Benefits Think Navigating the total rewards crunch to deliver real value to employees
These four steps can help take the guesswork out of what benefits bring the most value to your workforce.
Modern menopause support in the workplace: Data, accommodations and benefits
Current statistics, expert advice, and employer examples can empower benefit leaders to help female employees manage this life phase.
Americans worry living longer could put retirement savings at risk
Americans are embracing the prospect of higher life expectancies but worry about the financial tradeoffs, including healthcare costs, retirement income, and outliving their savings.
Benefits Think The SSDI gap your disability strategy is overlooking
When an employee applies for Social Security Disability Insurance, HR needs a good understanding of the process.
How Carrot’s CEO is championing menopause support in the workplace
Tammy Sun saw the need for education and resources that prepare and help women navigate this midlife stage, so she added a virtual clinic to the fertility company’s offerings.
Why open enrollment should be more than a once-a-year campaign
Progyny CHRO Cass Pratt shares practical ways employers can help employees understand their benefits and turn open enrollment into a year-round conversation.
Benefits Think Why workforce sentiment is a critical fiduciary data point
Treating sentiment as a scored, auditable data point will turn subjective impressions into the kind of objective evidence an executive committee can act on.
CEOs share advice for HR strategy, employee retention in 2027, part 1
Baystate Health president and CEO Peter Banko discusses employee pain points, rethinking compensation and removing barriers to care.
Broker consolidation tests agility, part 3
As brokerages expand, concerns over conflict of interest and fiduciary breaches abound.
U.S. retirement outlook worsens as debt, health costs weigh on workers
The U.S. fell three spots to 24th in a global retirement ranking, highlighting growing pressure on employers to help workers save and plan for rising costs.
Benefits Think When star employees are squeezed from both sides
Flexible benefits and a caring culture that recognize the double squeeze of child care and eldercare responsibilities on a culture will help retain sandwich-generation talent.
Rising healthcare costs may force small businesses to cut coverage
Reducing healthcare benefits can provide immediate savings, but it could also stunt retention and recruiting efforts.
This beauty brand’s paid parental leave gets cheers from women-majority workforce
Increasing leave in the U.S. and Canada aligns with the company’s focus on retention and internal promotion, said the head of people and culture for Lush North America.
Employers need to rethink access to mental health and recovery care
Organizations are seeing more demand for mental health and substance use services. New approaches aim to make care easier to access before employees reach a crisis.
Helping employees select the right healthcare during open enrollment
Employers should educate staff on the nuances of every coverage option, advises Benefitbay CEO, ranging from coinsurance to coverage tiers, networks, “incumbent bias,” and more.
Retirement income is the next challenge for employers
Workers estimate they’ll need over $5K in monthly retirement income, but many have no clear strategy for turning savings and investments into a steady paycheck.
Benefits Think 10 blind spots brokers should be watching
OE is just the beginning of a longer annual rite when employees still need to know when coverage begins, where to find ID cards and how to use their new benefits.
How this AT&T benefit is helping employee navigate stage IV cancer diagnosis
Jose Conde has been working with specialty care support platform Lantern for over a year, receiving aid with everything from oncology specialist connections to claims to empathetic support.
Broker consolidation tests agility, part 2
Regardless of how large or small a brokerage happens to be, experts agree that the secret to success lies in rewarding the best ideas and fielding the most talented benches.
Benefits Think AI in ADA and FMLA decision-making: How employers, TPAs, and software vendors are deploying compliant solutions
A senior VP and employee benefits expert at Gallagher explains what is being done to ensure oversight as AI becomes more widely used in the workplace.
