Benefit Technology Resource Center

Amazon has hit another snag: a human resources department ill prepared to handle the thousands of requests pouring in from sick employees and those who need to stay home to care for their children or elderly relatives.

Employers are seeking new ways to keep remote employees productive and engaged, but they face a difficult balancing act as employee monitoring may damage trust and morale.

Employees are expensing work equipment and health and hygiene supplies, leaving businesses the task of deciding whether to pick up the bill.

As many traditional benefits including gym memberships and commuter stipends are no longer available to employees, companies need to change their benefit offerings as well.

The Department of Labor issued a new rule that allows companies to distribute retirement benefit information electronically.

“Helping bring broader benefits to more employees is particularly important during these challenging times,” says Neil Vaswani, CEO of Corestream.

Who will join the wave of tech innovators transforming benefits? Nominations are due by noon on Friday.

Digital health can transition employees back to work in a safe, cost effective and scalable way, says Andrew Le, CEO at Buoy Health.

With the new software, employers can analyze work at a task level, identify what work can be performed remotely and better adapt to changing business needs.

Employee Assistance Programs can be effective tools in engaging and helping employees improve their mental health, but are offered by just 32% of organizations.