Employers broadening health programs
Benefit managers are painting well-being programs with a wider brush as strategies further incorporate wealth and emotional components.
Benefit management
Siri, meet Emma — the voice-activated benefits expert
Users of Alegeus’s mobile app now can get quick answers to common questions regarding their offerings.
Benefits Think Are employee phone numbers the elusive data point?
One in five outreaches to employees about benefits reach dead numbers. So how can employers collect and house worker contact information, and how can they transmit that info to TPAs?
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Unicorn HRO’s new programming tool aims to link HR tasks
The new cloud-based application programmer interface helps automate activities such as talent acquisition, onboarding and payroll and benefits changes.
How employers can help curb workplace opioid use
The rising epidemic is hurting the bottom line for many businesses, but companies can take a few simple steps, including putting the right benefits in place, to help minimize the issue.
Exclusive Research Employers’ readiness ticks higher, but red flags persist
Monthly OERB scores finds organizations making progress, but work in preparing to manage the open enrollment process and other key areas still needs to be done.
Benefits Think Employers should be wary of complex leave laws
As if laws around time off aren’t complicated enough – firms should remember that leave can be a reasonable accommodation.
Felicia S. O'Connor
Foley & Lardner
Employers need to upgrade their ben admin
Two step approach can help companies improve their systems with more employee-focused technology.
Benefits Think Lightening the regulatory burden of retirement plan sponsors
A holistic approach to regulations that impact defined benefit plans is the only way to ensure employees are secure in their post-work years, says the ERISA Industry Committee.
Will Hansen
The ERISA Industry Committee
Benefits Think How to meet growing demands for bigger, better voluntary plans
Employers who want to attract top talent must offer their employees a wide array of product options.
Whitney Ehret
Burnham Benefits Insurance Services
Benefits Think The 5 surprising skills HR will need in the future
The increasing scramble for top talent has the C-suite putting a priority on employee engagement, retention and development.
Steffen Maier
impraise
Personalization is key to benefits tech success
NBGH’s Brian Marcotte and National Alliance’s Mike Thompson sound off on why employers need to embrace mobile communications, offer financial wellness apps and meet their employees where they are.
Voluntary pet insurance on an upward trajectory
Companies like Indiana University Health and VMware offer the perk in an effort to attract and retain talent.
More choice in products calls for enhanced communication
Benefit election variations across leading job sectors point to a need for better education from advisers and employers on product selection.
Ben & Jerry’s serves up online curriculum to employees
The ice cream chain’s Core Academy program is rolling out a new class focused on social equity.
Clients need to upgrade their ben admin
Two step approach can help employers improve their systems with more employee-focused technology.
Benefits Think The 5 surprising skills HR will need in the future
The increasing scramble for top talent has the C-suite putting a priority on employee engagement, retention and development.
Steffen Maier
impraise
New program speeds up employee enrollment
With the release of PlanSource’s Copernicus, benefit administrators are praising the automated features that make their job less stressful.
Voluntary pet insurance on an upward trajectory
Companies like Indiana University Health and VMware offer the perk in an effort to attract and retain talent.
Ben & Jerry’s serves up online curriculum to employees
The ice cream chain’s Core Academy program is rolling out a new class focused on social equity.
