More U.S. workers are satisfied with their jobs than at any time since 2005, according to the latest job satisfaction survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Eighty-eight percent of employees said they were satisfied overall with their job. The most important contributor to employee job satisfaction was “respectful treatment of all employees at all levels,” cited by 67 percent of respondents. Other top contributors were compensation/pay, overall benefits

A new report released December 3 by Virgin Pulse reveals that employers are implementing well-being programs to achieve business objectives and address Human Resources (HR) priorities. More than half of the HR professionals surveyed in the report say they are looking to improve employee engagement (60 percent), productivity (53 percent), and organizational culture (52.8 percent) through well-being, which is no longer being seen as strictly an HR initiative, but rather a busin