Employee engagement

The company recently added six new health skills to its virtual assistant — which may lead to improved healthcare compliance and education, experts say.

A group called the Employer Health Innovation Roundtable, representing more than 8 million workers, is partnering with health startups to transform employee care — and change the industry in the process.

Companies should view convenience benefits as a way to help workers alleviate errand paralysis and simplify the incessant responsibilities of life.

A lesson for benefit advisers: What happens when an employer uses gamification to develop a benefits plan?

Springbuk’s Health Intelligence tool uses claims data to paint a picture of workers’ health.

University professor and hair stylist are ranked as some of the less trying jobs, according to a CareerCast survey.

Patient care can be enhanced by glucose monitoring technology, but it should never replace personalized care.

The company will move to $13 an hour in June, bringing the retailer closer to the goal it set of reaching $15 an hour by the end of next year.

“It’s an extension of their brand,” Financial Finesse CEO Liz Davidson says.

Definite steps are needed to improve worker prospects: Employees should save more. Clients should offer auto-enrollment. And Congress should make it all easier.