51.   Still, a few companies have won praise from the experts for expanding their employee assistance programs.

52.   The company said that it will undertake an employee severance program soon and expects to have completed the layoffs by year-end.

53.   The employee program was a big gamble, Bassick said, but one that paid off.

54.   The federal employee program covers nine million people, including members of Congress, federal workers, retirees and their dependents.

55.   The federal employee program is the largest employer-sponsored health plan in the United States.

56.   The federal employee program is often described as a model for government and private health plans.

57.   The general expansion of the corporate counseling and referral services known as employee assistance programs may help explain the popularity of pastors in the workplace.

58.   The new BankAmerica has introduced an employee stock option program that raises benefits for NationsBank staff members while cutting benefits for employees at the old BofA.

59.   The plan was also altered to allow individuals to participate in the federal employees health benefits program.

60.   The sale was intended as a way to retire the bonds, part of an employee incentive program, without affecting the share price.