August 2007 - In This Issue

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  • Smoking: It's not glamorous for business
  • Ceridian helps employers with COBRA regulations
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Reader Poll

What kind of flexible work arrangements does your company support?

18%

Telecommuting

4%

Virtual

17.5%

Compressed work week

4%

Job sharing

57%

None

total votes: 245
margin +/- 1

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Meritocracy: Pay-for-performance strategies yield big benefits

Let's talk meritocracy. When an organization embraces it, they're making a commitment to reward their employees based on performance. Learn how a well-implemented pay-for-performance strategy can reward your best employees, improve retention, tie corporate objectives to individual performance and provide inspiration for others to improve.

INSIGHTS 2007: A fairy tale training experience

Once upon a time, Ceridian offered fairy tale training through a conference called INSIGHTS. This event brought nearly 800 customers to Kissimmee, Florida, in July for five days of hands-on product training, professional development and networking. INSIGHTS is Ceridian's annual training event available exclusively for our customers. Each year, the conference offers over 100 training sessions to help customers expand the skills and knowledge they need to excel in their careers.

Trapped by a skunk! Employees' most unusual excuses for missing work

When it comes to workers' unusual excuses for missing work, do you think you've heard them all? Think again. Ceridian LifeWorks asked human resources managers to share the most bizarre reasons their employees have given for missing work. And while these excuses are entertaining, absenteeism is no laughing matter for employers and coworkers.

Ceridian Pipeline: New online resource for our customers!

Learn about the latest news and updates in the Pipeline at Ceridian! We'd like to introduce you to Ceridian Pipeline -- a new online resource packed full of tools and trends information to help you stay updated real-time on the latest news and resources from Ceridian.