Employee benefits

Dana Simms reflects on changes in voluntary benefits during the pandemic and offers advice for up-and-coming advisers.

COVID concerns led millions of patients to put off routine care and screenings in 2020, so health plans will need to rethink how they forecast expenses.

Employees already spend more than a third of their waking hours on a device, so why not meet them where they’re at by offering interactive, easy-to-access digital health and well-being options.

Employees have improved their technical, analytical and project management skills during the pandemic.

Middle-age employees have experienced an 86% increase in anxiety since the start of the pandemic.

The tool is designed to help employees better engage with HR.

Many employees are facing new challenges that require the support of different benefit programs.

Returning to work shouldn’t mean sacrificing health and safety precautions for employees.

This week’s top stories explore how employers are attempting to reduce bias in the benefits they offer to help employees succeed.

It may be time to rethink how high deductible health plans are presented to employees.