How AI can help banks keep their best workers
First Horizon is using artificial intelligence software to analyze employee feedback on workplace surveys.
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Bryan Yurcan
Employee retention
Benefits Think 8 ways to keep employees happy during summer
Encouraging workers to use vacation time, allowing casual dress and rolling out extra perks, such as half-day Fridays, can boost engagement and morale.
Brandi Britton
OfficeTeam
Law firm Foley Hoag boosts paid parental leave policy
The firm is now giving 18 weeks of paid time off to new parents, including non-primary caregivers.
Law firm Foley Hoag boosts paid parental leave policy
The firm is now giving 18 weeks of paid time off to new parents, including non-primary caregivers.
Creative benefit offerings heat up for summer
The hot months are fertile ground for innovative workplace perks, including flexible scheduling, casual dress and fun work activities.
Benefits Think How tech solutions can take aim at employee stress
Employers can help workers better manage their anxieties by providing digital health platforms and virtual-reality-guided meditation.
Matt Miller
StayWell
U.S. payrolls rise 213,000; wage gains slow, unemployment up
Hiring topped forecasts in June while unemployment rose from an 18-year low and wage gains unexpectedly slowed, indicating the labor market has room to keep expanding.
Companies in U.S. added fewer workers than forecast in June
Steady gains in employment are helping underpin consumer spending and lift economic growth even as uncertainty surrounding import tariffs poses a risk to the outlook for businesses.
Small HR department? Don’t count out big tech changes
Tracie Sponenberg, human resources exec for The Granite Group, explains how she helped her 500-employee company modernize its system capabilities.
Benefits Think 10 creative ways to help working parents
Employers can assist workers by offering childcare services, flexible work schedules, employee assistance programs and breast milk shipping services.
Erin Krehbiel
ACI Specialty Benefits
10 creative ways to help working parents
Employers can assist workers by offering childcare services, flexible work schedules, employee assistance programs and breast milk shipping services.
Benefits Think One sure-fire way to engage employees in voluntary benefits
Storytelling can help employers give workers a better understanding of how the perks can improve their financial wellbeing.
Rob Grubka
Voya Financial
Benefits Think How to get workers to stop sitting and start moving
To combat increased cases of back pain, employers should encourage employees to move more throughout the workday and take frequent breaks.
Rebecca Sanders Fung
Crossover Health
Benefits Think 5 ways millennial employees can secure their financial wellness and get back to work
Fiscal literacy isn’t taught in high school and colleges, so employers must counsel their younger workers about saving money.
Manisha Thakor
Brighton Jones
A benefit with benefits: Win-win of corporate volunteering programs point to continued expansion
Deloitte, UnitedHealthcare and The Granite Group are among the employers seeing increased employee engagement and improved wellness by organizing charitable events.
Gusto’s new flex payment program allows employees to pick their payday
The cloud-based program aims to address financial stress by letting workers get paid either weekly or every workday.
Benefits Think Predicting the future of HR tech
AI, gamification and mobile will become indispensable tools for human resources directors.
Alex Tolbert
BerniePortal
Benefits Think One sure-fire way to engage employees in voluntary benefits
Storytelling can help employers give workers a better understanding of how the perks can improve their financial wellbeing.
Rob Grubka
Voya Financial
Serving up one financial perk: early access to pay
Why one restaurant chain says giving workers advanced access to their earnings raises morale and increases productivity.
Blockchain: The next HR frontier?
ADP corporate strategist Tashina Charagi explains how the technology can help employers and workers find each other faster and work more efficiently.
