurance Flexibility 52

Success

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The release went on to explain that in the past 10 years, parents have reported higher levels of stress than other adults—33% of parents reported higher stress levels compared to the 20% of remaining adults. As a father of two kids, I feel these pressures too.”

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Prioritization Healthcare Insurance Technology 52

Virgin Pulse Corporate Wellness

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Even scarier is that 27% of people reported the delayed treatment was for a “very” or “somewhat” serious condition or illness, according to a recent Gallup  poll. Commercially insured high-cost claimants represent nearly a third of all healthcare spending, even though they are only 1.2% of commercial health insurance enrollees.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Insurance Influencing Pharmaceutical 52

FirLyfe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

You could try and create your own incentive management program, collect self-reported data, track physical activity, manually compile the results, or develop a complicated work-around to do something your current incentive management program can’t. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Insurance Problem-Solving Controlling 52

Vantage Circle

MAY 22, 2019

3 in 5 people (57%) report benefits and perks being among their top considerations before accepting a job. The Grief Recovery Institute reports that 85% of employees described their decision-making as “very poor” to “fair” in the weeks or months following a grief incident that affected them. There’s something exciting about food.

Banking 40

Banking Insurance Food Flexibility 40

SnackNation

JUNE 21, 2017

Serving over six million employees in America, Provant’s program focuses on three tenants: assessment, inspiration, and rewards/reports. Its focus is on food health, specifically lessening the meat and saturated fat intake of employees and increasing the intake of fruits and vegetables. Provant Health. Marathon Health. Training Amigo.

Healthcare 78

Healthcare Coaching Computer Training 78

SnackNation

MARCH 8, 2019

A program intended to improve and promote health and fitness that’s usually offered through the work place, although insurance plans can offer them directly to their enrollees. The two main options for most organizations will be: User self-reporting. 4 – Provide coverage for tobacco cessation medications in insurance plan. #5

Planning 51

Planning Maintenance Insurance Food 51

Condeco Software

JULY 19, 2022

The recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics had us WorkLifers scratching our heads: How can the unemployment rate remain at a nearly record low of 3.6% while inflation climbs, the cost of borrowing money is rising and earnings reports are causing investors to take cover? So what gives? in March 2020.

Payroll 52

Payroll Manufacturing Office Policies Insurance 52

FirLyfe

APRIL 10, 2019

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicaid, and many health insurance companies require patient-facing health content be written at or below a 7 th grade reading level. Wearable technology integration Everybody knows self-reported data is a flawed way of tracking physical activity.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Coaching Flexibility Flexibility 52

Ask a Manager

JUNE 27, 2018

These questions typically involve digging on my end (we’re an insurance agency with commercial clients and she does all our quoting, so it’s info we usually have to turn around and get from clients) so it’s helpful to have this in an email to refer to but one email is preferable. Coworker takes too much food at meetings.

Food 24

Food Retail Influencing Interviewing 24

Vantage Circle

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Food has a way of being a catalyst to bring people together. Get Chinese food somewhere. Go The Extra Mile With Good Food And Treats. Who doesn’t love free food? Interesting work matter only if you have good food while you’re doing it. Bring In Some Food Trucks. Take Them Out To A Coffee Shop Or For Lunch.

Mentoring 56

Mentoring Food Promotion Influencing 56

Vantage Circle

MAY 20, 2024

Employee Wellness: These platforms provide software that offers Health and Fitness Guides, Contests and Challenges, Tracking and Reporting, Leaderboards, Sync with Wearable Devices, and Personalized Goals. Number of food options could be increased. Customer Reviews “The food journal needs to be able to search for more options.

Software 52

Software Communication Flexibility Flexibility 52

Vantage Circle

MAY 8, 2024

According to Gartner’s report , 65% of potential candidates dropped out of a hiring process due to an unattractive EVP. The primary focus is on the following: The company offers employees above-average pay, comprehensive health insurance, and generous retirement plans. In addition, Trader Joe’s boasts an excellent EVP.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Promotion Prioritization Communication 52

Vantage Circle

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Food has a way of being a catalyst to bring people together. Get Chinese food somewhere. Interesting work matter only if you have good food while you’re doing it. It can range from conducting regular health check-ups, yoga sessions, dentists appointments and offering health insurance. Take Them Out To Lunch.

Mentoring 53

Mentoring Food Promotion Influencing 53

Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 6, 2018

My coworker no longer had insurance after the accident she caused and with that on her record the company insurance wouldn’t have covered her. Her case was reported on in the back pages of the local news here. My boss thanked me because her driving when she wasn’t allowed to opened the company up to a huge lawsuit.

Insurance 24

Insurance Food Legal Reporting 24

Minding the Workplace

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

As reported by Diti Kohli for the Boston Globe ( link here ), in October 2022, owners Steven and Isabel Darwin: …said that they will close their flagship cafe on Mt. The specter of people working for low wages in the retail food and beverage industry is hardly a new one. In 2021, baristas at all four locations voted to unionize.

Retail 37

Retail Food Small Business Manufacturing 37

Vantage Circle

AUGUST 16, 2021

Corporate giants like Disney, Tyson Foods, and Walmart have implemented ESOPs as part of their employee incentive programs with great success. They are usually non-cash perks, such as health insurance, paid vacation days, or gym memberships. Spot Awards. Spot awards are a hugely effective and fun way to reward your staff.

Flexibility 52

Flexibility Flexibility Salary Planning 52

Vantage Circle

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Food has a way of being a catalyst to bring people together. Get Chinese food somewhere. Interesting work matter only if you have good food while you’re doing it. It can range from conducting regular health check-ups and dentists appointments to offering health insurance. Take them out to lunch. Do it privately-ish.

Mentoring 40

Mentoring Food Promotion Influencing 40