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Happy and Healthy World Mental Health Day!

rebeccae

10 Oct 201810 Oct 2018

October 10 is World Mental Health Day. Before you run to your local card store—This is NOT one of the holidays where you need to send a card and chocolate, but you can! Recently I wrapped up the International Foundation Mental Health and […]

3 Ways to Get More Employees to Use Your EAP

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Three Ways to Get More Employees to Use Your EAP

Lois Gleason, CEBS

06 Mar 201806 Mar 2018

Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) are useful . . . when employees use them. A survey on mental health benefits by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans shows over 90% of organizations offered an EAP in 2016. In the same survey, 49% […]

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When Opioid Addiction Shows Up at Work

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

02 Feb 201822 Sep 2020

When his teenaged daughter came home with an opioid prescription after having her wisdom teeth removed, Randall Kratz challenged her doctor. Kratz, senior account manager for FEI Behavioral Health in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, had worked as a substance abuse counselor and knew about […]

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Talking Benefits Episode 9: When Disaster Strikes

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06 Sep 201706 Sep 2017

As we watch the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and brace for Hurricane Irma, our perspective shifts. The struggles of those in the paths of the storms are immense, and many may need help that falls outside the scope of the benefit plan […]

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Compliance Checkup—ACA, SPD, COBRA

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

13 Feb 201718 Aug 2017

The future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains uncertain, but employee benefit plan sponsors should be alert for compliance issues that aren’t going away. Scott Segal addressed common compliance errors during his presentation “Employee Benefits Compliance ‘Hot Topics’” during the 26th […]

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Which Benefits Where? A Regional Comparison

Justin Held, CEBS

12 Jan 201511 Jan 2016

By: Justin Held, CEBS Do organizations in the West offer more generous health care benefits? Are those in the South more likely to offer automatic features in their defined contribution plans? The International Foundation’s Employee Benefits Survey 2014, the fourth offering in […]