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 tax filing. But the more likely scenario…
Health Care
Your employees aren't healthy -- and it's likely costing your organization more than you'd like. Despite your best efforts to help employees improve their physical and mental well-being, they aren't heeding the advice or tapping the resources. Here's the ugly…
The concept of comprehensive health care has evolved rapidly in the past few years and now means more than just ensuring the physical health of employees and their covered dependents. Comprehensive or “holistic” health care also embraces the mental, emotional,…
Employers must follow the PUMP Act and Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. But it may take offering family health benefits - and going beyond what's legally required - in order to stand out in a competitive hiring market. This includes paid…
For most employers, open enrollment season is just months – if not weeks – away. While stressful for employees, open enrollment can be equally frustrating for employers, particularly those who have invested in new plans and programs for their workforce.…
The mental health crisis, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, significantly affects the workplace, extending beyond individual struggles. Many employees silently bear the dual role of working professional and mental health caregivers to loved ones facing challenges. Recent research from New…
Employee health benefits - including well-being - are often a major hook for attracting and retaining top talent. But if you're one of those employers with four or more generations, a traditional health plan could result in dissatisfied employees because…
As an HR pro, you want to keep your people happy and healthy. Not just for the sake of their well-being, but to keep business running smoothly and healthcare costs down. One of the most important aspects of staying healthy…
Providing access to quality health care for employees is a top priority for employers who understand the value of healthy, productive workers. That's why HR and leadership want to remove barriers to employee health care. Cancer, which affects millions of…
Substance use can be a tough topic to broach in the workplace. But it’s an essential one. Recent years have caused emotional turmoil for many and forced many workers to find new ways to cope with a chaotic and unpredictable…
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…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) defines mental health as a person’s “emotional, psychological and social well-being.” It affects how people think, manage stress and relate to others. Mental health is important because it affects all areas…
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,…
First the pandemic brought suicide prevention to the forefront. Then the recent death of Stephen “Twitch” Boss, TV personality, dancer and DJ, brought the topic front and center for the holidays. Even if people didn’t know of Twitch or watch…
