Kathryn Mayer

EBN and EBA’s annual conference delved deep into hot benefit trends, employer strategies and employee engagement.

The retailer’s benefits director says about 20% of its workers are using Even, which allows employees to receive wages before their next pay period.

The retailer’s benefits director says about 20% of its workers are using Even, which allows employees to receive wages before their next pay period.

Benefits leaders from Estée Lauder and Options Clearing Corporation say the perk doesn’t have a lot of overhead and has huge payoffs.

Benefits leaders from Estée Lauder and Options Clearing Corp. say the perk doesn’t have a lot of overhead and has huge payoffs.

Couldn't make it to the Benefits Forum & Expo? Find out how benefits professionals from Facebook, Activision Blizzard, Purdue University and Optanix are not only shaping their respective companies — they’re reinventing the industry.

New moms at the chain can work an 80% schedule at 100% pay for four weeks before and after maternity leave, in addition to getting six weeks of paid leave.

New moms at the chain can work an 80% schedule at 100% pay for four weeks before and after maternity leave, in addition to getting six weeks of paid leave.

EBN’s 2018 Benefits Professional of the Year, Renee Albert, has led the social media giant in ramping up paid parental, bereavement and caregiving leave — along with a slew of other enviable benefits. But her most game-changing initiative is calling on other employers to do the same.

What impresses me most about EBN’s Benefits Professional of the Year isn’t just what she’s done at Facebook, but what she’s trying to do to move the entire industry.