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	<title>Working World Cafe &#187; Wellness</title>
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		<title>Employees Encouraged to Get Healthy &#8211; Or Else</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/09/17/employees-encouraged-to-get-healthy-or-else-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Long</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When sitting on the sidelines, it’s rather hard to earn yourself a penalty. In the corporate wellness arena on the other hand, not playing and sitting on the sidelines could actually result in penalties of a different sort—financial ones.
For the past few years we’ve seen employers take more aggressive approaches to wellness, including offering incentives [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
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		<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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[biometric testing]]></category>
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		<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>New Years&#8217; Resolutions and Wellness-Here We Go Again!</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/12/31/new-years-resolutions-and-wellness-here-we-go-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pilates]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, here we go again.  Isn&#8217;t it time again for us to try and tighten our belts?  No, I don&#8217;t mean financially.  I mean literally TRY AND TIGHTEN OUR BELTS.
Right about now, we are starting to become aware of just how ful-FILLING the holidays have been.  And so we begin to feel bad, take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Decade! Are Things Really Different?</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/12/30/another-decade-are-things-really-different/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/12/30/another-decade-are-things-really-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, its the end of another year and another decade so its this time of year when everyone waxes sentimental sharing some kind of &#8220;top 10&#8243; list or holiday list.  Well, now its my turn but with a twist.  2010 will begin my 3rd decade in the working world, most of which has been in the counseling, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raises Expected in 2010; Are There Other Ways to Reward Employees?</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/12/02/raises-expected-in-2010-are-there-other-ways-to-reward-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/12/02/raises-expected-in-2010-are-there-other-ways-to-reward-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Assistance Program]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Needleman wrote a great blog post for the Wall Street Journal recently called, “Better Paydays Ahead.”  It’s a frank, investigative look at how employee compensation has been changed – probably for a long time – by the economic crisis.
The majority of the experts and research she cites point to modest pay raises in 2010, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) Conference 2009</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/10/21/employee-assistance-professionals-association-eapa-conference-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/10/21/employee-assistance-professionals-association-eapa-conference-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[behavioral health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=640</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well today is the first day of the International  EAPA conference.  This year the conference is being held in Dallas, Texas.  It is a wonderful conference where Employee Assistance Professionals and vendors in the EAP space come together to learn and share best practices.  The whole goal is to provide services for employees and employers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Latest Skinny on Healthcare Costs: Prepare to Work Your Tail Off</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/10/08/the-latest-skinny-on-healthcare-costs-prepare-to-work-your-tail-off/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/10/08/the-latest-skinny-on-healthcare-costs-prepare-to-work-your-tail-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Week]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Towers Perrin]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Towers Perrin released its latest Health Care Cost Survey today and the news is about as pleasant as a heart attack: U.S. employers will see a 7% increase in medical benefit expenditures in 2010 and the average annual per-employee spend will exceed $10,000.
In short, with business profits down and many employees facing reduced family incomes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Let Obesity Eat Your Business:  Step-Up Wellness to Cut Down Costs</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/08/18/don%e2%80%99t-let-obesity-eat-your-business-step-up-wellness-to-cut-down-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/08/18/don%e2%80%99t-let-obesity-eat-your-business-step-up-wellness-to-cut-down-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wellness Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans are eating a lot of junk these days.  Unfortunately, it’s impacting business as much as beltlines.
To quote the Wall Street Journal’s “The Fat of the Land” column, which points out that 30% of American adults are currently obese, “a fatter and sicker workforce is a drag on economic growth.  In effect, we’re eating money.” 
Its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walking The Talk</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/07/23/walking-the-talk/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/07/23/walking-the-talk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I’m going to take a moment to shamelessly talk about how proud I am of my own organization and our workplace culture. 
Since founding Perspectives in 1981, we have been fortunate to consistently attract and retain an amazing team of talented professionals to support our organization.   We’ve been able to do that because we do [...]]]></description>
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