Anne Patterson, Author at Word on Benefits

Health Risk Assessment Time! Putting the YAY into your HRA

Anne Patterson

19 Mar 201809 Aug 2018

Gone are the days of dial-up Internet (that sound of AOL connecting still haunts my dreams), floppy disks and boom boxes. Technology has come a long way over the past few decades, so far that a tiny finger prick can provide a […]

Employee Benefits Wellness

Magic Ingredients to Workplace Wellness Program Success

Anne Patterson

27 Feb 2018

For my fellow Potterheads, the magical world of Harry Potter sounds like a perfect escape—the witches and wizards, the butterbeer, the quidditch tournaments, the spells to complete almost any unwelcome task, the fabulous food choices available in Hogwart’s Great Hall! As we […]

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10 Ways to Help Employees Stick to Wellness Resolutions

Anne Patterson

04 Jan 201829 Jan 2019

I always have good intentions going into the holidays—I plan out my workouts, decide on eating just ONE of my mom’s famous sugar cookies, figure I can drink lots of detoxifying green tea and do squats in between all of this and […]

Employee Benefits Wellness

Bikes, Trains and Automobiles: Transportation Benefits Help Employees Get to Work

Anne Patterson

06 Dec 2017

What’s more important than employee benefit offerings at the workplace? Ensuring employees actually make it to work. Although driving their own vehicles, is the most popular transportation mode among U.S. workers, one-third of employers offer transportation benefits or incentives to employees who […]

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Telecommuting: Who Offers What and Why?

Anne Patterson

03 Nov 201703 Nov 2017

Solving tight parking lot situation, promoting work-life balance, decreasing carbon footprints . . . Organizations have many reasons for offering telecommuting, finds a new survey report from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Flexible Work Arrangements: 2017 Survey Results revealed that […]

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Mental Health Support in the Workplace: Employers Respond

Anne Patterson

10 Oct 201723 May 2018

World Mental Health Day is observed on October 10th every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness on mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health. The Day is a reminder that organizations throughout the […]

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When Global Business Travel Goes Wrong

Anne Patterson

28 Aug 2017

The husband of an employee calls you to tell you that his wife was seriously injured in an auto accident while traveling in Moscow. You learn of a major earthquake in Nepal, where your organization tends to frequent for business purposes. It […]

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Talking Benefits Episode 8: The Storm Before the Calm

Anne Patterson

09 Aug 201709 Aug 2018

Forget the cats and dogs—This month it’s been raining new paid family leave laws, fiduciary rule oral arguments, health care reform changes and MPRA approvals! While the International Foundation strives to be a little more accurate than the local weather reporter, we […]

Employee Benefits Wellness

Employee-Approved Wellness Trends

Anne Patterson

03 Aug 201703 Aug 2017

After catching several of my colleagues in the act of practicing healthy wellness activities over the past week, I thought it only appropriate to highlight my workplace, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, as an organization that not only provides education […]

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ACA Ch–Ch–Ch–Changes: 71% of Employers Don’t Want Repeal

Anne Patterson

11 Jul 2017

David Bowie’s song “Changes” comes to mind as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) replacement morphed into the American Health Care Act and now the Better Care Reconciliation Act. Access to health care could be changing, and employers are reacting to possible workplace […]