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

Anne Patterson

11 Mar 202109 Mar 2021

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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Employee Benefits and COVID-19: Changing the Future of Benefits Today

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

17 Feb 202116 Feb 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to bring long-lasting changes to life in the United States, and those changes will be reflected in employee benefits. How COVID-19 could affect health, retirement and other benefits even after the pandemic is over is discussed in […]

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Organizations Face New Health and Retirement Benefit Implications Due to COVID-19

Anne Patterson

10 Feb 202110 Feb 2021

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted employee benefits? The International Foundation has been tracking implications for workplaces across the country, providing a snapshot of the difficult decisions employers and their workers are making regarding their retirement and health care benefits. The latest […]

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3 Things Employers Can Do to Help Prevent Suicide

Stacy Van Alstyne, CEBS

08 Feb 202108 Feb 2021

As I’m writing this, a dear friend is reflecting on the ten-year anniversary of her brother’s suicide. I know she struggles with the helpless feeling of, “Was there something I could have done?” It was with great interest that I watched the […]

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Responding to the COVID-19 Environment: Nine Actions for Health Plan Sponsors

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

05 Nov 202003 Nov 2020

The changes to the health care system brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic are creating a new set of risks and opportunities for health care purchasers and plan sponsors, some of which are not yet fully known. In their article “Charting a […]

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Organizations Report Mental Health Offerings on the Rise

Anne Patterson

08 Oct 201907 Oct 2019

Mental health benefit offerings are on the rise, according to Workplace Wellness Trends, a new report released today from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Over the past several years, there has been a noticeable increase in the share of organizations […]