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How Can We Get People Back? Return to Workplace Tips
Alyssa Hodder, GBA
 

After months of planning, you and your HR team are finally implementing your organization’s return-to-the-workplace strategy. You feel you have been deliberate and thoughtful in your approach, and you’ve been clear and timely in your communications so that your people know what […]

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Is Your Organization Ready to Return to the Workplace? Ask Yourself These Three Questions.
Alyssa Hodder, GBA
 

Many Canadian employers are starting to implement their return-to-the-workplace plans this fall. But with rising COVID cases and the added stress of the COVID variants, the transition is becoming more challenging. For example, Ontario has implemented a vaccine certification mandate, meaning that […]

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Eight Financial Wellness Strategies for Reaching the Financially Vulnerable
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
 

Financial wellness programs have gained prominence as an employee benefit and can be effective in reducing financial stress among workers. But it’s not always that easy to get employees to use them. That’s particularly true among populations that have a greater incidence […]

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How Gender Inclusivity Can Benefit Plan Sponsors and Members
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How Gender Inclusivity Can Benefit Plan Sponsors and Members
Robbie Hartman, CEBS
 

Increasingly, U.S. and Canadian plan sponsors are offering gender affirmation and gender reassignment benefits as a way to attract and retain top talent, improve mental health outcomes, and foster a diverse and inclusive workforce. “Above all, [these benefits are] about removing barriers […]

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COVID-19 Creates Shift in Mental Health Benefits Over Past Two Years
Anne Patterson
 

In less than two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has created new mental health challenges or intensified existing issues for workers across the United States and Canada. Organizations are expanding and enhancing benefit offerings, according to a new report from the International Foundation, […]

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Returning to the Workplace? Don’t Lose Sight of Your People Leaders
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Returning to the Workplace? Don’t Lose Sight of Your People Leaders
Alyssa Hodder, GBA
 

As I wrote in my blog on empathetic leadership, one positive emerging from the pandemic is that it has refocused attention on human needs—from health and wellness, to financial security. Many employees have struggled psychologically and financially, and employers have responded. But […]

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Using Mental Health Apps as Part of Your Employee Wellness Strategy
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Using Mental Health Apps as Part of Your Employee Wellness Strategy
Robbie Hartman, CEBS
 

Digital mental health tools have been growing in popularity, especially as plans and organizations navigate lockdowns and remote work arrangements that have kept employees apart during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these tools deliver mental health resources, programs and education through self-service […]

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