Employer Strategies

Employees of the government agencies will get access to specialty coaches to focus on improving nutrition, sleep, communication and navigating uncertainty.

As employees struggle to balance their work and home lives in a remote world, they want their employer to support them more than ever.

Strategists from Deutsche Bank propose a 5% levy for those who work from home on a regular basis and not because of a government lockdown mandates. Such a measure could raise $48 billion a year in the U.S.

The current layoff situation and legislative action to extend periods and deadlines associated with COBRA means that people who would not have considered electing COBRA prior to COVID-19 may choose to do so soon, and in record numbers.

Seventy percent of Black Americans do not receive mental health treatment. To combat stressors unique to this workplace population, employers must address discrepancies in their employee benefits.

These changes have the potential to impact employee benefits for years to come.

Caregiving is our collective duty — it’s no longer just on each individual, but on everyone, including our institutions, to do their best.

Since March, working parents have filed at least 40 lawsuits accusing employers of illegally denying parental leave or subjecting them to other forms of discrimination.

The percentage of workers asking for compensation for work-from-home expenses with their employers hasn’t gone up significantly since the outbreak of COVID-19.

Many leaders still have the mentality that if they want something done right, they should just do it themselves.