In the past, it was commonplace for employers to give workers a set amount of vacation days that typically increased with tenure. However, the past few years have seen a lot of changes in the workplace, from remote work to flexible scheduling, and paid time off (PTO) is not exempt from the changes. Now, some […]
Offering the right benefits involves a lot of decision-making and can be challenging for many employers: How do you give employees the coverage they need without breaking the budget? Two pre-tax accounts make the decision easy: Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). But what’s the difference between FSAs and HSAs? Knowing the […]
The 2023 tax filing season is officially underway. As expiring pandemic relief is expected to result in smaller refunds, consumers will be looking for ways to reduce their 2022 tax burden in the coming weeks. Enter the health savings account (HSA). If your organization offers an HSA as an employee benefit, your HR team should […]
Imagine working a full day at your job, coming home to care for your children, and then just when you’re ready to collapse into bed for the night, having to manage medical decisions for a parent who is suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. With an estimated 53 million individuals currently providing unpaid care to adults and […]
You made it through open enrollment and the end-of-year benefit crunch for employees; now you can finally take a breath, right? Perhaps. However, there are three remaining flexible spending account (FSA) extensions that could impact your employees: the FSA grace period, balance carryover and runout period. If your organization offers one of these account features, […]
The doctors who see your people would rather proactively treat disease than wait for symptoms to cause an ER visit. The term for it is upstream health care. Because this approach can decrease hospital admissions and re-admissions and healthcare costs, look for health plans to launch and explore more upstream health care initiatives that motivate […]
As the past few years have shown, just offering a competitive salary and traditional benefits isn’t enough to attract top talent amidst a tight labor market and inflation. These factors have pushed companies to rethink benefits and invest in company culture to attract and retain top talent. Many companies trying to keep up in a […]
Do you provide a diabetes-friendly workplace? You probably know someone at your company who has diabetes. But there are probably even more employees you aren’t aware of because they’re hiding it or they haven’t been diagnosed. In fact, more than 37.3 million U.S. adults have diabetes, and 23% (8.5 million) don’t know they have it, […]
Happy New Year! Now that all the hoopla has ended from the holidays and it’s back to business as usual, many HR professionals are wondering what “the usual” will be in 2023. Since we aren’t fortune tellers with crystal balls, we look to industry experts for predictions. Here are four predictions from Charlie Schilling, president […]
