By Susan Keating Anderson Time magazine’s recent cover, depicting a mother nursing her almost 4-year-old son, brought the subject of breastfeeding into the … Read more
Employee Enrollment in Health Savings Accounts Jumps by 18 Percent
Enrollment in health savings accounts grew 18 percent last year as employers continued to steer workers into high-deductible medical plans, an insurance … Read more
The Six Big “C’s” of Total Rewards
Another year, another Total Rewards conference ended. Also another chance to indulge in my favorite post-conference pastime, looking back and trying to … Read more
The Returning Veteran: 8 Strategies to Ease Their Return to the Workplace
While celebrated upon their return from active duty, veterans pose a variety of challenges for employers when reentering the workforce. Federal laws like … Read more
How Benefits Communications Can Help the Fight Against Obesity
The story is getting scarier and scarier with each study. And yet, little is changing. Obesity rates continue to increase for all Americans to the point … Read more
Total Rewards Day 2: Just What Is a Motivational Poet, Anyway?
Conference speakers are an acquired taste, and if you have heard very many of them, you know that they come in all shapes, sizes, and varieties. … Read more
On the Health Care Reform Horizon: New Info on How to Handle W-2s
With the slew of other new legal disclosures coming up this summer, adding the full cost of medical coverage on W-2s in January 2013 may have fallen off … Read more
Total Rewards Day 1: Dual Speakers Debating the Generational Divide
I’ve attended a lot of conferences in Orlando, and I’ve attended WorldatWork Total Rewards quite a few times, but I’ve never attended a … Read more
Here’s What to Do if You Want Employees to Quit on the Spot
I’ve been having an interesting email discussion with a UK doctoral candidate whose thesis is focused on qualitative recognition and reward program … Read more
5 Tools to Help Get Employees Up and Out of Their Desks
We know prolonged sitting is detrimental to individual and business health. Prolonged sitting decreases productivity and creativity and ratchets up stress. … Read more