Putting stock in its employees, Freshpet to offer company shares to full-time staff
The cat and dog food manufacturer is betting that the equity will help recruit and retain its employees in a tight labor market.
Benefit strategies
Putting stock in its employees, Freshpet to offer company shares to full-time staff
The cat and dog food manufacturer is betting that the equity will help recruit and retain its employees in a tight labor market.
Home Depot, TripAdvisor among dozens of companies adding breast milk shipping benefit
Nearly 30 employers have recently signed on with breast milk shipping service Milk Stork, pointing to an emerging trend.
Embracing well-being
Health benefits that integrate physical, financial, emotional and social components pave a wider path to lower costs.
Employees feel left behind with HR tech
Companies are implementing new technologies at a growing rate, but employees aren’t ready to adopt it for all HR tasks.
Crooning about coverage: Consultant explains healthcare in Sinatra parodies
Chris Yarn, as his alter ego Frank MicDroppa, sings about health insurance as a way to educate brokers and employers.
Benefits Think Pushing the envelope on benefits innovation
The light bulb, the bicycle, Lady Gaga’s meat dress. With innovation, sometimes we just know it when we see it.
Walden Siew
Arizent
15 employee benefits on the decline
Not every workplace perk is on the rise. Here are the offerings that are not as popular as they once were, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s annual benefits survey.
Cisco joins other tech giants by emphasizing fertility, adoption benefits
The company is rolling out egg storage reimbursement, surrogacy reimbursement and genetic testing for its 38,000 U.S. employees, beginning in January.
Employees feel left behind with HR tech
Companies are implementing new technologies at a growing rate, but employees aren’t ready to adopt it for all HR tasks.
8 scary benefits behaviors employees should avoid
Too many workers don’t review their annual enrollment materials, participate in an HSA or enroll in a 401(k). But employers can help with several action steps.
U.S. employment costs rise more than forecast as pay jumps
The data suggest demand for workers remains strong and companies are offering better compensation packages to workers amid low unemployment rate.
Raising the stakes for HSAs
Employers are grappling with slow adoption even as they push high-deductible health plans as a smart bet for more workers.
Cisco joins other tech giants by emphasizing fertility, adoption benefits
The company is rolling out egg storage reimbursement, surrogacy reimbursement and genetic testing for its 38,000 U.S. employees, beginning in January.
Benefits Think Here’s what employers can do now to take advantage of the IRS student loan ruling
The agency’s recent private letter ruling tying student loan repayments to a 401(k) isn’t the same as definitive IRS guidance. But employers can take a number of steps in the meantime.
Rich Rausser
Pentegra
Captain Contributor avenges workers wronged by poor benefits planning
DataPath’s comic book character is one of multiple new ways companies are working to gamify open enrollment.
Diverse business owners more likely to offer top-shelf perks
The majority of minority-owned businesses offer more robust benefits than the average employer.
Benefits Think Here’s what employers can do now to take advantage of the IRS student loan ruling
The agency’s recent private letter ruling tying student loan repayments to a 401(k) isn’t the same as definitive IRS guidance. But employers can take a number of steps in the meantime.
Rich Rausser
Pentegra
Diverse business owners more likely to offer top-shelf perks
The majority of minority-owned businesses offer more robust benefits than the average employer.
Reynolds American adds 16 weeks of paid parental leave
The Camel and Newport cigarette maker is also offering new moms and dads an additional period of flexible scheduling for eight months following the leave benefit.
