How employers use workplace wellness trends to better engage workers
A better understanding of five emerging trends can help companies make strategic decisions to get workers on the road to good health.
Voluntary benefits
Progressive benefits are the lure for new talent
How digital marketing firm Underground Elephant keeps its workers happy and loyal in a field looking to recruit and retain staffers.
Employers pursue well-being programs over wellness
More benefit consultants are being asked how to improve the lives of clients’ workers beyond fitness and diabetes prevention.
Benefits Think 6 ways to build mental toughness in employees
Encourage this attribute to cultivate dedicated teams and strong leaders, says ADP’s Aldor Delp.
Aldor Delp
ADP
New ways carriers are courting brokers
Milliman’s Bill Bade will identify how to take advantage of strategic partnerships with insurance product providers at EBA’s Workplace Benefits Renaissance.
Lack of education holds back critical illness insurance enrollment
Employees don’t always understand the benefits of supplemental medical coverage.
Why more employers are offering part-time employees full benefits
UPS, Penguin Random House, Baird and a growing number of companies are giving hourly workers a full suite of enviable perks — and seeing long-term loyalty as a result.
Developing new products for a changing workforce
High-level trends such as a focus on financial security are affecting the voluntary benefit market, say Workplace Benefits Renaissance speakers Katie Dunnington and Alvin Heggie.
Uncertainty complicates addressing mental health issues
A new study finds that while employers offer these benefits, many don’t understand the scope in their workforce.
Lack of education holds back greater enrollment of Critical Illness insurance
Advisers say client employees don't always understand the benefits of supplemental medical coverage
Blackstone to acquire Aon’s benefits unit
Aon signs definitive agreement to sell benefits administration and HR business process outsourcing platform to investment firm Blackstone.
Employees must be urged to fill their benefit gaps
As the options of employer-sponsored plans contract, advisers must remain competitive to capture clients.
Benefits Think Why employers should pair self-funding with voluntary benefits
By connecting the two, HR professionals add one-on-one employee communication to boost understanding and engagement and additional insurance options tailored to employees’ needs.
Steve Horvath
CoreSource
Employees seek blue light protection in vision plans
While workers with prescription lenses worry about exposure to harmful wave lengths, they are confused if their current eyewear offers proper safeguards.
Employees seek blue light protection in vision plans
While workers with prescription lenses worry about exposure to harmful wave lengths, they are confused if their current eyewear offers proper safeguards.
Identity theft protection growing in popularity
Employers are beginning to incorporate the voluntary benefit into existing wellness programs.
Identity theft protection growing in popularity
Employers are beginning to incorporate the voluntary benefit into existing wellness programs.
Changing voluntary disability from an optional benefit to a necessity
Incorporating traditionally self-selected benefits into the auto-enrollment process could lead to greater participation rates, more interest from employees.
Employers prioritizing employee well-being
As research connects wellness to increased productivity and performance, companies now see the programs as “must have,” says Virgin Pulse CEO Chris Boyce.
Changing voluntary disability from an optional benefit to a necessity
Incorporating traditionally self-selected benefits into the auto-enrollment process could lead to greater participation rates, more interest from employees.
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