Employer Strategies

Tracie Sponenberg, human resources exec for The Granite Group, explains how she helped her 500-employee company modernize its system capabilities.

Lattice, PerformancePro and Trakstar are among the tools HR managers can use to track employee progress.

The retail giant is rolling out the tool to its 1.5 million employees in an effort to boost wellness by “increasing engagement, improving health awareness and reinforcing healthy habits every day.”

Connecting employer clients with unusual or onsite offerings along the nontraditional benefits path serve as a differentiator and burnish client relations.

Recruiting, hiring and utilizing topnotch salespeople requires time, effort and a different set of skills.

Human resources software company Ultimate Software harnesses its services, called UltiPro, for its own HR strategy implementation.

Some are forced to retire early because of disability, layoff and health issues, while others fear that the program will reduce future benefit payouts as a result of its financial woes.

By making the benefit more comprehensive, employers can help effectively treat workers and reduce overall costs associated with delayed recovery and poor employee health.

Much like stop-loss coverage, employers can use telehealth services when making the leap to becoming self-insured.

At an ‘underground’ sales seminar, brokers learned new techniques for prying clients away from their entrenched competitors.