Health Risk Assessments Get Social Status
One company is enticing insurers by blending the traditional HRA with social networking, mobile technology, games and behavioral psychology.
View ArticleTaking Better Care of Those Who Care for Seniors at Home
Some 6 million seniors employ in-home caregivers for daily assistance, and that number is expected to double by 2030. Yet many in-home caregivers struggle to make ends meet. More than 90 percent are...
View ArticleCareers, Culture & Cancer
No one likes to talk about cancer, but it is not the taboo workplace subject it was in years past. In fact, progressive companies are supporting workers who have cancer like never before.
View ArticleStep Into My Office
Employers such as Chicago-based Red Frog Events are looking to improve their overall employment deal, spelling out an overall compensation and culture package that often includes a company vision for...
View ArticleWhat the Young Adult Coverage Provision Means to Me
Ed Frauenheim is on assignment. The risks of being uninsured traditionally hung above the proverbial head of the youngest generation entering America's workforce like the Sword of Damocles . Since the...
View Article'Global Nomads' Finding There's No Place Like Home for Benefits
The upturn in so-called 'global nomads'—those who move from country to country on long-term assignments—has focused more attention on their medical and retirement benefits.
View ArticleMost Employers Plan to Continue Offering Health Care Plans
An overwhelming majority of midsized and large companies plan to continue offering employees health care plans, rather than pay the high price of penalties and other financial costs.
View ArticleElder Care—You Can't Buy, Pray or Prescribe Your Way Out of It
Ed Frauenheim is on assignment. I had been looking forward to lunch with my friend Kate for some time. During the past few years we've bonded over the travails of raising teenagers, the challenges of...
View ArticleTurn Here: GPS Tracking Gains Acceptance
In the early days, employees feared that GPS monitoring was a form of 'Big Brother' watching, but workers are becoming more accepting of tracking since companies are no longer just using the...
View ArticleWorkforce Bags Second Straight Neal Award
The magazine won a Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award for Senior Writer Rita Pyrillis’ in-depth look at employer-sponsored health care.
View ArticleYes, They Worry: Nearly Half of U.S. Workers Uncertain About Retirement
Despite the recovering U.S. economy, almost all American workers feel uncertain about their ability to live comfortably in retirement, according to a survey conducted by the Employee Benefits Research...
View ArticleMore Employers Looking to Impose Wellness Program Nonparticipation Penalties...
Fifty-eight percent of employers are looking to impose penalties on employees who do not participate in health and wellness programs in the coming years, according to a survey published by Aon Hewitt.
View ArticleThe Pre-existing Conditions: Buildup to Health Care Reform Bound to Bring...
A flood of marketing materials from private and state health care exchanges, insurance providers and others that are expected to start peddling their health insurance products will flood employees as...
View ArticleGet Well Soon? Wellness Programs May Help Decrease Health Costs, Survey Shows
Employers who focus on providing preventive care rather than basic health care for immediate medical needs may end up with happier, more productive employees as well as a healthier bottom line,...
View ArticleWhere There’s Smoke, There’s No Hire
Health care providers, which see their employees as 'role models and advisers to patients,' are among the organizations requiring tobacco testing for new hires.
View ArticleSmall Business Bakes Wellness Into Its Workforce
Many small businesses are wondering how to have an impact on employee health and productivity. One Oregon company is now teaching its employees tips for healthy eating and offering discounts on local...
View ArticleEmployees Opening Health Savings Accounts in Record Numbers
With 2014 contribution limits just released and more employers making high-deductible health plans their sole health benefit option, HSAs will continue to grow.
View ArticleExplaining the Exchanges to Employees Won’t Be Easy
Between the growing number of companies expected to introduce a private exchange later this year and the state-run health insurance exchanges that open for business on Jan. 1, 2014, employee...
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