Employee engagement

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.

PwC has offered employees an emergency child care benefit in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Employers need to be proactive in addressing employee needs as they rapidly evolve during the current crisis.

A CEO’s vision for a company can be a rallying cry within the organization, but when they leave it can rock company culture.

“This student loan repayment benefit has the potential to mobilize American businesses both large and small to dramatically reduce the overall amount of student debt,” says Tuition.io CEO Scott Thompson.

Managers should make an effort to help employees who are feeling strain from the impact of isolation caused by quarantines.

Communicating through apps, email or text can nudge employees to check up on their benefits, like 401(k) contributions and insurance-covered annual physicals.

The results of this large-scale work-from-home experiment, and its lingering hangover, show that there's a need for greater trust between executives and employees, and that productivity can’t simply be measured in terms of hours.

When benefits are customized to fit employee needs, not only are employees happier, they’re also significantly more satisfied with their jobs, loyal to their employers and engaged and productive at work.

LinkedIn’s Jim Barnett interviews the chief human resources officer at Autodesk, in a new video partnership with Employee Benefit News exploring work culture.