Well it’s been a long time since I’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 [...]
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This Father’s Day weekend, many moms are getting a nice surprise too: 53% of fathers would consider being a “stay at home dad” if it were financially feasible, according to a new survey by the Boston College Center for Work & Family.
While we often think of moms as bearing the full responsibility for finding child [...]
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I’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 [...]
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, [...]
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This year’s EAPA conference did what it always does; it got me all pumped up. And, this year the opening keynote address was delivered by a leader in the employee assistance program (EAP) field, Dan Conti, PhD.
Dan is the Managing Director of the Employee Assistance & Work Life Programs at JP Morgan Chase, the parent company of [...]
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Msnbc.com’s John W. Schoen wrote a great piece this week about the recent surge in U.S. business productivity corresponding with a drop in labor costs (“Americans working much harder – for less pay.”) The explanation is that fewer employees are carrying more of the workload at reduced salaries.
The news, which is likely to appeal to [...]
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