About 31% of people in the United States have faced negative economic impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent report from the Commonwealth Fund. Those economic effects include… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
August 20, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, U.S.coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, emergency savings, financial wellness
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It’s no surprise that the global pandemic has had a significant impact on employees’ mental health. But even before the pandemic, mental health was on many employers’ radars. According to… Read more >
Alyssa Hodder
August 19, 2020
Canada, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Global Benefits, Mental Health, U.S., Wellnesscoronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, global employee benefits, mental health in the workplace, multinational corporations
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Significant expected turnover on multiemployer benefit fund trustee boards and the increasing complexity of serving as a trustee are among the key challenges faced by these boards. To address this… Read more >
Justin Held, CEBS
August 17, 2020
Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, U.S.multiemployer plans, multiemployer trustee boards, trustee recruitment
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When the children of your employees go away to school for the first time, even under ordinary circumstances, it can be tough on the parent, the child—and the employer. With… Read more >
Robbie Hartman, CEBS
August 6, 2020
Canada, Communication, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Benefits, Human Resources (HR), Mental Health, U.S., WellnessCOVID-19, EAP, employee and family assistance program, employee assistance program, mental health in the workplace, wellness programs
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This month, the Talking Benefits team and I chatted about a topic that was important before the coronavirus pandemic but is feeling more relevant now amid new stressors and uncertainty—SLEEP…. Read more >
Anne Patterson
August 5, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Talking Benefits Podcast, U.S., WellnessCOVID-19, employee wellness, podcast, sleep
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Maintaining access to health insurance is a huge priority for both employers and employees right now. With some employers having to make hard decisions about layoffs, furloughs and terminations, one… Read more >
Anne Newhouse, CEBS
August 4, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S.COBRA, COVID-19, DOL, Medicare, Medicare Eligibility
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The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically impacted benefit trust funds and will continue to have a marked effect on these plans. With volatile market performance that has not been seen since… Read more >
Jenny Gartman, CEBS
July 28, 2020
Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions, Retirement, U.S.MPRA, multiemployer pension plans, PPA
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Forced isolation. Trauma caused by loss of life, jobs and normal routines. Uncertainty about the future, not to mention anxiety about becoming infected with the virus. These are just a… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
July 21, 2020
Canada, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Mental Health, U.S.coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, mental health in the workplace
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