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What are your rights as a breastfeeding employee?

June 21, 2019

Every breastfeeding employee is expected to know their breastfeeding rights in order to effortlessly facilitate a successful transition back to work after childbirth. The federal “Break Time for Nursing Mothers...

How to Create Employee Commuter benefits

Anna Verasai

June 19, 2019

Employee Benefits, Featured, Trends

Commuter benefits are expenses reduction program provided by employers to employees. It is also known as transportation or transit benefits. The program is provided to help employees in reducing their monthly t...

Small Employers Can Create Maternity Leave Benefits

Anna Verasai

June 17, 2019

Employee Benefits, Featured

In a bid to subtly compete with big employers in the attraction and retention of talents, small companies can create suitable maternity leave benefits. The importance of maternity leave goes beyond satisfying t...

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Should we consider anxiety as a disability at work?

Anna Verasai

March 4, 2019

Employee Benefits, Featured, Trends

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Every business size is susceptible to having employees who suffer from anxiety. The disorder, which affects about 18 percent of adults in the US, can manifest in various ways. From excessive tiredness to loss o...

Best Workplaces for Working Dads 2019

Anna Verasai

January 21, 2019

Employee Benefits, Featured, Trends

While the unique role of dads in the lives of their children is well acknowledged, more companies make little or no effort to support their male employees to effortlessly assume this role. This is an ugly situa...

Employees in These Countries Get the Most Paid Days Off

Anna Verasai

January 5, 2019

Employee Benefits, Featured, Trends

Malta, a sun-soaked archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea that’s a popular summer holiday destination, has some of the most generous paid leave entitlements in the world. With 25 statutory days and 14 public hol...

Signs You Are Wrongly Dealing With Holiday Stress

Anna Verasai

December 20, 2018

Employee Benefits, Featured, Trends

We often see holidays as the season to relax and stay away from stress, but that’s totally not the case. Holidays can be exciting, fun-filled and loaded with lots of celebrations and holiday parties. On the oth...

Do union-represented moms earn paid maternity leave easier?

Priyansha Mistry

November 6, 2018

Employee Benefits, Featured, Trends

Working mothers represented by unions are 17% more likely to use paid maternity leave than mothers not represented by unions. All workers expecting a new baby have the same worry: can she take maternity leave? ...

5 Scenarios That Prove Wrongful Termination

Priyansha Mistry

October 31, 2018

Employee Benefits, Featured, Trends

It’s a very bitter experience to have that dream job terminated by your employer. Not just for all the efforts in securing it. A wrongful dismissal makes it hurt the most. While some employers may want to be be...

Amazon’s $15 minimum wage to benefit its 350,000 warehouse workers

Anna Verasai

October 3, 2018

Employee Benefits, Featured, News

October 2, 2018 will be marked as a milestone day in the history of the American retail industry. The trillion-dollar company, Amazon raised its minimum wage to $15 per hour for all categories of workers across...

How To Handle An Employee With Drinking Problem

Anna Verasai

September 28, 2018

Employee Benefits, Featured

It's sad to accept that alcoholic employees are more prevalent than many of us would acknowledge. And the effect, which is not limited to the employee with the drinking problem, escalates to hurt productivity, ...

Do Office Chairs Stifle Creativity?

Priyansha Mistry

September 16, 2018

Employee Benefits, Featured, Trends

Imagine an office without chairs? Impossible! Chairs are an integral part of any workplace. And it has been shown that the average worker spends about eight hours in their chair every working day. This has g...

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What are your rights as a breastfeeding employee?

How to Create Employee Commuter benefits

Small Employers Can Create Maternity Leave Benefits

Should we consider anxiety as a disability at work?

Best Workplaces for Working Dads 2019

Employees in These Countries Get the Most Paid Days Off

Signs You Are Wrongly Dealing With Holiday Stress

Do union-represented moms earn paid maternity leave easier?

5 Scenarios That Prove Wrongful Termination

Amazon’s $15 minimum wage to benefit its 350,000 warehouse workers

How To Handle An Employee With Drinking Problem

Do Office Chairs Stifle Creativity?