EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BUZZ: NEWS AND TRENDS FOR WEEK OF 11/30/15

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Wellness News:

9 Employee Retention Statistics That Will Make You Sit Up And Pay Attention

http://www.eremedia.com/tlnt/9-employee-retention-statistics-that-will-make-you-sit-up-and-pay-attention/

Evolve Or Die: A Former Skype Executive On Hiring Challenges In A Smaller World

http://www.eremedia.com/tlnt/evolve-or-die-a-former-skype-executive-on-hiring-challenges-in-a-smaller-world/

How Holiday Expectations Can Drastically Affect Employee Engagement

http://www.eremedia.com/tlnt/how-holiday-expectations-can-drastically-affect-employee-engagement/

How to Support Employee Health Instead of Sapping It

https://hbr.org/2015/11/how-to-support-employee-health-instead-of-sapping-it

Digital health technology and data are benefiting employees, employers

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/blog/digital-health-technology-data-are-benefiting-employees-employers

5 Ways to Reboot Your Wellness Program

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/252805

Broker/Sales News:

Zenefits Under Investigation For Allegedly Allowing Unlicensed Brokers To Sell Health Insurance

http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/25/zenefits-under-investigation-for-allegedly-allowing-unlicensed-brokers-to-sell-health-insurance/

Court Decisions Provide HR Expanded Protection From Retaliation

http://www.workforce.com/articles/21738-court-decisions-provide-hr-expanded-protection-from-retaliation

Will Open Source HR Make Life Easier For Companies?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rawnshah/2015/11/27/will-open-source-hr-make-life-easier-for-companies/

Employees pay 130% more for health care than a decade ago

http://www.legitgov.org/Employees-pay-130-more-health-care-decade-ago

How to stretch your employee benefits dollars

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-to-stretch-your-employee-benefits-dollars-2015-11-28

Work/Life and Concierge News:

Work-Life Balance Matters for Child-Free Folks, Too

http://www.payscale.com/career-news/2015/11/work-life-balance-matters-for-child-free-folks-too

Is Work-Life Balance Really Possible?

http://www.business2community.com/human-resources/work-life-balance-really-possible-01387236#2y1UxKPQ06uqwH04.97

WOMEN, MEN AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE—ARE THEIR ISSUES SIMILAR?
http://www.columbusceo.com/content/blogs/ceolive/2015/11/guest-blog-women-men-and-work-life-balanceare-their-issues-similar.html

Millennials Are Redefining The Idea Of Work-Life Balance

http://www.neontommy.com/news/2015/11/company-perks-millennials-love

Top 5 California Jobs for Pay and Benefits

http://patch.com/california/woodlandhills/top-5-california-jobs-pay-benefits

What It Really Takes to Attract Top Talent

https://hbr.org/2015/11/what-it-really-takes-to-attract-top-talent

Student Assistance News

Sexual assault on campus is everyone’s problem

http://www.mndaily.com/opinion/letters-editor/2015/11/30/sexual-assault-campus-everyone%E2%80%99s-problem

How College Students Are Resisting the Mental-Illness Stigma

http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/good-health/how-college-students-are-resisting-the-mental-illness-stigma-20151124

Campus Racial Harassment: More Complaints Than Findings

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/30/education-department-receives-many-complaints-about-racial-harassment-higher

Career site says higher education losing jobs at record pace

http://www.cpbj.com/article/20151130/CPBJ01/151139999/career-site-says-higher-education-losing-jobs-at-record-pace

For campus sexual assaults, false reporting is a false measure

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2015/11/29/for-campus-sexual-assaults-false-reporting-is-a-false-measure