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Small Employers Can Create Maternity Leave Benefits

HR Digest

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 the employees but crucial in building a great company culture. Alternatives to maternity leave benefits.

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Employee Benefit: A Strategic Investment for Attracting and Retaining Top Talent

Empuls

Over a seven-year period (1998-2005), the stock prices of these companies enjoyed an impressive 14% annual increase, significantly outperforming the market average.   The never-ending disappearing act: where does your paycheck go?  Happy employees are more productive, engaged, and less likely to leave for another job.

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Are Parents Happier (At Work)?

BetterUp

Speaking to Newsweek about a study that was released in 2005, Professor of Sociology at Wake Forest University, Robin W. But another study of medical residents found that those who were married or parents actually experienced greater satisfaction that those who were not. Consequently, their happiness levels will improve as well.

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How prepared are workers’ compensation systems for COVID-19?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

There could, of course, be only one answer to these inquiries, that the influenza, though a great misfortune, could not by any stretch of imagination be considered as an accident arising out of employment. Source: 1918 Annual report ibid., These include the “Hong Kong flu” of 1968, various strains of “Avian flu” and “Swine flu”.