Chipotle spices up its EAP with mental health, financial wellness benefits
The Mexican-inspired restaurant chain is providing all employees access to 24/7 hotlines for support.
Technology
Telehealth is the most unused benefit: Lightning Round with Benefitfocus’ Misty Guinn
Also, unique working parent benefits are in great demand, says the Benny Award winner.
Benefits Think Consider these 4 strategies to boost employee engagement
The first in a two part series for employers looking to foster a high-performing culture with benefits.
Susan Rider
Gregory & Appel Insurance
Zywave ramps up R&D with new software updates
The insurance technology company is adding new capabilities to its tool for brokers, including a machine learning capability.
Advances in technology may be making it harder for employees to be resilient at work
Digital tools could be causing more stress for employees at work. But it also could help workers get better access to mental healthcare.
Benefits for the gig economy
The ever-changing employment contract increasingly values flexible hours, convenience and purpose. So how can benefits and perks help employers win the new talent war?
Benefits Think Can I pay my employees in bitcoin?
It’s tricky. But for those looking to attract top tech talent, possibly worth it.
Bryan Jacoutot
Taylor English
Employers can help employees catch some Z’s with new wellness benefit
Poor sleep costs employers more than $400 billion each year; a new sleep benefit addresses the issue via an expert-led sleep coaching program.
Strategies to promote emotional well-being in the workplace
Employers should make clear that promoting mental wellness is part of the culture and is something they value.
Walmart expands benefits with healthcare pilots
The nation’s largest private employer is testing out benefits that make it easier for workers to find an in-network doctor.
6 ways tech is streamlining benefits administration
Automating administrative work can help lighten the load for benefit and HR pros.
Benefits Think Insurers must take the lead on cyber protection in digitalization
Sometimes, in an attempt to gather data or introduce simplicity using a technology solution, businesses and brokers can inadvertently expose themselves to elevated levels of cyber risk.
Jeff Canfield
Argo Group
Mastercard partners with financial wellness platform to provide instant wage access
Hourly employees will have access to a free debit card and bank account to help them stay on top of their finances.
Uber releases new app for shift scheduling
The announcement comes as more technology companies move to create tools for freelance workers.
Minding the healthcare benefits knowledge gap
Only 7% of employers can identify the qualities of an HSA benefit — a sign of a widespread lack of understanding of how critical healthcare benefits work.
Auto claims leans into AI, automation
Farmers and other carriers are engaging and empowering their customers’ self-service lifestyle and thirst for real-time access to information.
Startup seeks to re-imagine benefits, benchmark supply chain
n4one HR and Benefits co-founder Joe Markland seeks to do for the employee benefits and HCM space what Southwest Airlines did for commercial aviation.
Benefits Think Employee benefits insurance distribution is stuck in the past. It’s time to modernize it
The time has come to overhaul the employee insurance sales process, which will help free up brokers to advise adroitly and carriers to sell efficiently.
Ryan Sachtjen
WatchTower Technologies
Businessolver releases consumer accounts benefits software
The tool allows workers to enroll year-round in a number of benefits including HSAs, FSAs and fitness reimbursements.
Is technology friend or foe for benefits enrollment?
BenefitVision CEO Ronald Kleiman opines on how HR and benefits technology will continue to alter another benefits enrollment season.
