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Our Backup division is now fully integrated and we announced to clients this quarter our new Back-Up Care Advantage Program, scheduled to launch this summer. This program will enhance our ability to serve a wide variety of client partners wherever their employees may live and work. Through a one-stop call center, our clients' families will now be able to access both center-based and in-home care options for emergency care, mildly-ill care and, for the first time, elder care. Working families struggle with the dual issues of raising children and providing care and support for aging parents, and this new program will bring much needed back-up services that will enable these families to better integrate the many challenges of work and life.

Our cooperative has played a significant role in meeting members' expectations in this part of Missouri for 67 years and we will continue to do that in the future. I know that because of the dedication and stewardship of the directors and employees and the servant attitude they bring to the workplace and their willingness to be guided by our core values of integrity, accountability, innovation and commitment to community.

Our costliest health care problems -- in both economic and human measures -- are related to chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes. We know that many of the lifestyle choices we make every day can prevent or delay the onset of these diseases. Employers are learning that the more they help employees determine their health risks and the more opportunities they provide employees to make better choices, the greater the rewards -- a healthier, more productive workplace.

Our future success depends primarily on our ability to attract, train, retain and develop the right people within our organization. We believe that 3D Systems offers a very unique employment value proposition. We are creating an open, friendly and inviting work environment within our state-of-the-art headquarters facility that is being constructed at the Waterford Industrial Park. Most importantly, we offer prospective employees the opportunity to join a company that is founded and grounded on a strong customer centric culture, clear priorities, sensible guiding principles and ethical values.

Our goal has always been to take Burger King public. We believe the transparency and stability in ownership offered by being a public company will benefit our employees and franchisees for years to come.

Our goal is to move as many people as possible to the new location. Fifty percent of current employees would be the best possible result.

Our goal is a consensual agreement, but we're not willing to give management things it wants but does not really need. If management demands remain excessive we may be forced into a situation where we have no choice (but strike). There are limits to what employees will do.

Our support for March of Dimes is off to a strong start. Employees and their families and friends have embraced the concept of walking together to raise funds to help save babies from the complications of premature birth.

I think he's just angry that one of his employees is going up against him. He's been there too long.

I think other benefits are being utilized today more often than sabbaticals as retention tools. Instead of giving us six weeks off a year, employees are demanding more day to day flexibility, like the ability to telecommute, flex-time and child care or elder-care benefits. Those are the other areas where we are seeing real growth, while sabbaticals are sort of going up and down.

I think certainly it's not good news, at least in the short term. If there is a positive spin on it, both the facilities and the employees in both the Fort Kent and Presque Isle offices have always been applauded for their high work ethic and high productivity.

I tell you, the employees really appreciate the board doing this.

I was getting paid, several employees weren't, they were being paid in food.

It doesn't change the fact that employees are still overpaid. Their new models have to be very good, or else they'll fall back to the competitive disadvantage.

It is a fair offer. What is difficult is the job loss. The employees would rather have their jobs back.

I think it starts at the very top with the elected officials, goes to the appointed officials, goes to the Department of Criminal Justice ... and down to the prison employees who were very lax that day.

I think this is good news. It gives us some organizational stability and puts some concerns on the part of employees about a safety net to bed.

It has a campus atmosphere, where employees are able to bounce ideas off each other.

It has been a pleasure serving as Region I director of institutions, ... I have made many friends over the years and wish you and the employees of the department much continued success.

It had nothing to do with voting, ... It had everything to do with the fact that they were appreciative of things I did over the years to help the employees and the company.

I think we have a very, very generous program here, The students are being asked to bear all of the misery. ... The university employees are not bearing any of the misery.

I think we will be close to 100 employees by the end of the year.

It also means their job is constantly changing because technology is changing and this is a customer-driven industry. So our employees need to be flexible and driven. They are going to always be in training.

It became clear that our own employees who aren't nurses had the aptitude and the ability, but they were constrained by financial reasons or transportation. We traveled the world looking for nurses. The mother lode is within ourselves, within our 17,000 employees.

It can help hospitals reduce health-care costs and allow employees to work more independently.

I think it has improved the safety for the public and the employees that work in this building. For the most part feedback has been positive.

I think it is about both. Not only does it help the financial situation, but it sends an appropriate message to employees that they're not the only ones being asked to bite the bullet.

I think it's a great idea. Monte's always been good to us. The wall is there and Monte's always been a big part of the community. He's fattened the postal employees up with his candy for years. He's a great guy. It would be a good thing to do.

It costs employers major money if employees leave their campus for extended periods of time.

We need additional help to respond here in Missouri, as well as assisting with the request to dispatch workers to hurricane-affected regions. Active department employees are needed here to handle the increased workload.

We normally take directions from law enforcement and the conditions. We want to be able to serve our customers and make sure our employees are safe.

We notified our current and former employees last week and the week before. We have no reason to believe that any of the information has been accessed, and we are proactively protecting McAfee current and former employees with credit-monitoring services.

Today, shop owners and their employees are constantly challenged to succeed in an ever-changing business environment and to stay current with the advancements of automotive technology. The delivery of management education and technical training through the KEYS program will afford automotive professionals more opportunities to further their education. KEYS will offer automotive professionals solutions to the many challenges they face each day.

Thousands of trained killers are plotting to attack us, ... Employees of this new agency will come to work every morning knowing that their most important job is to protect their fellow citizens.

We have the potential ability to grow fourfold by looking at the number of employees in a corporation versus the number of users that are professional users of SAP.

We have thousands of employees that don't have a PC. They log in and there are a slew of assets they need to authenticate to. I can't base a firewall policy around machines with a roaming user group.

The quality of experiences in the early years matters, ... child care facilities that meet high standards and offer employees a livable wage remain woefully inadequate.

The problem with an article like that is that we haven't had time to talk to employees. We're very unhappy. We want to tell our employees first.

The premise is healthy employees are going to perform better and enjoy it more.

You do need to know what the health risks of your population are. That's what the health risk analysis is for ? it's an important starting gate. It'll show if you have a higher proportion of smokers, if your employees have more of a disposition to diabetes or bad health.

We were kind of being cautious. We didn't want anything to interfere with the process. It's a little frustrating that it takes so long. The events are a couple years old already, and we had to maintain the employees until the arrests.

You have such a high level of insecurity that morale starts to drop dramatically. Employees are somewhat insecure and concerned.

Those investigations and those charges generally relate to a perception by the regulators ... that the city of Venice had become a rogue utility. That, in fact, there were a cadre of employees within the utility who had taken it upon themselves to get rid of the reclaimed water anywhere they could.

We'll encourage our employees to make their decisions based on an existing experience,

we are in the process of hiring 100-200 people for manufacturing and a few maintenance and skilled trades positions at Appliance Park. The new hires will replace employees who are retiring later this year.

Those are shared with employees if and when we choose to implement the voluntary program.

Those are the things that we are looking at - how do you continue to provide the best benefits to employees and remain competitive? There's a genuine desire to do just that at Wal-Mart, but we feel like we can certainly improve our offerings today.

Those are two areas of the economy that should be perking up right now if we were in a recovery mode, ... Normally, businesses hire temp workers and work their employees longer -- this drop is of real concern and raises the specter of a double-dip recession.

We know of small companies that are out of business due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita because they lost data, assets and access to their offices. We intend to be fully operational for our clients if we experience power outages or office damages here or when the safety of our employees limits their ability to make it to our Houston facilities.

We know our employees and customers want to give, and we are helping to make it easy for them,

We are delighted to receive this prestigious recognition for the fourth year in a row. The dedication of our employees drives our success. All our brands are focused on helping our customers find solutions to transportation and logistics challenges in today's global marketplace.

We are determined to do everything that we can do as a company to help the region rebuild and help our employees return to their normal lives as quickly as possible.

We are informing employees today that we are giving our U.S. management who are pension-eligible, or close to it, an opportunity to leave the company voluntarily with enhanced benefits. Eligible employees will receive an official offer on June 11 and acceptances must be made by July 10.

I worry that these acquisitions and these mergers can only spell higher costs for the consumer and in the long run problems for the employees of these companies.

I would like to express my thanks to our employees ... who have worked tirelessly towards our common goals. Their collective character and efforts are greatly appreciated, and I wish all of these individuals the best in their future endeavors,

We have an extraordinary team of journalists and employees in this company who are absolutely dedicated to getting this paper out, no matter what the conditions are, people who lost their homes, who didn't know what had become of their families and who kept on working.

We have a lot of concerns. (We're concerned) with the well-being of the city as well as the employees. It's never easy when you're dealing with a city whose employees are not getting a raise.

We've done a good job of preparing for change. In the early 1990s when new employees came we were reacting. Now we're preparing for the influx.

With the economy as good as it's been, small employers simply haven't been able to attract and retain good employees if they don't have a 401(k) plan,

With the economy starting to show signs of recovery, employees would be strongly advised to fully explore their career options.

Virtually all of the employees will be staying (with the board).

We're very proud of the employees who have hung in there with us.

We have been trying for months to get an investigation underway into this deal which was negotiated between Toll employees and former Toll employees who were being given Toll options while working at Pacific National,

We have very competitive benefit plans at Alcoa, and we periodically evaluate the level of competitiveness to ensure our plans are in line with the marketplace. We will move to a defined contribution system for new hires - a contribution to a 401(k) plan of three percent of salary and bonus, in addition to our match programs on the first six percent contributed - that gives employees significant flexibility and portability of their retirement savings.

We know the administration had a policy of telling employees that, if they resigned, they would get a neutral referral,

We can't have our employees using drugs; it's the same for the people we're watching, ... And our whole careers are based on integrity. If you're a proven liar, you can't work here.

We're really happy that people have accepted us and welcomed us here. Our employees are our family.

The allegations that the Moroccan authorities played a role in organizing these demonstrations are alarming. We demand that the government explain why municipal vehicles were shuttling protesters and why municipal employees were organizing the crowds against the paper.

The Alliance at IBM is still an active campaign, but we've not been able to build enough support to get to the point to have a vote, ... But the pension changes there, or the cutbacks and pension changes just announced at Hewlett Packard show the need for unions. They're unilateral, with no one in position to speak for the employees being affected.

The advantage to this handheld device is that it's much cheaper than using a cell. So, for example, an enterprise could opt to give its employees an F1000 as a cheaper alternative to the office phone.

Where you saw water up to the rooftops. That's where my customer base lived. My employees lived out there.

Will the lower paid employees be courted in the RSA and LSA world? Historically, they have not been because they have little accounts. If that happens, that's not a good thing for the country.

You can be sued personally for virtually any reason as a result of your service in city government, ... The same vulnerability exists for all employees of the City of Milledgeville.

Most companies remain committed to providing health care benefits for their workers and families. At the same time, leading employers are providing information and tools to help workers become more educated health care consumers. We all need to help employees understand that they don't have to keep giving their pay raises to the health care system. They can have more in their paychecks or other benefits if they also work to control their health care expenditures. Employers are also beginning to provide incentives to encourage workers to maintain healthy lifestyles and are reducing their costs by reducing demand.

Most companies think their data is secure because employees are assigned limited access rights, but we all know how easy it is to obtain someone else's password. In addition, the level of personnel involved in theft means they automatically have access to critical data and, on a bad day, or if they are forced to leave, making the data available for a sum of money is a simple and profitable option and easy to accomplish.

Most employees view base salary as a barometer of their worth, so thinking about a steady decrease in the amount of money being provided to them has had a psychological impact. That's why organizations looked to variable pay as a way to counteract that -- until recently.

We intend to make sure that they receive whatever benefits they're entitled to. And we intend to provide whatever services we can to ensure that these employees are able to get aid and receive help in getting new jobs.

We intend to sell the business, of which the plant is part of the business. We informed employees last night. We have just begun the sales process. There is no time frame on this, but we would obviously like to do it quickly.

We intend to treat everyone fairly throughout this process, and our management team looks forward to discussions with its salaried employees and with the union representatives of the hourly work force in Bellevue to assist in the transition.

We just want to make sure we're taking care of our families the families of the victims the other families and our employees who are really devastated by this. This was an unbelievable tragedy.

Most of the employees have been with the company for a long time and most of them use the insurance.

Most of the employees treat us with respect, but I give respect. That's why I get respect.

Most of the ideas come from the employees themselves because they are the ones doing the job, so they know it best. On the other hand, they want to get the job done the fastest way possible, so we have to work together to make sure no one is skirting around the problem and not being safe.

We got to play to a crowd of Lucasfilm, LucasArts and ILM employees straight after their work hours and it was surprisingly good fun, ... Our song 'Clones' from Republic Commando and our cover of ' Cantina Band ' went down like a storm. We had props of Darth Vader , a stormtrooper and R2-D2 brought out of the archives and put on stage with us, as we played a short half hour set. Artoo is well aware he's my favorite so he obviously had to hang out stage left.

We need to engage our Hispanic employees to help us navigate that market.

We are not prepared to negotiate now with a minority union and give a minority of employees more benefits.

We are not satisfied with last year's results. We can only safeguard the future of our company and the jobs of our employees if we achieve profitable growth.

We haven't had high school for about three years and when you don't have the students, you don't have the funds. We tried to keep the employees as long as we could.

We know this is a difficult time to talk about an incentive program, but GM has a responsibility to help stimulate the economy by encouraging Americans to purchase vehicles, to support our dealers and suppliers, and to keep our plants operating, and our employees working

We have a no-solicitation policy, so that employees don't feel pressured.

Mesa Public Schools is a leader in deploying Internet applications for classroom use, and we're proud to have been selected to help with this important project, ... Since we have more than 5,000 employees in Arizona, it's gratifying to know that we're delivering services to help bring top-notch education to students in the communities in which we live and work everyday.

Microsoft is partnering with these NGOs to drive further adoption of technology that can speed information when it is most critical. We at Microsoft believe it is important to help improve humanitarian efforts through financial donations, technical resources and the volunteer efforts of our employees worldwide. This grant is directed at improving collaboration among agencies, which is one of the most vital issues our NGO partners are trying to solve.

Microsoft's engineers have been griping about too much bureaucracy, and this reorganization runs counter to it. It is bound to cause some discussion among employees as you are essentially putting a business manager on top of a very technical group.

When it comes to shift planning, the considerations involved in deciding on the shifts of any one employee can be numerous. Taking into account that a service organization may have tens, hundreds, even thousands of employees to organize into shifts in different geographies and organization units, the need for an intelligent tool to manage this process automatically and optimally becomes apparent.

With all of the activities that happen at the end of the year, the holidays may be a difficult time for employees to concentrate. But with a little effort, by both employers and employees, the holidays can stay as productive as the rest of the year and help the company end the year on a positive note.

We do have other things for our employees to do.

We continue to believe our $72 (a share) proposal is better for Guidant, its shareholders and its employees than Johnson & Johnson's revised offer. We are offering significantly more value, and there is strong upside potential over time.

We continue to believe our $72 (per share) proposal is better for Guidant, its shareholders and its employees than Johnson & Johnson's revised offer. We are offering significantly more value, and there is strong upside potential over time. We continue to move forward on our due diligence with the goal of reaching a definitive agreement with Guidant.

We continue to believe our $72 proposal is better for Guidant, its shareholders and its employees than Johnson & Johnson's revised offer. We are offering significantly more value, and there is strong upside potential over time. We continue to move forward on our due diligence with the goal of reaching a definitive agreement with Guidant.

We continue to believe stock options are an appropriate and valuable part of compensation that encourages employees to focus on shareholder return,