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All About Job STRESS, Part 3: Job Stress Prevention Programs

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All About Job STRESS, Part 3: Job Stress Prevention Programs

Job Stress Prevention Programs: What Some Organizations Have Done Job Stress Example 1 — A Small Service Organization. A department head in a small public service organization sensed an escalating level of tension and deteriorating morale among her staff. Job dissatisfaction and health symptoms such as headaches also seemed to be on the rise. Suspecting […]

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All About Job STRESS, Part 2: Job Stress Prevention, A Comprehensive Approach

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All About Job STRESS, Part 2: Job Stress Prevention, A Comprehensive Approach

Preventing Job Stress – How to Change the Organization to Prevent Job Stress Preventing On The Job Stress : A Comprehensive Approach Ensure that the workload is in line with workers’ capabilities and resources. Design jobs to provide meaning, stimulation, and opportunities for workers to use their skills. Clearly define workers’ roles and responsibilities. Give […]

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All About Job STRESS, Part 1: Dealing With The Working World

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All About Job STRESS, Part 1: Dealing With The Working World

All About Job STRESS, Part 1: Dealing With The Working World About job stress and health: The nature of work is changing at whirlwind speed. Perhaps now more than ever before, job stress poses a threat to the health of workers and, in turn, to the health organizations. Through its research programs in job stress […]

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Administration Delays Basic Health Insurance Plan Option Until 2015

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Administration Delays Basic Health Insurance Plan Option Until 2015

By PHIL GALEWITZ, KHN— The Obama administration has delayed by one year the rollout of a basic health insurance program aimed at low to moderate-income people who won’t qualify for the expanded Medicaid program under the federal health care law. Under the so-called Basic Health Program, some states had planned to offer government insurance to people who don’t […]

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Study: Health Care Premium Increases Offset By Subsidies, Better Coverage

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Study: Health Care Premium Increases Offset By Subsidies, Better Coverage

By JULIE APPLEBY, KHN— How the federal health care law will affect premiums is among the most asked – and most controversial – questions in the final months before new rules kick in requiring most Americans to carry coverage. A white paper out Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, considers how the law will affect premiums for people […]

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Resource: Summary Of Health Care Benefits, Insurance Coverage & Uniform Glossary Of Terms

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Resource: Summary Of Health Care Benefits, Insurance Coverage & Uniform Glossary Of Terms

Under the Affordable Care Act, health insurers and group health care plans will provide the 180 million Americans who have private insurance with clear, consistent and comparable information about their health care plan benefits and coverage. Specifically, the regulations will ensure consumers have access to two forms that will help them understand and evaluate their […]

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HR Advocates To DOL: Flexibility Key To Successful Wellness Programs

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HR Advocates To DOL: Flexibility Key To Successful Wellness Programs

WorldatWork, a nonprofit human resource association, said it  has submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor responding to the request for comments on Wellness Programs governed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). “The majority of WorldatWork members are committed to providing valuable health benefits to their employees, however the […]

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Health Care Proposal: Religious Nonprofits Won’t Pay For Birth Control

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Health Care Proposal: Religious Nonprofits Won’t Pay For Birth Control

By JENNY GOLD, KHN— After a year of lawsuits and public outcry, the Obama administration proposed Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, a way for women who work at nonprofit religious institutions to get free birth control without requiring their employers to pay for it. Instead, institutions that insure themselves, such as hospitals and universities, could use a third party to find […]

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New Rule: Some Families Ineligible For Health Care Insurance Subsidies

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New Rule: Some Families Ineligible For Health Care Insurance Subsidies

By JULIE APPLEBY, KHN— Some families with costly job-based health care coverage may be ineligible for federal subsidies to help them buy less expensive coverage through new online insurance markets, under final rules released Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2012, by the Internal Revenue Service. The two rules, published by the Treasury Department here and here, uphold earlier proposals outlining what […]

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‘Olive Garden’ Company Sees Steep Sales Drop After Fighting Obamacare

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‘Olive Garden’ Company Sees Steep Sales Drop After Fighting Obamacare

Darden Restaurants, the company that owns the Red Lobster and Olive Garden chains, saw its net income plunge by 37% in the wake of bad publicity about its policies regarding the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. According to the Associated Press, “revamped menus and new ad campaigns” fell flat as the corporate giant […]

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