Benefits Think Answering questions and misconceptions about earned wage access
Earned wage access gives employees access to wages they have earned but not yet been paid on.
Larry Meyers
PayActiv
Employee benefits
Coaching could keep your female employees from quitting
Workers need help focusing, organizing themselves and finding the resilience that they need to keep coming back every day to work.
The dos and don’ts of mental health interventions
Managers need to be cautious when approaching employees about mental health issues.
Cleo ramps up diversity initiatives to combat racism in healthcare
Black and other minority groups in the U.S. experience more illness, worse outcomes and higher rates of premature death compared with their white peers.
Working parents want more benefits to support their kids
A husband and wife team decided the best way to fix the virtual child care problem was to be the solution.
Amazon to offer telehealth services to other companies
Amazon has various healthcare initiatives under way.
Employers block raises and bonuses amid pandemic
Despite widespread financial stress, employers have kept wages stagnant or cut employees’ pay during COVID-19.
Benefits Think How to evaluate digital mental health solutions for your employees
Employers should not turn to telemedicine or other digital solutions blindfolded. They should carefully assess what they aim to achieve and how these solutions will help them get there.
Kristian Ranta
Meru Health
Employees won’t understand their Medicare benefits come retirement
Employees need greater education about the resources available to them during their retirement years.
Employees are demanding greater mental health support
Managers need to be more vocal about their own mental health challenges to make treatment and support more accessible.
Maven is leading the way in women’s and family telehealth
Telehealth benefits are an accessible way to offer benefits to at-risk employee groups.
Benefits Think Data technology leads to healthy, error free retirement plans
A proactive process can help employers root out errors that take extra time and money to resolve.
Joel Mee
The Standard
Workplace stressors are pushing employees out the door
Employees are willing to brave an unsteady job market in the search for more support.
SAP offers employees paid mental health day to recharge
One-third of the company’s employees reported that they were struggling with high stress levels.
Benefits Think Auto portability is, and always will be, a bipartisan solution
Regardless of the political party that occupies the White House, bipartisan support for auto portability as a solution for helping more Americans, and especially minorities, increase their savings for retirement will remain strong.
Spencer Williams
Portability Services Network and Retirement Clearinghouse
Wellness benefits should extend to employees’ pets too
Cash-strapped millennials make up the bulk of the workforce and they are looking for support in caring for their furry friends.
COVID-19 is hurting womens’ careers
Without the right amount of support, the strain on female workers has reached a breaking point.
6 employers tackling student loan debt
The burden of student loans can cause enormous stress and damage to an employee’s mental health.
Betterment and Zenefits unite to provide retirement resources for small businesses
Helping employees reach a financially stable retirement is a top priority for employers.
New tool makes offering compensation easy
Compensation — and the lack thereof — is less about tackling individual issues and more about addressing a faulty infrastructure.
