Senior Communications Associate at the International Foundation
Favorite Foundation service/product: Today’s Headlines 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 public relations pro to new mom and wife.
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Employees’ financial stress—whether it’s long-term like saving for retirement or immediate like paying the rent—can have a direct impact on their performance at work. A new report released today by the International Foundation, Financial Education for Today’s Workforce: 2018 Survey Results, takes […]
Wondering why your communication isn’t more effective in helping workers make better financial decisions? Or what you can do differently to encourage employees to improve their retirement security? This National Employee Benefits Day—celebrated on April 2, 2018—we are encouraging plan sponsors to […]
Despite your employees’ best intentions—and your carefully crafted benefit offerings—are your plan participants continuing to make irrational decisions? Well, cue the Twilight Zone music, because a relatively new area of research called behavioral decision making has found that we, as humans, share […]
Registered apprenticeships are structured training programs, combining on-the-job training with extensive technical instruction in a highly skilled occupation. Currently there are more than 505,000 active apprentices in the United States and 450,000 in Canada, and the system plays an essential role in […]
