Wellness

The company acquires enrollment and communications firm Univers in a bid to increase its presence in the ancillary benefits market.

While the programs are popular, they’re all too often reactionary and don’t take enough of a holistic approach to worker well-being, according to Corporate Synergies’ Robert Stumper.

The brokerage and benefits company is looking to create of an ‘end-to-end’ solution for clients with the move.

Industry experts, such as Withing’s Cedric Huthings, discuss how wellness technology is changing the benefits landscape — and how employers can embrace it.

Four often-missed signs of depression that can have a hidden impact on workplace productivity and overall staff morale.

Workplace flexibility leads to better work-life balance and healthier, more productive employees, according to Flex+Strategy Group CEO Cali Yost.

Workplace flexibility and well-being programs should be tied together to increase the success of both benefits, according to Flex+Strategy Group CEO Cali Yost.

Plan sponsors have until Jan. 1, 2017 to comply with the final EEOC rules, which ban plan designs in which more generous insurance options are only available to employees who complete a health risk assessment or biometric screening.

Almost half of U.S. consumers are prepared to share biometric data with health insurers to receive discounts on premiums, according to a new wearables survey by Troubadour Research & Consulting.

Plan sponsors have until Jan. 1, 2017 to comply with the final EEOC rules, which ban plan designs in which more generous insurance options are only available to employees who complete a health risk assessment or biometric screening.

Pay and benefits are no longer enough to ensure employee engagement; employers must also consider worker well-being, says Reward Gateway’s Glenn Elliott.

While many managers still find it difficult to estimate the productivity of teleworking employees, 48% believe teleworkers are at least equally productive as in-office workers, according to a WorldatWork survey. The prevalence of work-life benefits is growing, and a recent report from Glassdoor identifies some of the best jobs for maintaining great work-life balance, rated on a 5-point scale, based on employee feedback.

Lack of sleep is fast becoming a workplace epidemic, according to new research from staffing firm Accountemps.

ROI comes in many different forms and isn’t just a straight number, says Wellview Health’s CEO Geoff Duncan.

The hospitality company surveyed workers and found stress about money was a top concern, particularly for millennial employees.

In response, advisers point to gains in employee well-being and productivity, says Geoff Duncan.

Paid parental leave programs appear to be gaining traction, with companies such as Netflix, Nestlé and the city of Boston embracing the benefits. Here are the top states for working mothers, based on research from WalletHub.

Collaboration between the Mayo Clinic and consulting firm Delos in research effort to make working spaces better for employees.

A growing body of evidence suggests that mindfulness is important for developing resilience at work, through its effects on physical and psychological health, absenteeism, turnover and performance.

Employers often overlook the wellness implications of their indoor office spaces but the Well Living Lab, a collaboration between the Mayo Clinic and consulting firm Delos, is hoping to change that.