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As gig and contingent workers increase, PRO Unlimited seeks to give companies the flexibility to provide these workers the same benefits as full-time employees

Employers should be thinking more strategically about how their benefit offerings can integrate with each other to maximize the employee experience.

“The best training is doing,” says Tami Simon, corporate consulting leader for the employee benefits consulting firm Segal.

“There's a lot of different family journeys and people need support to get there,” says Paris Wallace, CEO of Ovia Health.

“Financial wellness is front and center [for employers], so the partnership between Betterment and Lumity made perfect sense,” says Amit Ahluwalia, Lumity’s national employee benefits practice leader.

Voluntary benefits are playing a more critical role in helping employees achieve health and financial security.

Managers need to learn better ways to set and prioritize their goals in order to oversee employees and work effectively.

The PERKS Marketplace lets employees shop for childcare services, massages and virtual therapy, fitness classes and even team building experiences.

COVID-19 economic pressures have pushed more adults living paycheck-to-paycheck to want their income early, calling into question the value of decades-old payroll practices — and highlighting disparities along economic, racial and gender lines.

The consulting firm began their trans-related medical coverage nearly a decade ago in 2013 — a relatively early adoption by industry standards.