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“Many companies seek to create trans inclusive benefits packages, but their employees oftentimes don’t use the benefits provided because of fear of harassment in the process of accessing healthcare,” says Soltan Bryce, head of growth at Plume.

These advisers and strategic consultants have diverse backgrounds and a drive for excellence that goes beyond the traditional broker responsibilities.

Any HR task that is time-consuming, prone to manual errors or subject to human bias is ripe for automation.

Bosses should do more to make the work-from-home experiment palatable and safe for all involved by subsidizing utility bills and workspace equipment, and changing managerial habits, with more trust given to employees.

Within the first six months, employees on the spectrum were 48% more productive than their non-spectrum peers who had been at the same job for three to ten years.

Learn how screen time affects vision health and what employees can do to protect their eyes while working from home.

The biggest maker of networking equipment said its goal is to increase the company’s workforce of Black people by 25% by 2023 in the entry-level to manager levels.

This year’s open enrollment will require new strategies and better tools for employees to make the most informed decisions regarding their benefits.

Employees who may have thrived in a social office setting are suddenly finding the alone time unsettling, while others may wish they were alone as they share workspace with a partner and/or their children.

Many of your employees will be seeking guidance, as they struggle with the decision to send their child back to school.

The company’s Teams collaboration software is adding the ability to schedule a “virtual commute” to remind users about the end of the work day and suggest tasks to help workers wind down.

Principal’s Kara Hoogensen shares perspectives on the future of benefits, and how employers can think through a recalibration for a continued COVID-19 world.

U.S. employees rated their corporate leaders based on their response to COVID-19.

Take advantage of the ‘white space of COVID-19,’ to carve out an intentional career path, one career coach says.

Economic insecurity, changes to work and life patterns and isolation are taking a toll on employees. How can employers help?

Ginsburg’s death throws an already chaotic general election campaign during a pandemic into more turmoil. But in the longer term, her absence from the bench could accelerate a trend underway to get cases to the Supreme Court toward invalidating the ACA and rolling back reproductive freedoms for women.

Policyholders’ willingness to buy insurance from technology companies has increased from 2016 to 2020.

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg injects new uncertainty into the fate of the Affordable Care Act as the landmark health-care law heads to a third showdown before U.S. Supreme Court.

The new normal for brokers means consulting with their clients on benefit strategies and priorities in a new world, helping them address employees’ financial situation and making sure that benefit offerings adapt to current times.