Take your mind off coronavirus and become a better manager with these 10 must read books
Looking for a great book to read this summer? Check out these titles covering topics including management, life lessons — and even the world’s deadliest plague.
Practice and client management
How a remote workforce will change your compensation strategy
As employers shift from an office-centric to a remote-based approach to work, it may be time to reevaluate your compensation strategy
Benefits Think The mask dilemma for employers: Will they keep employees safe?
It’s extremely important to avoid a false sense of security among employees if providing them with cloth masks. Remind them that cloth masks are only part of a multi-pronged strategy to keep the workplace safe.
Dr. Tista Ghosh
Grand Rounds
Benefits Think What role can employers play in supporting employees facing loss or trauma?
High levels of stress associated with loss and trauma increase employees’ risk for physical and mental health problems including diabetes, heart disease, anxiety, depression and substance misuse.
Dr. Miles Varn
PinnacleCare
Don’t breathe on me: Bringing COVID-19 compliance to the office
For office buildings, there’s a whole new slate of rules to worry about 一 for dealing with the coronavirus.
Benefits Think Creative ways to nurture client relationships during COVID-19
Serving clients today requires creativity and innovation. It’s about being resourceful in how and when you connect with clients, because we all want to feel connected right now.
Cy Moser
Trustmark Voluntary Benefits
One adviser’s commitment to education drives her passion for helping employers
Before the pandemic changed the way brokers work with their clients, Danielle Capilla was making a name for herself as an adviser who gets things done.
Hiring? ZipRecruiter and CareerPlug team up to help small businesses
As businesses start to reopen, the two recruiting platforms are working to help employers find great talent.
Benefits Think 3 strategies for safely returning employees to work
Companies should adopt strategies from across three different categories — screening and testing; workplace policies and design; and health and healthcare access when planning their workplace return.
Dr. Jon Leizman
Premise Health
Adviser Aida Swanson brings compassion and cost savings to her advising strategy
“I didn't want to have to work my way up. I wanted to start at the top,” says Aida Swanson, one of Employee Benefit Adviser’s Top Women in Benefit Advising for 2020.
Benefits Think The role of employee benefits in an innovative workplace
When employees feel the pressure to deliver better results in a short amount of time, they are less likely to attempt riskier innovations.
Anjan Pathak
Vantage Circle
Top Women in Benefit Advising
Our Top Women in Benefit Advising for 2020 are making their mark on the industry with their ambition, innovation and leadership.
The office isn’t dead. It’s just convalescing
Ultimately, offices are more than just a place to do business — like the cities that surround them, they are meeting points for social and cultural exchanges.
Top Women in Benefit Advising for 2020 named by Employee Benefit Adviser
The annual Top Women in Benefit Advising list showcases a diverse group of professionals making a difference in the benefits industry.
Amazon’s heavily automated HR leaves workers in sick-leave limbo
Amazon has hit another snag: a human resources department ill prepared to handle the thousands of requests pouring in from sick employees and those who need to stay home to care for their children or elderly relatives.
Amazon workers sue over virus brought home from warehouse
A group of Amazon warehouse employees sued the online retail giant, claiming its working conditions put not only them at risk of contracting the coronavirus but also their family members, including one who died.
Benefits Think Experiences in crisis: How employee expectations will change and what leaders can do about it
Leading through this crisis requires empathy for what people are going through now and understanding how living through this crisis will shape people’s expectations around work and non-work lives.
Luke Mahoney
SAP
Advising coronavirus-strapped clients who need cash now
Early withdrawals from retirement accounts may be unavoidable in today’s economic climate. You can help mitigate the damage.
McDonald’s employees sue for coronavirus negligence
Five workers and their families allege that the fast-food chain is endangering its employees.
Companies grapple with what to allow when it comes to employee expenses
Employees are expensing work equipment and health and hygiene supplies, leaving businesses the task of deciding whether to pick up the bill.
