The acquisition is one of UnitedHealth’s largest and is another step in expanding the company’s health services business under its Optum division. The companies said the combination would help simplify services around medical care to improve health outcomes and lower costs.

Prices will continue to decline until after vaccines make workers feel safe returning to their offices, increasing demand for space.

Employees in non-health related professions who are at the highest risk of contracting COVID-19 include teachers and bus drivers.

With remote work here to stay, FlexJobs released the most in-demand roles for stay-at-home job seekers, in fields like marketing, HR and tech.

Haven, the joint health-care venture between Amazon.com Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., plans to shut down at the end of February, a spokeswoman said.

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With access to in-person support limited during COVID, digital treatment platforms like Quit Genius can help employees with drug and alcohol addictions seek the help they need.

Although it shows promise for reducing unnecessary healthcare spending and costs, and for improving decision making without adverse effects on clinical outcomes, shared decision making adoption has not been widespread.

The unionizing effort, a rare campaign within a major U.S. technology company, is supported by the Communications Workers of America as part of a recent tech-focused initiative.

Whether it’s because they have COVID-19 themselves, are worried about getting it or are taking care of someone who already has it, the number of workers who’ve missed days on the job has doubled in the pandemic.

The large self-insured healthcare provider network added new regions and partnered with programs to help consumers cope with quarantine challenges.

“The pandemic has laid bare the widening gap between the financially secure and insecure in this country,” says Yanela Frias, president of Prudential Retirement.

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While 77% of managers feel like their employer genuinely cares about their overall well-being, only 55% of employees do, according to data from Limeade.

It is critically important that leaders recognize and find creative ways to overcome the not-so-virtual burnout to engage effectively with colleagues and customers, while also remaining productive.

Just like the industries that they cover, the lack of Black representation among news outlets acts as a barrier against understanding and eliminating systemic racism.

More than 60% of employees plan to work during the holidays because of COVID-19 anxieties, which will lead to burnout.

Employees are more likely to remain with their current employer if they offer a student loan benefit.

During times of social change, there is the potential for people to be exposed to events that register in a person’s brain and body as trauma. The negative affects can accumulate and have an impact on a person's work and well-being.