The metaverse meets the office: Employees step into the virtual work world
Tech platform Teamflow is helping employers and employees interact and collaborate in avatar form.
Technology
How payment companies hope to address the Great Resignation
Firms such as Visa, Mastercard, PNC and Fiserv say employers can address the labor crunch by making it easier for employees to access and move their money through services such as earned wage access, crypto bonuses and digitized expense management.
Ditching 4-year degree requirements may solve the tech industry’s labor shortage
Currently there are almost 200,000 more open IT roles in the U.S. than this time last year.
Ask an Adviser: How can we protect employee data in the era of remote work?
Employers need to instruct their employees in the basics of cyber hygiene, but also supply data privacy protection benefits.
How this app is giving parents the tools to tackle their children’s mental health challenges
To educate and empower parents, Maro Parents offers education and a roadmap for discussing challenging issues impacting kids today.
HBCUs are working to drive more diverse talent to cybersecurity
Currently, only 9% of the cybersecurity workforce self-identifies as Black.
Goldman Sachs buys retirement wealthtech NextCapital
Large financial institutions are investing in technology to tap into the growing workplace wealth market.
Benefits Think Mental health coaching: Where human and digital meet to maximize support
With coaching, members work with a highly trained specialist who can teach and motivate them to apply evidence-based skills throughout their daily lives.
Julia Hoffman
Teladoc
Banks fight for tech talent as competitors swirl
M&T Bank, Citizens Financial Group and KeyCorp are teaching staffers new skills and pitching themselves as innovative and fun places to work.
Managing the logistics of loss: A new benefit provides support
Betterleave offers full-spectrum support for dealing with the logistics and emotional challenges of losing a loved one.
Cyber stress: This is why employees are more worried about their virtual security
Over half of remote workers use a personal device to access work data, leading to an uptick in cyber attacks.
Benefits Think Could wearable tech save the U.S. labor market?
A wearable tech solution would reduce dependence on job coaches and smooth the employment transition for many neurodiverse people, filling much needed roles in the workforce.
Sarah Wittman
George Mason University’s School of Business
Teladoc is helping employers transform their virtual care model beyond COVID
Multinational telemedicine company Teladoc has launched a virtual care transformation model for employers and health plans.
Why digital health may be what people with MSK conditions need
Limber Health is bringing virtual physical therapy and mental health coaching to those who suffer from musculoskeletal conditions.
Edtech company Entity Academy wants to close the wage gap through AI-powered interview training
Entity Academy has made a move to enhance its mission of helping women find and excel in meaningful careers.
The 5 best cybersecurity practices for a remote world
Most companies have unprotected data and poor cybersecurity practices in place, making them vulnerable to data loss.
Benefits Think Do you need a separate CRM from your agency system?
Advisers who are ready to get serious about their prospecting and marketing efforts are probably ready to consider a separate system to help manage those activities.
Wendy Keneipp
Q4intelligence
Time is money: Letting employees turn unused PTO into cash
In 2018, American workers failed to use 768 million days of their paid time off — and that discrepancy will only get worse with time.
How to use AI to eliminate bias — not perpetuate it
Experts at the annual HR Transform conference in Las Vegas discussed how AI is not immune to implicit bias, and how to recalibrate.
Benefits Think 5 questions to consider when asking employees to return to the office
What are the pain points from working in the office that working from home can alleviate? Answer for your own company and you’ll find more employees may be willing to come back.
Paul Statham
Condeco