Long story short: Your open enrollment cheat sheet
What works — and what won't — when it comes to getting employees to engage with their benefits.
Employee communications
Are you a bad boss? 5 habits to change now
From micromanaging to outright hostility, these are the qualities people can't stand from their bosses that may drive them to quit.
10 most annoying workplace buzzwords
Corporate jargon is annoying to many employees, and may even prevent prospective hires from applying to your organization.
Long story short: Are you ready to change your approach to return-to-work?
From abandoning the office dress code to setting boundaries around workplace relationships, these top stories address return-to-office plans.
BFFs with your boss: The pros and cons of work friendships
More than half of employees say their work friendships make their job more enjoyable.
Long story short: Time to set boundaries with your employees
This week's top stories can help managers set clear boundaries around communication and productivity between managers and employees.
Please advise: The 10 most passive aggressive email phrases
Before hitting send, give your emails a look to see if you're using these passive aggressive phrases to communicate with coworkers.
Benefits Think Time to rethink our approach to workplace drug testing
With growing legalization of marijuana, the focus needs to be on detecting a wider range of daily workplace impairments, rather than stigmatizing a narrow category of drugs taken outside of work.
Alex Atwood
Gravy Works
HR exec shares his 5 top tips for managing during the Great Resignation
In March of this year, 4.5 million people quit their jobs — could better managers have made a difference?
Benefits Think Getting employees to appreciate the millions spent on healthcare
Clients need to view buying healthcare from the employee’s vantage point, gather their feedback and enhance education and training.
Ben Conner
Conner Insurance
Inflation is soaring. What does that mean for salary and raise negotiations?
With annual inflation sitting at 8.3% and wages increasing just 5%, employers and employees are facing challenging conversations about compensation.
Ask an Adviser: How do we manage highly sensitive people?
Since many are inclined to perform above average, a thoughtful approach will help keep talent from walking out the door.
Benefits Think Ready to liven up client benefits? Suggest a shopping spree
Stale offerings that no one actually uses won’t move the needle on talent management, but earmarking an allowance for expanded options will spark interest and manage costs.
Eric Silverman
Voluntary Benefits
These 4 second languages are the most sought after by employers
There are now more than 1,700 bilingual remote job listings — a 30% increase from what it was this time two years ago.
10 Fortune 500 companies with the biggest wage gaps between employees and CEOs
Compensation of the top CEOs has increased 1,322.2% between 1978 to 2020.
The Great Resignation is driving data breaches and cybersecurity threats
Employees are making career changes — and over half of IT leaders agree that it’s causing security risks.
Benefits Think 4 ways to use technology to enhance the benefits experience
For best results, encourage clients to develop targeted and succinct messaging through a customized app, text reminders and even short videos.
Ed Ligonde
Nava Benefits
Benefits Think 3 ways employers can utilize employee engagement tech to reduce turnover
Today’s workforce needs tools that touch and enhance every aspect of the HR process.
Peter Corless
OnShift
Benefits Think As long as employers control employees’ healthcare, life-saving technologies will go underutilized
By transferring healthcare purchasing power (and deductions) to the consumer, we’d see a swifter embrace of life-saving technologies, systems and data.
Joe Markland
Nfor1
Benefits Think How to overcome the staffing shortage and create new growth opportunities
Benefit brokers and advisers must help their clients think differently about staffing.
Taylor Goucher
Connext Global Solutions