Kathleen Koster

The efforts of Maurice Evans, director of HR at Integral Group, lead to higher enrollment in the company’s voluntary vision plan.

A workforce management program at Boeing aims to strengthen existing talent while working to close critical skills gaps.

NBC Universal’s medical director voices concern about the lack of education for high-deductible health plans, particularly as exchanges come online.

The health care reform law has many moving parts and a great deal of regulations yet to come, which will keep benefits professionals on their toes all year.

Behavioral psychology plays a key role in crafting meaningful and effective employee recognition programs.

At a recent session presented by the Midwest Business Group on Health, one large and one small employer offered insights into how they made the decision to maintain health benefits or offer workers coverage via an exchange.

American Licorice Company uses weigh loss challenges and onsite exercise classes to help employees get healthy.

As high-deductible health plans become more popular, employers should take special note of gaps in employees’ understanding to make sure the plan is utilized as intended.

L. L. Bean achieves 4.4 to 1 medical cost return on investment with its health and wellness programs.

By reaching out to its Latino population to educate workers and provide resources tailored to their specific needs, Pitney Bowes significantly reduced health care disparities in its workplace.

Benefits pros and wellness vendors are joining forces to roll out more wellness tools for employees to access via smartphone.

Two Midwestern employers, Twin City Pipe Trade Services Association and the Midwest Employee Benefit Funds Coalition offer suggestions for building engaging health fairs for employees

A majority of high-deductible health plan enrollees misunderstand what types of care are applied to their deductible, leading some to avoid preventive physician visits and tests unneccesarily.

How brokers can balance web tools and in-person meeting for better retirement education

Sit-stand workstations create movement and energy for employees who sit in front of a computer for long hours, such as many knowledge workers and call center employees.

Eric Greitens — Navy SEAL, Rhodes scholar and founder and CEO of The Mission Continues — delivered a Veterans Day keynote address to HR/benefit professionals at the annual conference of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Greitens sought to remind practitioners of the unique and valuable skills, training and commitment veterans can bring to the civilian workforce once their military service is complete.

Mount Everest climber Alison Levine shares how the lessons she’s learned climbing the world’s highest peaks can be applied to the corporate world.

Lafarge enlists the help of Dr. Michael Roizen from the Cleveland Clinic to transform the company’s culture of wellness.

Flexibility with rollovers and investments are cited as key advantages to health savings accounts, causing them to become valuable retirement plan assets.

Manatee County in Florida and Fond du Lac County in Wisconsin outline their wellness programs that tailor outreach to individual employee needs