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Guide helps employers create fair policies for transgender workers

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization, has released a guide that aims to provide human resource and other employment professionals with best practices for transgender workplace inclusion.
New travel assistance services help employers boost the value of their group life insurance programs

For the first time, a comprehensive suite of travel assistance services is available to employees covered under Liberty Mutual group life insurance policies, whether they travel for business or pleasure.

Employee dietary habits affect productivity

Employers striving for a more productive workforce may want to begin their mission in the cafeteria. Employees with balanced diets have 10 times more energy, compared to workers with poor dietary habits, reports ComPsych Corp. in its 2008 Health & Productivity Index.
Voters split over health care reform solutions

Republican and Democratic voters have displayed differing views on the nation's health care problems in the primaries, says the New England Journal of Medicine?s report, Health Care in the 2008 Presidential Primaries.
Talent trumps technology in the HR department

How can advisers help their clients improve business processes in the HR department? By supporting high-tech solutions that help their people be their best. Human resource executives have consistently ranked technology and systems implementation as their top priority in HR service delivery. In 2008, however, employers report that their talent agenda is taking center stage.