Voluntary benefits

An employee may spend between $700 and $2,000 per year in veterinary bills to care for a healthy pet; pet insurance benefits can help alleviate this burden.

Although it shows promise for reducing unnecessary healthcare spending and costs, and for improving decision making without adverse effects on clinical outcomes, shared decision making adoption has not been widespread.

Your guide on how employers can best support working parents from Employee Benefit News’ top stories of 2020.

Employees are more likely to remain with their current employer if they offer a student loan benefit.

Through the end of the first quarter, workers will be reimbursed $75 or $100 a day to pay caregivers, depending on the employee’s compensation.

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Employers must provide care options that are safe and reliable as families are dealing with more stressors than usual including at home learning, closed elder care centers, working remotely while supporting both child and elderly dependents.

Starbucks, Dominos and Prudential are just some of the employers that made changes to their benefits during the pandemic.

A regular dental checkup is essential to detect risk of diseases in the future. But people often tend to skip, delay and miss their dental checkup appointments.

In a year like no other, employers stepped up to provide employees with much-needed support for child care, mental and physical health and financial wellness.

No two parents are dealing with the exact same set of problems — that means parents within the same company are having very different experiences and therefore need different kinds of support.

The employment landscape for Gen Z is different than it was just a few months ago. And, when benefits are tied to a job, by extension the benefits landscape has also changed.

Seventy percent of global professionals rank fitness benefits as the most valuable benefit outside of healthcare.

The marketing and creative staffing firm is giving employees a break that will increase their compensation over the course of two pay periods.

As employees struggle to balance their work and home lives in a remote world, they want their employer to support them more than ever.

Caregiving is our collective duty — it’s no longer just on each individual, but on everyone, including our institutions, to do their best.

In an industry where turnover is close to 100%, one employer is retaining workers by offering a popular benefit.

President-Elect Joe Biden unveiled a plan earlier this year that would provide relief and support to caregiving Americans.

In 2021, employers will require greater transparency and predictable cost controls around medical claims and clear reporting on dollars saved.

The company’s employer clients can now offer a suite of wellness classes to their employees as a way to further invest in their overall well-being.