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  • Taking Care of Your Small Business: Flexible Executives podcast

    Achieving work/life balance has always been a struggle, especially for talented executives in demanding positions. Listen in as Jamie Pennington, founder and president of Flexible Executives (www.flexibleexecutives.com), describes how her company helps blue-chippers attain balance, while providing smaller businesses with expert help on the cheap.

  • SMBs favor economic reform, new poll finds

    Small business owners are dissatisfied with the current state of the federal government, finds a poll released this morning by American Management Services. Sixty three percent of respondents feel as if the government is doing "nothing' to help small businesses and a quarter feel as if the government is doing "little."

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  • Happy Mother's Day ... or is it?

    Sunday is mom's special day, but 60% of working moms say they aren't getting special treatment in the office, a new Adecco survey finds.

  • Flexibility with a twist

  • Small companies have big shoes to fill

    By 2015, millions of baby boomers will have retired, leaving a significant gap in the American workforce. And it's an issue that two out of three of small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are willfully ignoring. A mere 35% of SMBs have a succession plan in place, the recent report, "The Looming Leadership Void: Identifying, Developing and Retaining Your Top Talent," by the Aberdeen Group found.

  • Mass mobilization: Coalitions advocate for health care reform as costs threaten SMBs

    The availability of affordable health care currently appears to be the No. 1 concern on the minds of most small and mid-size businesses (SMBs). According to a study of 506 California business owners with less than 100 employees, 75% rank the availability of affordable health care as extremely or very important. Fifty-seven percent see health care financing as a shared responsibility among individuals, employers and government.

  • Beyond basic benefits: Work/life programs that appeal to everyone

    Recruiting and retaining workers can be troublesome for smaller organizations with limited funds. In my last column, I mentioned a number of cost-effective benefits that go beyond core offerings and a long way toward creating a desirable corporate culture. In this article, I'll provide more details about these programs and advice on implementing them.

  • 'Taking care of business' with brand-new podcasts

    Welcome to SMB Human Resources' first-ever podcast channel! RSS our stories or check back each week for new interviews with small business owners, consultants, and leading benefit providers. Want to learn more? Visit our podcast page today!

  • 2008 Benefits Barometer benchmarking data

  • Enrollment strategies a hot topic at ASPPA

    If advisers wish to see robust participation rates in their 401(k) plans they need to have brief and informative education sessions, easy-to-enroll options and features that allow employees to defer decisions to their retirement plan adviser.

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