NVIDIA sets example for employers looking to recruit millennials
The Silicon Valley tech firm offers a suite of creative perks, including student loan repayment, that appeal to the workforce’s youngest generation.
Benefit management
PTO plan design must recognize mandatory sick-day provisions
Paid time off banks can be less complicated for employers to administer than more traditional vacation, sick and personal leave programs, but they must adhere to state and municipal laws.
Core benefits more important to employee engagement than other perks
Health insurance and paid time off contribute more to workers’ feelings of satisfaction than recognition and wellness programs, suggests new research.
Benefits Think Why employers should ditch ‘biggest loser’ contests
A multiple-choice health benefit trivia contest is a much better way to educate and engage employees, according to Quizzify’s Al Lewis.
Al Lewis
Quizzify
Unconventional benefits important for millennials
When it comes to recruiting younger workers, employers might want to think outside of the box with perks such as flexible work arrangements, PTO and eco-friendly workplaces.
Benefits Think A roundup of NLRB policies to help employers keep compliant
For employers, the dizzying array of recent NLRB decisions on personnel policy language can leave many questions.
Richard M. Albert
Foley & Lardner LLP
Unconventional benefits important for millennials
When it comes to recruiting younger workers, employers might want to think outside of the box with perks such as flexible work arrangements, PTO and eco-friendly workplaces.
Benefits Think How design thinking can take wellness programs to the next level
The method can improve ways to create healthy workplace cultures, says Anne Marie Kirby of CoreHealth Technologies.
Anne Marie Kirby
CoreHealth Technologies
How data science can help employers build better benefit plans
The approach enables plan sponsors to spot utilization trends and the effects certain programs have on retention, according to ADP’s Marc Rind.
Benefits Think Why employers should consider unbundling their health benefits
When self-funded clients use multiple vendors, brokers can help them choose the best companies with the best services and rates, says AdminaHealth’s Arthur Jonokuchi.
Arthur Jonokuchi
AdminaHealth LLC
Does casual workplace attire help retain workers?
Employers may want to consider relaxing their dress codes this summer because it’s an easy and free benefit employees will love, says the IFEBP.
Benefits Think How design thinking can take wellness programs to the next level
The method can solve complex business problems, including ways to create healthy workplace cultures, by taking a human-centered approach, says Anne Marie Kirby of CoreHealth Technologies.
Anne Marie Kirby
CoreHealth Technologies
NVIDIA offers suite of benefits to stay competitive
As the Silicon Valley tech company grows, so do its offerings of workplace perks, including a student loan repayment program.
Fitbit aims to simplify corporate wellness offerings
The company launches Fitbit Group Health, bringing its employer, insurer, weight management and clinical research programs under one umbrella.
Millennials feel uninformed on health insurance options
More than a third of young adults aren’t aware of available choices, yet more than half have been diagnosed with a chronic illness, says Transamerica research.
Pet insurance benefits market small, but growing
Demand is expanding because of rising veterinary costs and the close bond employees have with their animals.
Shift to defined benefit health plans still ‘a steep climb’
Features such as insurance portability may appeal to workers, but employers need to work hard to convince employees to go with a move away from group coverage, says Hixme’s Denny Weinberg.
Millennials feel uninformed on health insurance options
More than a third aren’t aware of available choices, yet more than half have been diagnosed with a chronic illness, according to Transamerica research.
Benefits Think 12 ways to count employees for health plan purposes
The methods for counting employees are as varied as the laws that affect them, often creating confusion and frustration for plan sponsors, says Compliancedashboard’s Dan Bond.
Dan Bond
Compliancedashboard, LLC
Shift to defined benefit health plans still ‘a steep climb’
Features such as insurance portability may appeal to workers, but employers need to work hard to convince employees to go with a move away from group coverage, says Hixme’s Denny Weinberg.
