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The Status of the FFCRA Specific to Paid Leave

Anne Newhouse, CEBS

15 Oct 202015 Oct 2020

When the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was initially released on March 18, 2020 and required employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide paid sick leave and expanded the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), most of us probably thought—and […]

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Communication Is Key to Open Enrollment During COVID-19

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

01 Oct 202030 Sep 2020

This year’s annual benefits enrollment process presents new challenges for benefits professionals as they find themselves in the middle of a pandemic with workers nervous about their financial security as well as their health and safety. In her article “Communication Is Key […]

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Open Enrollment 2020: Employers Explore New Ways to Communicate Benefits

Anne Patterson

22 Sep 202022 Sep 2020

As if open enrollment wasn’t already challenging, 2020 is throwing employers and employees for a loop. The latest International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans survey report, Trends in Benefit Open Enrollment and Communication, asked U.S. employers about pandemic-related changes impacting staff communication […]

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Resilience: Readiness to Face Adversity

Julie Stich, CEBS

10 Sep 202006 Apr 2021

We’re entering the sixth month of the declared COVID-19 pandemic. And, speaking for myself and my International Foundation colleagues, our sixth month of working from home. For me, personally, it’s my sixth month of social isolation, seeing in person only those people […]

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Open Enrollment Strategies in the Time of COVID-19

Anne Patterson

09 Sep 202022 Sep 2020

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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Back to School . . . Virtually—Helping Employees-Turned-Teachers

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

02 Sep 202003 Nov 2020

At the end of a typical summer, many parents of school-aged children would be breathing a sigh of relief, knowing the struggle to keep kids busy and to cobble together child-care arrangements during the summer is over because their kids are back […]

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COVID-19 Highlights the Need for Workplace Emergency Savings Programs

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

20 Aug 202017 Feb 2023

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 being unable to pay for basic necessities like food, heat or rent, […]

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Supporting the Mental Health of Your Global Workforce

Alyssa Hodder, GBA

19 Aug 202019 Aug 2020

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 the Global Business Group on Health Survey 2016-2019, mental well-being was one […]

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A Closer Look at Canada’s Return-to-Work Dilemma

Alyssa Hodder, GBA

29 Jul 202029 Jul 2020

As the pandemic continues to impact workplaces across Canada and around the world, the Federal government has taken action by providing financial support for both employers and employees. Benefits available include: The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), which provides approximately $500 per week to […]

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Questions Canadian Employees Are Asking During COVID-19

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27 Jul 202027 Jul 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact both home and work life, employees and plan members are contacting their human resource departments for information and help. According to a recent survey of Canadian organizations conducted by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit […]