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• How to Break Into LTC Sales Via the Workplace

  BNET - 2005-10-10

  The issues surrounding America's aging population and long-term care needs have been popular topics in the news lately. The need for LTC insurance is growing quickly. Baby boomers are starting to transition into retirement. In fact, the number of retirees is projected to grow from 30 million to more than...

  Tags: Retirement, Baby Boomer, Workplace, UnumProvident, Long-term Care

• The Role of Assistive Technology in the Workplace

  BNET - 2003-09-01

  Today there are 33 million working age Americans with disabilities and 14.5 million of them are unemployed. Of those who are unemployed, two out of three would prefer to be working. Yet the unemployment rate for working-age adults with disabilities has remained at 70% for more than a decade. One...

  Tags: Workplace, UnumProvident, Disability, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• The Benefits Challenge: Defining the Impact of Disability, Lost Time and Medical Costs

  BNET - 2003-03-01

  The challenge of managing the impact of employee absence and productivity is not a new one for employers. In today's competitive environment, it is of ever-increasing importance. While there is no single solution to this complex issue of medical cost containment and absenteeism, the combination of a defined return-to-work program...

  Tags: Workplace, Benefit, UnumProvident, Disability, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Totaling Absences: In Today's Economic Climate, Employers Are Rethinking How They Account for a Worker's Lost Time

  BNET - 2002-10-07

  A simple sick day. A workplace injury. A disabling psychiatric illness. A happy, normal pregnancy. Employee dissatisfaction and job performance issues. Each of these situations can lead to employee absences with a direct effect on workplace productivity and organization profitability - yet employers treat each differently. Workers who are injured...

  Tags: Absence, Job, Workplace, UnumProvident, Worker, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management