How employers can ease the strain of COVID-19 isolation
Employee mental and cognitive health has deteriorated since the start of COVID-19, but managers can intervene by taking some important steps.
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6 HSA-approved purchases that can help reduce employee stress
Learn what these pre-tax accounts can buy to help deal with the pandemic.
EisnerAmper releases return-to-office, social distancing app
The Top 100 Firm has released a free new app designed to help employees returning to work stay safe via social distancing.
Too much screen time from remote work? These tips can combat uncomfortable eye strain
Learn how screen time affects vision health and what employees can do to protect their eyes while working from home.
Benefits Think 4 strategies to get your employees engaged through new benefits during the COVID-19 crisis
Employees who may have thrived in a social office setting are suddenly finding the alone time unsettling, while others may wish they were alone as they share workspace with a partner and/or their children.
David Kilby
FinFit
Benefits Think How reopening schools might impact employers
Many of your employees will be seeking guidance, as they struggle with the decision to send their child back to school.
Dr. Tista Ghosh
Grand Rounds
These 25 CEOs are Glassdoor’s top leaders during coronavirus
U.S. employees rated their corporate leaders based on their response to COVID-19.
4 ways managers can help employees find career clarity during coronavirus
Take advantage of the ‘white space of COVID-19,’ to carve out an intentional career path, one career coach says.
Coronavirus drives more consumers to consider big tech for insurance
Policyholders’ willingness to buy insurance from technology companies has increased from 2016 to 2020.
Paid leave rules have changed — will they affect your workforce?
Revisions to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act are now in effect.
5 tools to change your mindset about coronavirus
Let go of what’s out of your control to be more productive and positive during COVID.
We really shouldn’t force people back into the office
It is up to employers, in conjunction with employees, to make the call on returning to the office, and there is no point in forcing it if remote working hasn’t hurt productivity and profitability.
Benefits Think Bracing for the COVID ‘long haul’
As some companies prepare staff to return to the office, and working parents balance work and back-to-school schedules, employers imagine what the prolonged coronavirus recovery will really look like.
Walden Siew
Arizent
Retirement accounts at ‘serious risk’ as COVID-19 spurs bankruptcies
To protect client nest eggs, advisors must know which savings vehicles are protected — and they’re not all created equal.
5 ways to adapt your paid leave program for COVID-19 challenges
Many employers are rethinking their policies in response to COVID-19, Mercer experts say.
Benefits Think Death knell for remote work? Not so fast
Before organizations require their workforce to march back to the office and pick up exactly where they were prior to the pandemic, let’s be careful we are solving the right problem.
Scott Cawood
WorldatWork
Why keeping women employed during COVID-19 boosts business and the economy
“This isn't just an issue for women. It's an issue for families, and it's an issue for the government and economies because it drives GDP,” says Jennifer Reynolds, a former investment banker and CEO of Toronto Finance International.
New tool tracks COVID-19 geographical risk to pinpoint when employees can return to work
Health Advocate has launched a return-to-work solution to support employers as they develop and implement workplace reopening plans.
Banks join push to give workers time off to vote
The move is part of the effort by banks and other companies to promote racial equity and be more sensitive to the stresses on front-line employees.
Wages and hiring growing fastest among small businesses in Northeast amid coronavirus
As COVID-19 lockdown restrictions eased, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania businesses benefited.
