Healthcare

For some families, the benefits expansions companies are implementing are still not enough.

Misty Guinn, director of customer advocacy at Benefitfocus, discusses the current state of employee benefits.

Forty-one percent of parents are not aware of the benefits their employer offers them to help with child care and other family support.

As communities begin to build back their finances after the pandemic, this company wants to close the gap in equitable lending.

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how people interact with their benefits, their jobs and their medical needs.

Addressing drug and alcohol addiction needs to be a long-term strategy for employers.

Making it easy and rewarding for remote employees to take part in wellness programs builds a sense of belonging and can also have a positive impact on the employees’ physical and mental health and well-being.

Demand for resources provided by Ginger, which connects users to behavioral health experts and services such as coaching via a mobile app, is surging in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Employees have increasingly been turning to their employers for support managing the stressors in their lives outside of work.

Employers can demonstrate support for sober employees by working with their wellness program providers to incorporate new programs, policies and practices within their workplaces.