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The HHS Office for Civil Rights website of large data breaches lists at least 89 major incidents of hacking, which have become much more prevalent during the past two years. Here is a look at some of the largest.
While the uninsured rate has dropped to a record low of 13.4% nationwide, according to Gallup figures, rates differ dramatically across states. Here are the top 10 states with the best uninsured rates in the aftermath of health care reform implementation, according to Wallethub.
Do you feel stuck in a rut? Expected to be shooting up the HR/benefit career ladder at this stage in the game? We all have bad habits, but bringing your baggage to the office can be the difference between soaring or stalling in your career. Ilya Pozin, an entrepreneur and founder of Pluto.TV, Open Me and Ciplex, offers six common workplace bad habits to break if you want to continue moving up the career ladder.
Open enrollment season is a busy and important time of year for employers. Many employees are underinsured or unaware of the reasons they need life insurance. John West, director of product marketing at Standard Insurance Company, provides five focus areas for open enrollment meetings this year to ensure employees understand the need for the benefits and, ultimately, enroll in them.
While on-site clinics do support population health and health care cost containment for both employers and their employees convincing employees to use them can be challenging.
Dice.com published a list of the 10 fastest growing states for technology jobs. Based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Establishment Survey, Business and Professional Services, Computer Systems Design and Related Services, this list represents the growth for the first six months of 2014.
With the average wellness incentive reaching nearly $600 this year according to some estimates, its no wonder employers are looking to get more bang for their buck. The right incentive program depends on a host of factors and requires thoughtful consultation with your wellness vendor. Here are 10 best practices from Provant to guide the development of effective incentives.
Commentary: Health plan sponsors can reduce benefit management burdens by offering plans with fewer but more meaningful choices
Its important for benefit agencies and businesses of all kinds to build a social media presence as a means to attract and retain clients. Here are some of the biggest mistakes to avoid with social media and your company.
If youre bored at work, it can really be getting in your way and making it more difficult to be productive. When you have a lot to bring to a job, you want your muscles exercised. You want your brain to be busy. You want to solve hard problems yourself and with other smart people. Human Workplace, a coaching and consulting firm, has created this list of seven signs you might be too smart for your job. (Image credit: Fotolia)
In this time of increased competition, razor thin margins, and the pressure to out-innovate the next guy, companies would do well to look at the power of their company culture as the unique advantage that it is.
All employers adopt and enforce policies regulating conduct at the workplace. Many employers expect that employees will follow their employment polices at all times regardless of whether the employee is working or at work.
Glassdoor, the online reference point where employees are able to dish out reviews of their current employers, has revamped its jobs and career community to include more information on company benefit packages and perks.
Productivity can be a big problem, even at benefit brokerages and agencies and other types of businesses. Employers recently shared some real-life examples with the staffing company CareerBuilders of some of the more unusual things they've seen employees doing when they should have been busy working.
The results of the 2014 Benny Awards see Fender Musical Instruments' Heather Vertrees named as our Benefits Professional of the Year, along with three other major winners.
Todays best health assessments leverage sophisticated computer algorithms to identify individual health risk and measure motivation to change unhealthy behaviors. Across an employer population, health assessment aggregate data can inform the program choices for employer-based health management efforts. But not all health assessments are created equal. As health assessments gain broader use among not only employers but also health plans and in clinical settings, separating the myths from reality can help potential users focus on their true value. HealthFitness has identified several myths of health assessments and identified the best practices for worksite wellness.
Employers across the country are revisiting their health care cost structures due to the Affordable Care Act. Being able to stave off annual increases in employee health costs, as well as promoting healthy cultures in the workplace, seem to be where HR and benefit plan sponsors at the best performing companies (in terms of managing their health care costs) are focusing their time. Click here to find out their 5 core areas of focus in 2014.
A first-of-its-kind ranking of 401(k) plans at the 250 biggest companies in the U.S. unveils which companies offer the most lucrative retirement benefits and those with the least lavish. Among the least generous are Facebook, Amazon.com, and Whole Foods. Here are the 35 companies with the most advantageous retirement offerings.
Benefit advisers and employers should follow these suggestions from Mercer on ways to make open enrollment 2015 successful for companies and employers alike.
Improving employee communication and hiring a service provider to file the Form 5500 can help plan sponsors avoid a DOL audit.
