Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

Communications Manager at the International Foundation

Favorite Foundation Product: The Word on Benefits Blog

Benefits-Related Topics That Grab Her Attention: Wellness, work/life balance, retirement security, parental leave policies and unique and trending perks.​

Favorite Foundation Event:The day we wait all year for—National Employee Benefits Day!

Personal Insight: Brenda goes with the flow and this approach to life puts everyone around her at ease. Brenda enjoys the mix of roles she plays from communications pro to mom and wife.

The writer has 120 posts

What to Consider When Choosing a Mental Health Benefits Strategy
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What to Consider When Choosing a Mental Health Benefits Strategy
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
 

From traditional employee assistance programs (EAPs) to bots that use artificial intelligence, the range of options to address worker mental health challenges has grown. What should employers and plan sponsors consider when deciding which mental health benefits tools to use and promote? […]

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SECURE Act Guidance: What DC Plan Sponsors Need to Know
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SECURE Act Guidance: What DC Plan Sponsors Need to Know
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
 

Federal agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Labor (DOL), have been busy issuing guidance on some of the more complex provisions of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act since it was signed into law […]

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Changes to Single Employer Pension Plan Funding With the American Rescue Plan Act
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Changes to Single Employer Pension Plan Funding With the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
 

Provisions in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) have the potential to help many single employer pension plan sponsors weather the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic while providing time to consider how to integrate their business and pension funding strategies, suggests […]

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Five Critical Retirement Planning Decisions You Need to Consider Today
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Five Critical Retirement Planning Decisions You Need to Consider Today
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
 

Retirement planning is an important exercise for everyone. And when you have only a modest retirement nest egg, there is little room for error when planning for how to make those savings last. So what are the most important items for preretirees […]

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Employee Benefits and COVID-19: Changing the Future of Benefits Today
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Employee Benefits and COVID-19: Changing the Future of Benefits Today
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
 

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to bring long-lasting changes to life in the United States, and those changes will be reflected in employee benefits. How COVID-19 could affect health, retirement and other benefits even after the pandemic is over is discussed in […]

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Cultural Humility: What is it and How to Practice it in Employee Benefits
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Cultural Humility: What is it and How to Practice it in Employee Benefits
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
 

Employers and benefit plan sponsors can play a bigger role in addressing the disparities in access to adequate health care among minority populations—an issue that has received increasing attention in the last year as the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted African Americans […]

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