Employer Strategies

To achieve the benefits of well-being initiatives, including health improvement, talent acquisition, employee performance and retention, company culture must fully support them.

Workers with access to employer-sponsored plans are much more likely to feel good about their financial prospects, finds new research from EBRI, but their nest eggs still could use some work.

The Northeast Business Group on Health says digital tools can make a difference in controlling chronic conditions among employees.

The carriers offering the supplemental benefits see a value-add for employers that sign on, but experts say advisers will play a critical role in getting employees engaged.

The Florida-based beer distribution company brewed up a plan with its insurer, UnitedHealthcare, to engage workers with wearable fitness devices.

Affordable Care Act’s loopholes and inefficiencies are creating losses among carriers and they, in turn, are pressing advisers, says Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute.

The key issue for benefit plan sponsors in Zubik v. Burwell is whether the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive-coverage mandate requirements and its accommodation violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

A report released on Wednesday by salary website Glassdoor found that that women are paid, on average, five cents less on the dollar than men in the same position who are equally qualified and work at the same company.

Tired workers are rampant in the workplace, and companies need to wake up to reality or face continued loss of productivity.

Cornerstone Insurance Group beefs up its offerings – and even hires a staff wellness director – to win over plan sponsors.