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Employee stock ownership plans may perk up productivity

by Adrian Ma
Dec 10, 2018
Nearly 7,000 businesses in the U.S. have employee stock ownership plans or ESOPs.
Great Lakes Brewing in Cleveland, Ohio recently decided to give employees stock in the company.
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Do corporate wellness programs work?

by Tracey Samuelson
Feb 16, 2018
A new study says they help employee retention, but not employee health.
Would you be more likely to go rock-climbing if your company picked up part of the tab? 
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The new workplace perk: help with student loans

by Amy Scott
Nov 8, 2017
More employers offer repayment assistance as millennial workforce grows.
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How did bring your dog to work day become a thing?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jun 22, 2017
Woof.
Dogs share the aisle with employees at DogVacay's offices in Santa Monica, California. Employees of the company, known as an Airbnb for canines, share office space with their own and others' dogs.
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Who shares the growing productivity pie?

by Scott Tong
Nov 6, 2014
Productivity is up, but how are employers and workers sharing the gains?
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Get a discount on health care -- if you wear a tracking bracelet

by Molly Wood
Oct 11, 2013
Employers can give employees bigger discounts on health care if they participate in wellness programs. But what if instead of gym memberships and health surveys, those programs handed out devices that tracked your every step?
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Wal-Mart to provide benefits to partners of gay employees

by Dan Gorenstein
Aug 28, 2013
The nation's largest employer will give healthcare benefits to same-sex partners of full-time employees starting next year.
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Employee Benefits in 2013: The good, the bad, and the uncertain

by Chris Farrell
Jan 17, 2013
Will 401(k)s, health care plans, and vacation time benefit at all from the improving job market in 2013? Marketplace economics correspondent Chris Farrell takes a look at possible changes to employee benefits in the year ahead.
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Summer Fridays off are a growing job perk

by Jeff Tyler
May 28, 2012
A way for companies to sweeten benefits at little cost.
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Study: Intelligent people less likely to take sick leave

by Stacey Vanek Smith and Jeremy Hobson
Apr 4, 2012
According to a new study out in the U.K., there is a correlation between intelligence levels and the likelihood that someone will end up on long-term sick leave.
British officials demonstrate how to sneeze during a visit to a school in north London. A new study in the U.K has found a strong correlation between intelligence and those who are less likely to go on long-term sick leave.
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