Employee Benefit News - May/June 2020

Talking Grief

“After my husband died, I couldn’t even tie my shoes,” says Emma Payne, founder of Grief Coach. “The fact that I was expected to go back to work was unthinkable.”

ComPsych added a webinar to its global platform to help clients’ employees cope with the global outbreak.

Technology can help protect employees’ health as well as safeguard business interests from virus-related impact and loss.

For a veterinarian, the emotional aspects and financial strain of their profession can have a lasting impact on their mental health.

Four-legged visitors can help foster paw-sitive relationships with clients and co-workers.

Employers in three metropolitan areas will have access to the cost-saving health plan.

One in five people will experience a mental illness within a given year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, 70% never seek treatment.

A new collaboration between WINFertility and Dadi helps male employees to get the right fertility testing, information and support.

The medical community isn’t sure when the COVID-19 pandemic will end, but a labor attorney says employers need to have office policies in place well beforehand.

A partnership with financial wellness benefit, Branch, ensures hourly employees are paid after every shift — an essential need for many during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Inclusion programs for the low vision community are critical, though these programs are being challenged by the impact of COVID-19,” says Robert Vaters, CEO of eSight.

As businesses downsize due to the coronavirus pandemic, employers want to provide workers with alternative health and well-being benefits.

The technology can tap into the nuances of an employee’s emotional state, helping employers ensure their employees feel supported and heard when working remotely.

Experts suggest electronic paper trails and consistent HR policies to stay out of court.

“Short-term telehealth options make it possible for businesses to navigate a very uncertain time,” says Bill Goodwin, CEO of telehealth provider MeMD.

A retirement expert advises employers on helping workers save for the future during this pandemic.

“This student loan repayment benefit has the potential to mobilize American businesses both large and small to dramatically reduce the overall amount of student debt,” says Tuition.io CEO Scott Thompson.

HSA spending is more flexible than ever; learn how employees can make the most of them amid coronavirus.

“It's really important for employees to know where they’re at with investments, and that employers educate them so that they don't make rash decisions,” says Tara Mashack-Behney, president of retirement plan consulting firm Conrad Siegel.

The CARES Act waiver of penalties for premature 401(k) withdrawals may hurt the very American workers and families the Act is supposed to help.

It is of strategic importance that we ensure our information technology is supporting the entirety of the organization and its ability to communicate.

The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated how incompatible the workday is with raising children.

The exterminator service provider’s parent company has launched a debt repayment benefit program.

A CEO’s vision for a company can be a rallying cry within the organization, but when they leave it can rock company culture.