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	<title>Ken Mensio, CEBS &#187; Surveys: Employee Benefits</title>
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		<title>Benefits Barometer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Mensio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A barometer measures atmospheric pressure. In the world of employee benefits, the pressures are ever-changing and ever-increasing. Whether dealing with health care reform compliance, meeting fiduciary obligations in your 401(k) plan or launching a wellness initiative, the pressures and demands of your job just keep growing. One pressure that never eases - for benefits pros and CFOs alike - is the demand for data. With that in mind, this year's Benefits Barometer offers you more than a dozen charts designed to help you benchmark your benefits costs, health plans, retirement plans and overall benefits management. Special thanks to the agencies, consulting firms and advocacy groups that contributed to this year's Benefits Barometer: <a href="http://www.csibenefits.us/blog/health-insurance/benefits-barometer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Employers often fail to estimate costs of absences</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Mensio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite state and federal mandates that require employers track data on when employees are out of the office, companies fail to use the data to manage the associated cost implications, according to a new survey.
 The survey of 331 human resources and benefits executives and managers of companies with over 500 employees by Liberty Mutual found an organizational disconnect between collecting absence data to satisfy state and federal regulations and using that data to understand costs and savings to function more effectively.
 In the survey, 49% of respondents say they do not know the cost of absence in their organizations. Yet, 53% of respondents say they are focused on being compliant with state and federal leave laws. This turns into what Liberty Mutual calls a failure by companies to convert “data into dollars.”
 <a href="http://www.csibenefits.us/blog/employee-benefits/employers-often-fail-to-estimate-costs-of-absences/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Under-35 crowd becomes more benefits savvy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Mensio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Benefits Communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[benefits guidance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lydell C. Bridgeford February 8, 2011 The economy and health reform may have prompted the youngest workers at U.S. companies to take a deeper interest in workplace benefits, according to online research conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of &#8230; <a href="http://www.csibenefits.us/blog/employee-benefits/under-35-crowd-becomes-more-benefits-savvy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Employers with voluntary benefits stand out</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Mensio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[oluntary benefits help organizations retain employees and attract fresh talent, a new survey finds.

According to the WellPoint Inc. research, 83% of American employees think more highly of employers that offer voluntary insurance benefits than those that don’t.

This extends to job seekers as well, almost all of whom (nearly 90%) consider it important that companies offer a full range of health benefits, including voluntary, when accepting a new position. A full 56% consider it “very important.”

Voluntary benefits can improve employees’ overall perception of benefits as well. Whereas 82% of employees whose companies offer voluntary benefits are content with their packages, that satisfaction declined by 30% for those companies which fail to offer such benefits. <a href="http://www.csibenefits.us/blog/employee-benefits/employers-with-voluntary-benefits-stand-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Retention Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Mensio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that business is all about people. The success and failure of every organization depends on the quality of people found in the organization. Sourcing for and recruiting the best hands in an organization is not just all it requires. For an organization to grow and stand out in its industry, the best set of people should be sourced, selected, recruited and retained.
Employee retention is of paramount importance and a critical issue in an organization. Retaining your best hands ensures customer satisfaction, improved sales, satisfied co-workers, effective and balanced relationship between staff and management, effective succession planning, general growth of the culture and ethics of the organization. <a href="http://www.csibenefits.us/blog/employee-benefits/employee-retention-tips/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Survey Best Practices – 11 Lessons Learned</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Mensio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current economic downturn has changed the world dramatically. It's a new ball game for every organization. Now, more than any time in the past 60+ years, current feedback from employees and customers is essential for knowing where we are, where we need to be, and for planning our organizations' futures. Conducting effective surveys provides information and insight for making informed decisions, driving positive change and significantly increasing profit and organizational sustainability. <a href="http://www.csibenefits.us/blog/employee-benefits/employee-survey-best-practices-%e2%80%93-11-lessons-learned/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A review of preferred work culture contributing to employee satisfaction in today’s organizations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Mensio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The term culture by and large denotes the ideas, customs, and art of a particular society. While referring to work culture or organization culture one would particularly mean the customs, patterns, arts and beliefs followed in various organizations. Edgar Schein, one of the most prominent theorists of organizational culture, gave the following definition: The culture of a group can now be defined as a pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group learned as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration, that has worked well enough to be considered valid and therefore, to be taught to new members as the correct way to perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems. <a href="http://www.csibenefits.us/blog/employee-benefits/a-review-of-preferred-work-culture-contributing-to-employee-satisfaction-in-today%e2%80%99s-organizations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Importance of Online Benefits Enrollment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Mensio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open enrollment can be an exceptionally complex and involved process, consuming months of valuable time and taxing your resources to the breaking point. Open Enrollment is always a hectic time of year when employees have the opportunity to change their benefit plan.  <a href="http://www.csibenefits.us/blog/employee-benefits/importance-of-online-benefits-enrollment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Survey: Employers say health care reform will not control costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Mensio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While health care reform enters a cooling-off period, employers insist that reform must make cost-containment a central theme in order to lower health care costs, reports the National Business Group on Health and Towers Watson. <a href="http://www.csibenefits.us/blog/employee-benefits/18/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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