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	<title>Working World Cafe &#187; Bernie Dyme</title>
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		<title>Perspectives Ltd. Wins Sloan Award Again</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/08/09/perspectives-ltd-wins-sloan-award-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve done this but I am going to brag. Perspectives Ltd. is once again a finalist for the 2011 Sloan Award in Workplace Flexibility.  This is the fifth time in five years. Wow!  What an honor.  We have again been honored with the 2011 Alfred P. Sloan Award [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New ADAAA Rules May Challenge Employers on Psychiatric Disabilities</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/04/27/new-adaaa-rules-may-challenge-employers-on-psychiatric-disabilities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to recent speculation, discrimination claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) may increase because of a change in the federal law. 
The new law expands protection to employees and applicants with mental and psychiatric “disabilities” not previously covered.  Furthermore, the EEOC will be more aggressive in enforcing the law.  Since more mental conditions are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Vacation &#8220;Unplugged&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/04/13/my-vacation-unplugged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just returned from a three week vacation in which I made a concerted effort to disconnect from my office.  Amazingly, I was pretty successful at it. 
Here I am, the owner of a company that has, for the last 30 years, been in the business of providing employee assistance (EAP), worklife and wellness programs that enable employees and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention – Workplace Task Force</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/02/11/national-action-alliance-for-suicide-prevention-%e2%80%93-workplace-task-force/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/02/11/national-action-alliance-for-suicide-prevention-%e2%80%93-workplace-task-force/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was asked to serve on the Workplace Task Force for the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention about a month ago, I was honored and a bit pensive. 
After all, suicide is not something that people talk that openly about.  It’s often seen as something to be ashamed of and very little creates a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Avoid Firing Employees ‘Because Of Facebook’</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/11/12/how-to-avoid-firing-employees-%e2%80%98because-of-facebook%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/11/12/how-to-avoid-firing-employees-%e2%80%98because-of-facebook%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, it was all over the news: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is suing a Connecticut company that terminated an employee for posting negative remarks about her supervisor on her Facebook... but the root cause of this is really an employee relations issue.

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		<title>EAP Can Help Families When A Parent Deploys</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/11/11/eap-can-help-families-when-a-parent-deploys/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/11/11/eap-can-help-families-when-a-parent-deploys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Veteran’s Day, I’d like to remind military families that counseling and help through the employee assistance program (EAP) is available to serve the whole family – in addition to the military member. ]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Wellness Ah-ha&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/09/29/corporate-wellness-ah-has/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/09/29/corporate-wellness-ah-has/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a hectic couple of weeks for me with business travel and industry events.  But it&#8217;s also been great opportunity to evaluate how we can better serve our customers and their employees and family members. 
My first travel adventure last week was to a conference in Los Angeles called the Employer Healthcare Congress.  It&#8217;s actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Perspectives Ltd Was The Right Choice</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/09/07/why-perspectives-ltd-was-the-right-choice/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/09/07/why-perspectives-ltd-was-the-right-choice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Davis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having been in the employee assistance program (EAP) and substance abuse fields for a couple decades, I’ve seen a lot of different EAPs.  But I really enjoyed my time at Creative Care Management (CCM) – first as director of service operations and then as President and CEO and owner – because we really cared about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We’ve Acquired Another High-Touch EAP Company</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/08/25/we%e2%80%99ve-acquired-another-high-touch-eap-company/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/08/25/we%e2%80%99ve-acquired-another-high-touch-eap-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must admit that the last few months have been very exciting for me and Perspectives Ltd.  As I have mentioned on other occasions, Perspectives and I have been providing services to the workplace for almost 30 years, primarily via EAPs. And during that time, we have seen the workplace and the EAP field change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auditing Your EAP For Effectiveness May Save Lives</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/08/11/auditing-your-eap-for-effectiveness-may-save-lives/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/08/11/auditing-your-eap-for-effectiveness-may-save-lives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, I read something that really disturbed me.  It was a blog about Roy Hobbs, a Chicago native, veteran journalist and weekend television anchor in Birmingham, Alabama who was arrested in April on drug charges.  He was a prominent personality who was afflicted with drug addiction and needed help. 
To make matters worse, he claims [...]]]></description>
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