How benefits and HR tech companies are responding to coronavirus

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Health insurance, benefits and HR platforms are changing the way they operate in response to COVID-19. These platforms are at the forefront of helping businesses, HR professionals and benefits brokers navigate unprecedented challenges brought forth by the pandemic.

“[Carriers] are accelerating the onboarding of customers so that they can have earlier access to telehealth,” says Michael Levin, CEO of Vericred, a data company that supports HR and benefits administration platforms. “Most important to understand is that they’re doing this while many of them themselves are furloughing or laying off some of their own staff in order to meet their own challenges.”

HealthJoy, a benefits experience platform, announced QuickLaunch in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative allows companies to deploy telemedicine and concierge support to employees within two business days.

HR and benefits platform Zenefits is offering businesses 12 months of free payroll with an annual subscription to any of the firm’s HR software packages. Zenefits has also published several resources designed to help small and medium sized businesses navigate COVID-19.

Evelina Nedlund
Associate editor

Evelina Nedlund is an associate editor of Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser. She can be contacted via email at evelina.nedlund@arizent.com.


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