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Financial stress can play a big role in how productive employees are at work. Less than half (39%) of Americans say their financial well-being is thriving, according to the 2014 Financial Well-Being State Rankings report, released from Gallup and Healthways. Last week we showcased the 10 states with the highest financial well-being scores. Here are the 10 states that scored the lowest.

A stellar communication strategy not only increases participation during open enrollment, but may even boost job satisfaction and increase employee loyalty. Open enrollment is stressful for benefits pros but it doesn’t have to be. Jay Starkman, CEO of Engage PEO and Dorothy Miraglia-King, executive vice president of Engage Insurance, offer these five tips to help employers better communicate during open enrollment.

Financial stress can play a big role in how productive employees are at work. Less than half (39%) of Americans say their financial well-being is thriving, according to the 2014 Financial Well-Being State Rankings report, released today from Gallup and Healthways. Here are the 10 states with the highest financial well-being scores.

Employers offering on-site fitness classes are providing an excellent way to improve employee health by infusing movement into sedentary office lifestyles. Ann Wyatt, regional vice president with HealthFitness and presenter at EBN’s recent Benefits Forum and Expo, shares these specialty exercise classes that are becoming more popular with today’s employees.

Whether they’re used to decrease health care costs or increase productivity and engagement, wellness programs are becoming an increasingly important aspect of employers’ benefits strategies. Speaking at EBN’s annual Benefits Forum & Expo in Orlando, Fla., Ann Wyatt, regional vice president with HealthFitness and Kimberly Shotwell, health & wellness services efficiency manager at Mars, Inc., shared ways employers can help create an engaging and successful wellness program.

Health plan premiums continue to rise and employers are concerned with the approaching Cadillac tax. The following data from the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & Educational Trust 2015 Employer Health Benefits Survey sheds some light on just how much employers and employees are paying for health care.

With companies such as Adobe and Nestle making recent headlines for expanding their paid parental leave programs, these benefits appear to be gaining traction as an important recruiting and retention tool. Here is the average number of paid weeks off new parents receive at the top 10 companies on Working Mother’s annual list of best companies.

Poor interviewing skills could cause employers to lose a qualified candidate or worse, a bad interviewer could result in a mistake that may lead to a costly lawsuit. Here are five common mistakes interviewers make, according to Christina A. Stoneburner, a member of Fox Rothchild's labor and employment practice.

As health care continues to garner the attention of the C-suite, benefits professionals are becoming key players at the executive level. Here are six critical skills and areas for benefits pros to master if they have their sights set on the job of chief human resources officer, courtesy of Aon Hewitt research that looked into what it takes to develop the next generation of CHROs.

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