Talkspace digital EAP seeks to reinvent decades old benefit
Employee Assistance Programs can be effective tools in engaging and helping employees improve their mental health, but are offered by just 32% of organizations.
Employee benefits
How benefits and HR tech companies are responding to coronavirus
Health insurance, benefits and HR platforms are at the forefront of helping businesses navigate unprecedented challenges brought forth by the pandemic.
Benefits Think Best practices for the remote HR professional
COVID-19 has created significant disruptions in all our lives, but we don’t have to succumb to the pressures of combining our work habits with our home life.
Tami Simon
Segal
New opportunities to support employee mental health
For advisers and their clients, the crisis has ushered in a new era for mental health, caregiving and telemedicine platforms
‘Seismic activity that shakes us to our foundation’
The age of coronavirus means disruption beyond what most people imagined, forcing profound changes in how we work and live.
Employees in the veterinary field are underserved by mental health and financial well-being benefits
For a veterinarian, the emotional aspects and financial strain of their profession can have a lasting impact on their mental health.
Benefitfocus offers benefits platform for laid off employees
As businesses downsize due to the coronavirus pandemic, employers want to provide workers with alternative health and well-being benefits.
Benefits Think Coronavirus pandemic proves the need for on-demand wage options
The situation points to the increasing need for an on-demand earnings alternative.
Alaa Pasha
Instant Financial
The burden of bereavement: Grief is the latest challenge for employers in the coronavirus era
“After my husband died, I couldn’t even tie my shoes,” says Emma Payne, founder of Grief Coach. “The fact that I was expected to go back to work was unthinkable.”
Benefits Think Managing post-COVID elective surgery demand
According to some estimates from a leading national health insurer, there could be more than 2.3 million people who will seek elective surgeries in the coming year.
Randy Hawkins
ConsumerMedical
Here are the best things employers can do to help with retirement benefits and savings
A retirement expert advises employers on helping workers save for the future during this pandemic.
Happify Health designs benefit for remote access to mental health services
One in five people will experience a mental illness within a given year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, 70% never seek treatment.
Benefits Think To show participants you care, help them avoid 401(k) cash outs
The CARES Act waiver of penalties for premature 401(k) withdrawals may hurt the very American workers and families the Act is supposed to help.
Spencer Williams
Portability Services Network and Retirement Clearinghouse
Why working parents need extra support during coronavirus
Now is an “opportunity to advance the conversation around mental health and well-being,” says Aetna’s head of behavioral health.
Carriers adapt workplace benefits to help employees affected by coronavirus
Many carriers are choosing to automatically continue coverage for all employees for a specified period of time, or are extending eligibility for employees whose status has changed.
Domino’s employees receive wages, tips instantly
A partnership with financial wellness benefit, Branch, ensures hourly employees are paid after every shift — an essential need for many during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Benefits Think A second child care crisis is coming, employers will need to address it
The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated how incompatible the workday is with raising children.
Shadiah Sigala
Kinside
eSight launches remote benefit for visually impaired employees
“Inclusion programs for the low vision community are critical, though these programs are being challenged by the impact of COVID-19,” says Robert Vaters, CEO of eSight.
Postmates adds childcare stipend for struggling delivery workers
Workers who make at least 60 deliveries a week can apply for the family care stipend, according to a Postmates spokeswoman.
Benefits Think Why the time is right for telephonic and off-cycle enrollments
Employees who are still at work now have a vested interest in adding financial protections for themselves and their families — whether it comes through supplemental health coverage or additional welfare coverage.
Kim Buckey
DirectPath