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Mental Health for Essential Workers: Best Practices From an LA Fire Captain
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Mental Health for Essential Workers: Best Practices From an LA Fire Captain
Anne Patterson
 

If you’re a regular Talking Benefits listener, you know we’ve frequently covered the topic of mental well-being. This is because of the significant impact this issue has throughout our country and, in turn, throughout our workplaces and employee benefit plans. Mental health […]

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COVID-19: How Do We Navigate Work Through the Pandemic in 2021?
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COVID-19: How Do We Navigate Work Through the Pandemic in 2021?
Anne Patterson
 

Welcome to our first Talking Benefits episode of 2021! My fellow “pod squad” members Justin Held, Julie Stich and I engaged in more COVID-19 chatter during the most recent podcast episode. In this discussion, we focused on four main areas. 1. Benefits […]

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Open Enrollment Strategies in the Time of COVID-19
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Open Enrollment Strategies in the Time of COVID-19
Anne Patterson
 

The International Foundation recently surveyed employers and plan sponsors about benefit communication for an upcoming report (watch for it soon—called Trends in Benefit Open Enrollment and Communication), and tons of responses came in about going virtual for open enrollment this year in […]

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Psychological Considerations for Returning to the Workplace
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Psychological Considerations for Returning to the Workplace
Anne Patterson
 

My fellow Talking Benefits podcasters and I recently got together for another COVID-19–related episode to discuss an evolving topic—psychological considerations for returning to the workplace. As some employees are getting called back to the workplace, employers need to consider new stressors that workers have […]

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