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February 9, 2014
Its so irritating to me, because in part, i feel like theres this unquestioned assumption in the american context that of course health care will always be attached to employment. and the place you get your health care coverage is at your job. but thats just an assumption, right? it does not have to be structured that way. >> and as we climb the ladder of life. >> the ladder of life! i want a t-shirt with that. as we climb the ladder of life, yeah, our employers, we cant rely on them, and the wh...
February 9, 2014
News. suddenly, aol employees all had mail. in a message to his staff, armstrong wrote, we heard you on this topic. we have decided to change the policy back to a per-pay period matching contribution. he also went on to explain he made a mistake and apologize for mentioning specific health care examples at the company town hall earlier in the week. it is hard for me to contain my rage about this, mostly because it feels like its just dishonest to suggest that some employees or even obamacare ove...
February 9, 2014
Heather hayden and stacy berger, thanks so much. coming up next, the blame game over obamacare and jobs and the ceo who blamed distressed babies for 401(k) cut. he has a very different message this morning. there is more nerdland at the top of the hour. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] with five perfectly sweetened whole grains... you cant help but see the good. became big business overnight? ♪ like, really big... then expanded? ♪ or their new product tanked? ♪ or not? what if they embrace new...
February 9, 2014
Repairing damages. fema disagrees. the agency suggested in a statement that new jersey should have known better than to use its data for a rebuilding program, writing that the data, quote, were not intended to be a comprehensive damage assessment for long-term recovery work. even with this new information, an 80% successful appeal rate, and an admission of using bad data, the state initially refused to reopen the appeals process to those who were rejected, but didnt appeal. nearly 4,000 people. ...
February 9, 2014
Last week aol caught some employees by surprise when the company announced a change in how it allocates funds to match its workers 401(k) contributions. formerly, they used the traditional model, in which they match a percentage of employees. but on tuesday, they made the call to switch to a new system, in which they would only match employee contributions in one lump sum at the end of the year. that means only employees who are still with the company on december 31st will be eligible to receive...