Top Tweets of February

These were my favorite tweets from February. You’ll see they cover several issues important both to employers and employees, from 401(k)s to wellness.

The workplace

Just some things to think about the office, and what people are talking about.

The SHRM Workplace Forecast: It’s Health, Health, and More Health http://ow.ly/1s4vNM

Are employee-retention surveys a waste of time? http://sbne.ws/r/6M93

RT @drdavidballard: Perceptions & Realities for Future of Telework ( @sharlyn_lauby) http://j.mp/hqtjJl #worklife #workflex #telecommuting

About wellness

RT @ co_health: Is wellness working? Buck runs down their latest research http://bit.ly/gtqKny #in #co_health

More small-business employees seek wellness programs http://sbne.ws/r/6OgL

Employers play a huge role

This goes to show how important benefits—and benefits communication—is to employees.

This is why we exist: 75% of employees use their employers as a resource for medical & health info http://ow.ly/3P7RI Huge jump from ‘07!

Better planning needed

Workers are seeing gains in their 401(k)s and managing their accounts, but we’re still a long way before the majority of the American workforce is comfortable talking retirement.

RT@johnhollon: Miss this? – Are Your Workers in the 17% (Yes, Only 17%) on Track for Retirement? http://t.co/DLCpr3n via @TLNT_com

Report: Employees saw increases in their 401(k)s last year http://sbne.ws/r/6R6N

Report: Women choose less-risky 401(k) investments http://sbne.ws/r/6RLp

Report: More older Americans are staying on the job http://sbne.ws/r/6OSB