Internship programs altered amid coronavirus pandemic
Firms are delaying, shortening or making virtual their internship programs this summer as efforts to slow the pandemic around the world leave employees working from home.
Employee benefits
Caregiver programs may become the most in-demand benefits of 2020
Now, more than ever, employers need to be prioritizing benefits to fit the needs of these employees.
Benefits Think Don’t forget to budget for your employee benefits in your SBA loan request
We need to ensure that our workers have all the coverage they need to support themselves and their families while recovering from any major health event.
Dan Fishbein
Sun Life
Benefits Think Is value-based insurance design experiencing a renaissance?
The growing costs faced by today’s health care purchasers and plan members have many returning to proven strategies like V-BID, which lowers or eliminates the out-of-pocket cost for high-value services or medications.
Ryan Olmstead
Catalyst for Payment Reform
Should clients change their retirement plans because of coronavirus?
Gauging any possible changes to their health insurance coverage is just one consideration they must address before they retire.
Microsoft expands PTO to accommodate employees impacted by coronavirus
Implemented in early April the benefit is available to all of Microsoft's global employees, including hourly and salaried workers.
Bosses stretch the definition of who is ‘essential’ — and workers take the risk
There is wide variety in how aggressively the rules are issued and applied during the coronavirus pandemic, and businesses often don’t know which way to turn.
Benefits Think 3 ways benefits plans can provide relief in uncertain times
One possible solution is for employers to add a new temporary dependent care benefit, whereby employers can cover dependent care expenses with an expanded set of expense coverage.
Robert Deshaies
WEX Health
Ways clients can use their tax refund toward retirement: Tax Strategy Scan
For starters, they can use the windfall to pay off debt, shore up their HSAs and build a cash reserve.
Using self-funded health plans to cut costs for company health plans
Employers in three metropolitan areas will have access to the cost-saving health plan.
What’s missing in the coronavirus response
Public health specialists said a range of tools, high-tech strategies and old-school public health interventions could help tamp down the spread of COVID-19.
In coronavirus relief effort, congress fell short on paid sick leave
Sen. Bernie Sanders is making his case for what a supplemental rescue package should include ― guaranteed paid sick leave.
Benefits providers team up on male fertility services
A new collaboration between WINFertility and Dadi helps male employees to get the right fertility testing, information and support.
Web Seminar COVID-19: Transforming healthcare with navigation & telemedicine
The COVID-19 outbreak has upended the US healthcare system as we know it. Confusion and stress have skyrocketed among members as workplace guidelines and healthcare norms change rapidly.
Benefits Think Using telehealth to respond to coronavirus concerns
Telehealth can meet the need for both expanded healthcare resources and for avoidance of in-person contact that may promote disease transmission.
Robin Gelburd
Fair Health, Inc.
Cashing out a 401(k) due to coronavirus? Consider these things first
For one, clients will owe taxes still on the distributions, unless they recontribute the money into the account within three years.
Helping employees navigate benefits during quarantine
The CEO of Perspective Partners shares how software can help answer healthcare and retirement benefit questions during the enrollment process.
Benefits Think 5 things employers need to know about the CARES Act
Within the bill are several important provisions affecting employers, including requirements for coverage of COVID-19 testing and treatments, as well as the potential impact to group health plans.
Colleen Bruce
National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
Coronavirus-related paid employer leave could exceed $23 billion
“About half of employees at large companies won’t have the income protection afforded by disability insurance,” says Brian Gifford, director of research and analytics for IBI.
In times of crisis, organizing end-of-life documents with a workplace benefit
Everplans is a platform that helps employees create, store and securely share important documents that they or their families may need access to in the future.
