Employees don’t understand their health benefits — and employers aren’t helping
Nick Otto is a former senior editor of Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser.
Nick Otto is a former senior editor of Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser.
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Reducing healthcare benefits can provide immediate savings, but it could also stunt retention and recruiting efforts.
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.
Even the smallest changes, including better meetings, could make a massive difference in a neurodivergent person's workday.
By solving for the drivers of stress and overload, as well as supporting workers’ in daily areas like nutrition, employers can encourage a reversal of this damaging trend.
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.