When was the last time you actually kept a New Year’s resolution? If you are anything like me, you probably go into the new year with all sorts of … Read more
More and More Workers Covered by Employers’ Self-Insured Health Plans
The number of U.S. workers covered by self-insured health plans — in which their employer assumes the financial risk for health costs rather than paying … Read more
Do Bonuses Matter? They Do If Part of a Fair and Equitable Rewards System
Ever since financial scandals rocked the business world and the worldwide financial crisis that followed, the role of reward systems in business has become … Read more
What Benefits Do Employees Really Value the Most?
People everywhere crave immediate gratification, so why should it be any different when it comes to their employee benefits? Global HR consultant Mercer … Read more
3 Reasons to Keep Communicating AFTER Open Enrollment Ends
During annual open enrollment, your employees are reading and hearing a lot about the importance of using their medical plans, participating in wellness … Read more
Are You Helping Your Employees Prep For Potential Tax Law Changes?
With so many upcoming tax law changes, many of which are still up in the air, employees may be starting to feel the financial stress of worrying how these … Read more
New Obamacare Wrinkle: A Way For Smokers to Avoid Paying a Penalty
The Obama administration on Tuesday effectively nullified a provision of the federal health law that would have allowed insurers in the small group market … Read more
Connecting With Workers About Health Care? Call Their Cell Phone
Our phones are fast becoming the ATM of health. That’s the upshot from the Pew Mobile Health 2012 report. Some 85 percent of American adults own a cell … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Women Get More Raises, Still Get Less $$$ Than Men
There’s good news and bad news on the workplace gender gap front. Here’s the good news, according to a new Pay Raise Index from “social … Read more
What Motivates Workers? Most Employers Seem to Guess Wrong
What motivates us at work is ultimately a very personal and individual topic, though generalities do apply. That’s why I get a chuckle out of research … Read more