Healthcare benefits

Employers working to provide competitive, helpful benefit plans have the additional important task making those plans easy for their employees and dependents to sign up for and use.

My personal experience from a morbid obese person to a competitive bodybuilder made me realize that health plans must provide the education and tools to improve member well-being.

Employers and industry experts shine a light on what the next stage of living with COVID-19 might look like for employees, organizations and the benefits industry.

More than half of U.S. workers say they haven't taken advantage of their mental health benefits, and more than 10% are unaware of these benefits.

More than half of employees say their work friendships make their job more enjoyable.

Beginning next year, the bank will offer time off to let employees "reinvest in their priorities in life."

Self-scheduling appointments and downloading meditation apps to engaging in digital self-help platforms are all ways EAPs are adapting to a virtual-first world.

Susan French, head of global total rewards at Ocean Spray, has made it her mission to tackle barriers to care.

Lester Morales, CEO and founder of Next Impact, encourages employers and employees to shop for healthcare like they would any other consumer product, often with life-changing results.

Many employers suspect that caregivers need more support from the workplace, but most companies are still hesitant to commit to expanding their offerings.

Work stress is more normalized than ever before, and companies need to put policies in place that protect employees' mental health and prevent burnout.

Mandy Price, co-founder and CEO of Kanarys, explains how employers can protect their employees who may be impacted by the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

"I spent decades as my mother's caregiver and while many moments were intensely gratifying and special, there were many moments that were devastatingly lonely, isolating, and traumatizing," writes Wellthy CEO, Lindsay Jurist-Rosner.   

Becky Seefeldt, vice president of strategy for Benefit Resource, explains how to choose between FSAs, limited FSAs, HRAs and HRA Vebas.

Meditation has physical and mental health benefits that can improve employee well-being. The founder of Create Meditation shares his best practices.

Alloy, Marqeta and other technology firms drafted policies to assist employees in states that restrict abortion access, even before they had all the answers.