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“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.

Dustin Hostetler is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and the co-founder and visionary of Transformity Solutions LLC. He is a nationally recognized speaker and pioneer in applying the Lean and Six Sigma concepts to public accounting firms. He has a BSBA in Finance from The Ohio State University and earned both his Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Master Black Belt certifications from Kent State University.

James Duffy V is a summer reporting associate for American Banker based in Los Angeles.

“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.