Strategies for making layoffs a last resort during a crisis
PwC has offered employees an emergency child care benefit in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Employee retention
Benefits Think Financial wellness programs show your employees you have their back
Employers need to be proactive in addressing employee needs as they rapidly evolve during the current crisis.
Ennie Lim
HoneyBee
Strategies for maintaining employee trust during executive turnovers
A CEO’s vision for a company can be a rallying cry within the organization, but when they leave it can rock company culture.
Law firms reject old stereotypes, embrace family planning benefits
“It’s an unfortunate part of the traditional law firm model that you are penalized if you back off the throttle — an absolute necessity when you have a child,” one lawyer says.
What the CARES Act means for student loan benefits
“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.
Benefits Think During the coronavirus crisis, your employees need your help
There isn’t a better time than now to review your employee healthcare and wellness benefits.
David Kilby
FinFit
Benefits Think Why employee experience matters now more than ever
Managers should make an effort to help employees who are feeling strain from the impact of isolation caused by quarantines.
Chris Voce
Citrix
Hyperpersonalization helps employees navigate benefits, boosts engagement
Communicating through apps, email or text can nudge employees to check up on their benefits, like 401(k) contributions and insurance-covered annual physicals.
I went on virus lockdown for 6 weeks, and so can you
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.
Terminix employees won’t be bugged by student loans again
The exterminator service provider’s parent company has launched a debt repayment benefit program.
Benefits Think What to consider when changing your employee benefit offerings
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.
Dr. Miles Varn
PinnacleCare
How workplace culture can empower your employees
LinkedIn’s Jim Barnett interviews the chief human resources officer at Autodesk, in a new video partnership with Employee Benefit News exploring work culture.
Benefits Think From compensation to culture: How to boost engagement at your firm
While culture is a crucial element, it will be hard for employees to become engaged if their financial needs are not being met by your comp and benefits plan.
Kelli Cruz
Cruz Consulting Group
Chipotle offers corporate employees unlimited PTO, adds parental perks
The restaurant chain is rolling out new benefits for corporate employees and may consider extending them to food service staff.
Unilever reaches gender balance on management and finance teams
Half of the company’s 14,000 managers are now female, up from 38% in 2010.
Benefits Think Why remote employees need extra attention to stay engaged
Keeping remote staff satisfied is not something that comes naturally to most businesses, but companies face financial risk if they don't keep employees engaged.
Max Woolf
ResumeLab
Employers can go beyond traditional benefits when it comes to caregiving needs
Advanced care planning is an opportunity for advisers to address caregiving with clients and boost the value this benefit brings to employers.
Benefits Think Move over, tech. Banks must focus on their teams, values.
Banks are so caught up in the newest technology trends that they lose sight of the need to build a talented workforce and a purpose-driven organization.
Bob Contri
Deloitte
Healthcare tech provider launches student loan repayment benefit
“The financial burden of student loans is a major reason fewer employees are taking advantage of 401(k) programs,” Scott Thompson, CEO of Tuition.io, says.
An adviser’s pivot from HR leads her to voluntary benefits
Rising Star Whitney Ehret’s background in human resources helps her see both sides of the benefits process.
