According to Stephen Sokoler there's an emerging 'third way' that deals with the disadvantages of traditional EAPs and newer digital EAPs: Read more
Family friendly benefits: What’s offered and where there’s still room for improvement
New data reveals which family-friendly policies are offered the most, and where employers could still do better. Read more
Research: How does your benefits provision stack up?
National insurance and wealth services firm, Alera Group has just released the findings of its 2022 Healthcare and Employee Benefits Benchmarking Report – … Read more
Employers must push preventive care to inflation-worried staff
Not surprisingly, inflation has been weighing heavy on lots of people’s minds over the last few months. Despite it easing from a high of 9.1% in June to … Read more
Do you know how to manage menopause?
As the US workforce grows older, and increasingly more female (the number of women in the workforce grew from 49.7% in 2019 to 50% in 2020), employers will … Read more
Employee mental health: Putting the “human” back in Human Resources
It’s been a challenging couple of years to be, well…human. The ongoing pandemic, record-high inflation, social justice issues, global conflict (and more), … Read more
The double whammy of chronic conditions and Covid-19 on healthcare costs
We’ve all heard the phrase ‘prevention is better than cure’, and it’s no surprise that’s it’s a saying that continues to be used today. For prevention has … Read more
Getting Military Benefits Right
For many of us, yesterday’s Memorial Day well and truly marks the beginning of summer. But for most current and former service members and their families, … Read more
HR Famous: Periods In The Workplace
On episode 99 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Jessica Lee and Kris Dunn come together to their new co-host, … Read more
Most interesting HR stories of the week
US engagement levels slump Recent rises in the proportion of workers declaring themselves to be ‘engaged’ at work have gone into reverse according to … Read more