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How Your Company Can Save Money, Boost Performance, And Improve Healthcare For Vulnerable Employees During Covid-19 And Beyond
When budgets get tight, benefits are a frequent place for companies to make cuts. Employers choose to reduce options and pass on more expenses to employees. That may be a misguided approach, says Lee Murphy, Ph. D., the CEO of Inspera Health. Murphy says companies can both cut costs and help employees improve their hea
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Flexible work programs can help retain working women if designed thoughtfully
We are facing a gender equality crisis. The numbers have made for a steady string of headlines recently: We hit a 33-year low in women’s labor participation in January, and nearly 3 million women have dropped out of the workforce compared to a year ago. Since February 2020, women have lost a net of 5.4 million jobs, ac
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How to save more when inflation makes your money count less
When it comes to spending power, inflation means that things cost more and that your money becomes less valuable. When a period of high inflation hits
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Maximum employment? What it means post-pandemic may have changed already
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U. S. unemployment rate hit a record low of 3.5% a year ago, but that bit of history comes with a footnote. It arguably was not the best overall time for workers in recent decades. That honor goes to the final months of 2000. Even though unemployment rates were a bit higher, wage growth was s
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Are You—and Your Business—Ready For Inflation?
If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s that businesses must be quick to adapt to new and fast-changing market conditions.
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Small Business Owners Ask: Am I Paying My Employees The Right Salary?
By Rieva Lesonsky Survey after survey of small business owners indicates that attracting and keeping employees is one of the biggest challenges today. And with the unemployment rate still low, that problem is not likely to go away soon. A few months ago we noted that, according to a survey from Kelton Global, commissio
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News: Federal Reserve Governor Outlines 2025 Economy, Threats to Financial Stability
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in January spoke at the Seventh Conference on Law and Macroeconomics at the University of Michigan Law School in
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Providers place inordinate trust in patient identity practices
Providers may be placing too much trust in cybersecurity practices that are not sophisticated enough to deter high-level attacks by hackers. That’s the result of a survey of 100 participants from healthcare organizations, which found discrepancies in cybersecurity preparations and actual marketplace reality. The resear
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Fed keeps key rate near zero, sees inflation as 'transitory'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U. S. economy is quickly strengthening, inflation is showing signs of picking up and the nation is making progress toward defeating the viral pandemic. But on Wednesday, Chair Jerome Powell made clear that the Federal Reserve isn't even close to beginning a pullback in its ultra-low interest rate
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Fed sees earlier time frame for rate hikes with inflation up
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it may act sooner than previously planned to start dialing back the low-interest-rate policies that have helped fuel a swift rebound from the pandemic recession but have also coincided with rising inflation. The Fed's policymakers forecast that they would ra