Benefits practitioners have grown accustomed to headlines addressing escalating prescription drug costs. A recently released congressional report stated that the prices of commonly prescribed brand-name drugs have risen at a… Read more >
October 15, 2018 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Prescription Drugs 0 Read more >
From hurricanes and tornadoes to wildfires and volcanic eruptions, natural disasters have affected millions of people in the United States this year. When people are dealing with the destruction of… Read more >
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… Read more >
October 10, 2018 Canada, EAP, Employee Assistance Programs, Employee Benefits, Mental Health 0 Read more >
Providing financial education to workers isn’t free: it requires planning and resources and requires participants to step away from their work. How can you tell if it is working? In… Read more >
October 9, 2018 Canada, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness 0 Read more >
Organizations across the U.S. and Canada are reporting a rise in mental health and substance abuse issues among workers. It’s a continuous challenge for employers to measure the prevalence of… Read more >
October 4, 2018 Canada, Employee Benefits, Mental Health 0 Read more >
Student loan repayment benefits have been a hot topic in the news over the past few years, and a recent IRS private letter ruling has the benefit back in the… Read more >
October 1, 2018 401(k), Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness 0 Read more >
Each month on Talking Benefits, I join Julie Stich, Kelli Kolsrud and Justin Held, International Foundation benefits nerdthusiasts, to discuss a trending employee benefits topic we think our listeners want to know… Read more >
September 25, 2018 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
You want to attract and retain productive employees in this job-seeker’s market. Should you offer family-friendly benefits and working conditions? Absolutely. But don’t take for granted your employees without children. It’s… Read more >
“Information is growing faster than we can handle and analyze efficiently, and medical data is expected to double every 73 days by 2020,” says Nathalie Le Prohon, vice president, health… Read more >
September 19, 2018 Canada, Employee Benefits, Health Care 0 Read more >
Every time I come home from Costco or Target, I get ‘that look’ from my husband. You know the look . . . the look that says ‘why do we need… Read more >
September 12, 2018 Communication, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness 0 Read more >