Manulife Layoffs 03.27.13
The company didn’t say how many people are being laid off, but Graeme Harris, vice-president of communications and media relations at Manulife, said less than one per cent of the company’s global workforce will be affected.
The company had 27,500 employees around the world as of the end of last year, including 8,400 in Canada. About 3,800 are located in Waterloo Region, where Manulife’s Canadian operations are headquartered.
via Manulife’s ‘global review’ of operations leads to layoffs | guelphmercury.
Parents to Students with Debt: ‘We’re Buying Insurance in Case You Die’
An increasing number of parents are taking out life insurance policies on their college graduates in an effort to avoid being left tens of thousands of dollars in debt if their child dies and can’t repay the loans, The Financial Times reports.
via Parents to Students with Debt: ‘We’re Buying Insurance in Case You Die’.
As Telecommuting Debate Rages, Aetna Sticks by Big At-Home Workforce – Insurance & Technology
In 2012, 63 percent of companies allowed employees to work some hours from home compared with 34 percent in 2005, according to the National Study of Employers, which was produced by the Society for Human Resource Management and the Families and Work Institute.
A 2010 survey by SHRM, the human resources industry’s largest trade group, said that providing flexible work arrangements such as telecommuting, part-time work and phased-in retirement was the best way to attract and retain the best workers. And 20 percent of companies allow workers to work full-time from home.
Of health insurer Aetna’s 35,000 employees, 14,500 do not have a desk at Aetna, a move that the company’s top executives, CEO Mark Bertolini and national business chief Joseph Zubretsky, have said helps cut costs in real estate.
via As Telecommuting Debate Rages, Aetna Sticks by Big At-Home Workforce – Insurance & Technology.
HT – Hank George
How WordPress Thrives with a 100% Remote Workforce – Scott Berkun – Harvard Business Review
Energy Drinks May Put Heart at Risk
Energy drinks may raise blood pressure and interfere with the heart’s electrical system, increasing the risk of sudden cardiac death, a meta-analysis found.
Seth’s Blog: Building your Backlist (and living with it forever)
Your history of work is as important as the work you’ll do tomorrow.
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Strong Associations of Vitamin D Concentrations with Mortality
Conclusions: In this large cohort study, serum 25(OH)D concentrations were inversely associated with all-cause and cause-specific mortality. In particular, vitamin D deficiency [25(OH)D concentration
Azithromycin (Zithromax or Zmax) – Risk of Potentially Fatal Heart Rhythms
ISSUE: FDA is warning the public that azithromycin (Zithromax or Zmax) can cause abnormal changes in the electrical activity of the heart that may lead to a potentially fatal irregular heart rhythm. Patients at particular risk for developing this condition include those with known risk factors such as existing QT interval prolongation, low blood levels of potassium or magnesium, a slower than normal heart rate, or use of certain drugs used to treat abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmias. FDA has issued a Drug Safety Communication today as a result of our review of a study by medical researchers as well as another study by a manufacturer of the drug that assessed the potential for azithromycin to cause abnormal changes in the electrical activity of the heart.
PTSD Ups Risk for Developing CVD, DM
Patients diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder are more likely to develop insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome compared with those that are not diagnosed with the disorder, increasing their risk for developing cardiovascular disease or diabetes.
Ebrahimi and colleagues utilized VA electronic medical data to identify the incidence of insulin resistance (defined as triglyceride over HDL cholesterol ratio ≥3.8) and metabolic syndrome in 207,954 patients (mean age 60 years; 14.93% men).
via Patients with PTSD at risk for developing CVD, diabetes | Endocrinology.
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