Employee Benefits

HealthFitness expands workforce to support 27 new clients added in 2011

By HR Vendor News | December 13, 2011

MINNEAPOLIS, MN Dec. 13, 2011 – Corporate leadership at HealthFitness is serious about the business of employee health – so serious that treadmill workstations are at the heart of its new Minneapolis office, and a HealthFitness-managed fitness center is located just one floor down. Computers are pragmatically provided at each treadmill, so associates can slip…

Employee Demand for Adult Backup Care Leaps Over 200 Percent, Reports LifeCare

By HR Vendor News | December 13, 2011

SHELTON, CT / December 13, 2011 – LifeCare, Inc. reports that requests for adult backup care increased 218 percent between the first quarter of 2010 and the same period in 2011—easily outpacing the acceleration rate of backup child care. Backup care is temporary care provided when regular care arrangements are disrupted or care needs change…

Benelogic Wins Top Workplace Award

By HR Vendor News | December 12, 2011

December 4, 2011 – According to The Baltimore Sun, Benelogic one of the best companies to work for in the Baltimore metro area.  Nearly sixteen thousand (16,000) employees from one hundred and seventeen (117) Baltimore area companies participated in a survey conducted by The Baltimore Sun in conjunction with Workplace Dynamics.  Seventy-five companies, including Benelogic,…

The Jellyvision Lab and Union Pacific Deliver a Simple 401(k) Message: Just Start Saving. The Response: 87% of respondents more likely to enroll in their 401(k)

By HR Vendor News | December 7, 2011

The economy has been going through a bit of a rough patch, and perhaps unsurprisingly, there’s been a nationwide slump in 401(k) contributions.  In response to this trend, the Jellyvision Lab and Union Pacific have teamed up to pilot an educational experience that caused a significant majority of respondents to say they are more likely…

OCI Unveils Multiple Versions of Leave Management System

By HR Vendor News | December 7, 2011

Denver, Colorado – December 7, 2011 – OCI, a data integration and software services provider, announced today that its leave management system, LeaveXpert, is now offered in two versions: Compliance and Enterprise.  OCI’s LeaveXpert integrates various types of HR, claims and leave data into a single web-based application to improve legal compliance and yield a…

New E-Course Will Help Unions Bargain For Workplace Flexibility

By HR Vendor News | December 1, 2011

Minnetonka, MN – December 1, 2011 – WFC Resources announces a new e-course for union leaders designed to help them introduce and bargain for workplace flexibility. The Minnesota firm has 27 years of experience in helping companies worldwide create more productive and effective workforces. Its e-courses for managers and staff are being used in nearly…

HR.com's Institute for Human Resources (IHR) to Celebrate First Year Anniversary with Over 72,000 Registrations

By HR Vendor News | November 29, 2011

Leading-edge content and top notch faculty mean a lot to HR.com’s friends as was demonstrated by over 37% of members who invested in their career last year with IHR / HRCI certification credits. In the summer of 2010, as part of a three year plan to make IHR education widely available (for free) and certification…

Secova Webinar Educates on Current Compliance Challenges

By HR Vendor News | November 29, 2011

Newport Beach, Calif./Nov. 29, 2011 — Secova Inc., a leading provider of health and welfare benefits administration services, will share vital compliance information in the upcoming webinar, “Keeping Up With the Quickly Changing Compliance Landscape.” The webinar, to be held Tuesday, December 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PST, will address the difficulties benefits…

OCI Analytic Study Demonstrates Valuable Return on Investment from Absence Management System

By HR Vendor News | November 29, 2011

November 29, 2010 Denver, Colorado – OCI, a Data Integration and Software Services provider, conducted a study on the financial impact that an automated, integrated absence management system has on the overall absence experience. The study is unique; taking a long-term view of a single employer’s results when they had no absence management program in…

TalentManagementTech and HRmarketer.com to Launch #HRTechChat on December 2

By HR Vendor News | November 29, 2011

Edison, NJ (Nov. 29, 2011) – HRO Today’s sister publication, TalentManagementTech (TMT), in collaboration with B2B marketing software and services firm HRmarketer.com, announced today that they will jointly launch #HRTechChat, a bimonthly Twitter chat focused on human resource technology and its impact on business today. The first #HRTechChat will take place on Friday, December 2,…