As workers and businesses alike grapple with economic downturn and labor market woes, compensation and benefits has become a lifeline for employers to both attract and retain top talent. For employees, a solid compensation and benefits package can help them…
Benefits
Employee communication can be a headache for HR – even just getting employees to open your emails can sometimes feel like a struggle. But when it comes to benefits, a lack of effective communication can lead to confusion and stress…
We all strive to lead healthy lives, but illnesses and accidents are inevitable, no matter how cautious we are. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are a great way to help employees protect themselves financially. Offering an HSA to your employees can…
One of the toughest things employers have to define and redefine is benefits strategy - especially with employee retention being the challenge that it is right now. A survey of employee attitudes by Willis Towers Watson indicates it's possible to…
Often when discussing family and caregiver benefits, your mind jumps immediately to childcare benefits such as parental leave. But there’s another side of caregiver benefits that is less talked about: senior care. Senior care, also known as eldercare, is a…
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) offer a remarkably effective solution to ease the financial strain experienced by employees due to high inflation and the changing nature of health insurance. But employees -- and often employers -- have legitimate questions about HSAs.…
With tax season in full swing, your employees may be sifting through shoeboxes full of receipts in an attempt to identify and organize qualified health savings account (HSA) expenses as part of their 2022 tax filing. But the more likely…
Sharpen your pencils, HR: The Perk-cession is here and you'll likely have to rethink benefits to attract and engage employees. So why are companies pulling back on perks -- creating this so-called Perk-cession? For one, employees don't want be in…
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)…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
You’ve just wrapped up open enrollment, so if you’re like most HR pros, you’re probably breathing a sigh of relief. But before you shift your sights to 2023, now’s the time to take stock of how your open enrollment went…
Any HR pro passionate about DEI efforts knows that making LGBTQ+ employees feel safe and included in the workplace is essential. Making the push for inclusion may look like using inclusive language, providing education to non-LGBTQ+ employees and ensuring a…