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This has been an enrollment season like no other. With historic numbers of employees working from home, worksites closed or open in a limited capacity and massive disruption to daily schedules, this is one of the most important years for benefits employees have ever experienced - making enrollment critical.

Employees have become more anxious about their financial stability since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

While in the past the ranks of digital nomads were dominated by entrepreneurial independent workers, the majority of this year’s nomads are in traditional jobs, due to the mass shift to remote work during COVID-19.

The retailer’s diabetes prevention program from Omada Health combines one-on-one coaching and digital tools.

There’s a great opportunity for HR professionals to better communicate with employees, at scale, regularly and easily during this year's open enrollment.

“New tools can help employees decide which plan is best for them, and where they can go to get the highest quality, lowest cost care for both procedures and prescriptions,” says Chelsey Koster.

Racial and gender representation increased in most areas of the company, including among senior management, according to data from the bank.

“There's just not a lot of discussions happening and I think sometimes employees are left blind,” says Amanda Baethke, director of corporate development at Aeroflow Healthcare.

Companies are planning beyond COVID, increasing dollar limits and offering more inclusive benefits to their employee populations.

Hotels are launching work-from-hotel programs, through which operators not only offer workspace in hotel rooms, but also provide wifi, business support, refreshments and use of other facilities.

Upskilling improves retention, and there’s no better time to make the investment.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving taxpayers until the end of the year before it stops its temporary procedures for faxing in Forms 1045 and 1139 for claiming tentative tax refunds.

Through the partnership, employers can offer health, dental and vision benefits to contract employees through their credit cards.

Nearly one-third of respondents said they would be uncomfortable getting back to offices, shops and factories, while half said their greatest concern was contracting the disease at work.

HR is leaning on education in the hopes they can teach employees how to choose high-quality, low-cost healthcare on their own.

Saving for retirement is undermined when employees are also building up debt at the same time.

The COVID-19 crisis is creating greater challenges for certain employee demographics, impacting their ability to save for retirement.

To the extent rising vacancy rates persist and lead to lower rents, it becomes an opportunity for companies to take advantage of their leverage and splurge on more space at a discount.

“She has this unique perspective, based on her legal background, her advisory background,” says Marah Funder, director of marketing at EBS. “She has always been the one to identify a need or a deficit before anyone else does.”