These companies are paying their employees to get vaccinated
How incentives are helping companies up their vaccination rates.
Employee benefits
Student loan benefits highlight the workplace diversity gap
Underrepresented employees are unfairly and unequally burdened by student loan debt.
The 10 worst states for employees to retire
Texas, Rhode Island and New York all made WalletHub’s list of worst states for retirement. Is your state on the list?
Employee mental health is improving but benefits are still needed
Employee well-being and focus is seeing some small improvements following December’s all time lows.
Did you bring home COVID? Spouse sues company for infection
“This is the first time someone is making the claim that if you have COVID and you live with someone who has a job, you can sue the employer for potentially having given you COVID,” said Bill Bogdan, a lawyer for the company.
Benefits Think Addressing addiction care in high-deductible plans
Substance use disorder and behavioral health treatments are examples of why employers are responding with virtual care programs to continue to take care of the health and well-being of their employees.
Yusuf Sherwani, M.D.
Quit Genius
NASA teams with Fitbit on COVID related wellness program
Employees, including some astronauts, will be given a fitness tracker that provides them with guidance on whether to go into the workplace.
Benefits Think Creating a corporate culture that promotes financial health
Don’t ignore the financial stress of your workforce. It’s time for leaders everywhere to start talking about money and creating a culture of financial health and well-being in their organization.
Ennie Lim
HoneyBee
Best of the week: Time for a workforce mental health checkup
Employees are reporting the lowest levels of mental well-being since the start of the pandemic. Here’s how employers are responding with benefits and EAPs.
Retirement savings are up despite the pandemic, Fidelity says
Despite early withdrawals, U.S. employees managed to save more for retirement last year.
Chipotle expands benefits to focus on employee education
The majority of employees say it’s difficult to find a good job or advance at their current position because of the pandemic.
Employers will keep expanding virtual benefits beyond the pandemic
“Although it is becoming increasingly clear the world will get through this difficult time, it is also apparent that the future will not look like the past,” said Brighid Courtney, director of Wellable Labs.
Benefits Think EAPs have never been more important to employees
Studies demonstrate positive clinical outcomes and a high level of satisfaction over a large population of employees who had access to top-tier EAPs.
Kathleen Greer
KGA
5 companies tackling employee financial wellness
These employers are making a difference in their employees’ lives through financial wellness benefits.
Hewlett Packard’s latest benefit is a virtual vegetable garden
A digital platform teaches employees how to grow their own vegetables to encourage mental and physical wellness.
Prudential teams with NeuroFlow on mental health app
Employers can provide employees with access to mental health tools that help them navigate disability leave more effectively.
CDC survey shows some vaccine reluctance among Americans
The study found that younger adults, women, Black people, adults not living in cities and those with low education, low income and lacking health insurance were most likely to say they didn’t plan on getting a vaccine.
Remote workers flee to $70,000-a-month resorts while awaiting vaccines
Extended-stay discounts, the reopening of certain international borders, and better awareness on the precautions to take when traveling have further enabled a second-wave exodus.
Best of the week: Love is in the air in the workplace
Office romance is on the rise and employees are becoming more brazen when it comes to expensing personal items during COVID-19.
U.S. health giants form startup to share, analyze patient data
The startup will streamline efforts to analyze anonymous data to improve care, develop better therapies and drugs, and promote more equitable treatment of underrepresented groups.
