There’s no doubt that we have a lot of unhealthy people in the U.S. workforce — and more set to enter it at some point. Disease management, acute risk and … Read more
Health Savings Accounts: Not Just for Health, But for Wealth, too
Can the Health Savings Account double as a retirement account? In some ways it can and no one is talking about it. Why? We tend to look at things from our … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Bad Bosses, Dissing Federal Workers, and 85,000 Applicants
Anytime you get into a listing of the “best of” or “the worst of,” you know that the list is going to be highly subjective, frequently shortsighted, and … Read more
Beyond Use it or Lose it: Why FSAs Save Money and Make Good Sense
For years employers have been pushing the word “consumerism” into benefits strategy and trying to educate people about what it is. Unfortunately, too much … Read more
What’s The True Cost of Health Care Reform?
I was able to catch part of the recent webinar put on by the Corporate Executive Board’s Corporate Leadership Council on Benefits (that’s a … Read more
Survey: Pay Freezes Slowly Thawing, but 2011 Raises are Going to be Modest
Here’s a bit of good news (emphasis on “bit”) that workplace trends are slowly (emphasis on “slowly”) starting to stabilize. According to a new survey by … Read more
Navigating Health Care Reform: What Are You Telling YOUR Employees?
I was absolutely thrilled with the turnout at a webinar I recently presented for Human Resource Executive: “Navigating the changes: strategically … Read more
What Story Will Your Company’s Health and Wellness Strategy Tell?
By Fran Melmed Employees and employers are set to see double-digit increases again this year. I’m not sure that’s a shocker anymore. It’s certainly not … Read more
The Unpaid Internship Dilemma: Everyone Loses in This Crackdown
By John Hollon Pardon me while I shed a few tears for the end of college internships as we have known them. The recent post here on TLNT by labor attorney … Read more
The End of Non-Traditional Health Plans Starts With Mickey D’s
See update below I’ll admit it: we need to change how health care is run in this country. It’s ridiculous that in many states, you can’t … Read more