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In Defense of Corporate Wellness Programs

Harvard Business Review

Today, nearly 80% of people who work for organizations with 50 or more employees have access to a wellness program, according to a 2013 RAND study commissioned by the U.S. They attributed those losses both to absenteeism and to “presenteeism,” when employees come to work too unwell to do their jobs. Department of Labor and the U.S.

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Employee benefits for Caregivers in workplaces

HR Digest

Here are some ways that the HR staff and managers can oversee programs and policies that can benefit the workers who are caregivers. Foremost, the company has to have a culture of openness and employee-centric.