Benefit communication

The disparity matters not only to workers, but to employers’ bottom lines. Losing skilled workers because leave isn’t available costs companies big-time.

One helpful hint: Prioritize employee retention over recruitment when designing your benefits package.

Extra pay is still a popular method for rewarding workers for performance, but employees are looking for other types of rewards — which is good news for employers.

Extra pay is still a popular method for rewarding workers for performance, but employees are looking for other types of rewards — which is good news for employers.

Discover, Starbucks and Walmart are among the employers that added or beefed up offerings to help recruit and retain employees in a hot job market.

Discover, Starbucks and Walmart are among the employers that added or beefed up offerings to help recruit and retain employees in a hot job market.

The IRS increased the annual contribution limit for flexible spending accounts late in the year — but is it worth the hassle to make changes to your plan?

The IRS increased the annual contribution limit for flexible spending accounts late in the year — but is it worth the hassle to make changes to your plan?

Dr. Miles Varn, chief medical officer at PinnacleCare, discusses the importance of benefits that assist employees when they receive a cancer diagnosis.

The pharmaceutical company’s cancer huddle program coordinates with benefits vendors to help its employees who have been diagnosed with the disease.

Dr. Miles Varn, chief medical officer at PinnacleCare, discusses the importance of benefits that assist employees when they receive a cancer diagnosis.

Integrating these benefits with medical coverage can give employers additional information that helps enable proactive clinical interventions and consumer-engagement strategies.

The pharmaceutical company’s cancer huddle program coordinates with benefits vendors to help its employees who have been diagnosed with the disease.

Integrating these benefits with medical coverage can give employers additional information that helps enable proactive clinical interventions and consumer-engagement strategies.

Employers should get leadership involved and add recognition and incentives for participating workers.

Employers should get leadership involved and add recognition and incentives for participating workers.

Employers need to ensure their adviser is providing the most value. If not, it may be time to reevaluate.

Clients need to ramp up communications efforts during open enrollment so employees can get the most value out of their benefits — as well as feel supported by their company.

HR managers, it’s time to help workers make the most out of their remaining flexible spending account funds by reminding them which expenses are eligible.

If you want to be the best partner for your employer clients, make sure you are offering these three things.