Employee Benefit Adviser - May/June 2020

Tackling the mental health crisis

Artificial intelligence can ease the stress of picking benefits and provide personalized options for a diverse workplace.

Employers need to go beyond traditional healthcare to attract and retain top talent, a new report finds.

UnitedHealthcare added policies to its benefit offerings to prevent young people from becoming addicted to prescription painkillers after wisdom teeth surgery.

Managers can project gratitude and resilience using positive psychology methods, which will help employees weather the challenges of coronavirus and other workplace adjustments.

Perhaps the single most important aspect of the Act is what it does not cover: it does not provide any paid or protected leave time in the event of a company shut down for any COVID-19-related reason.

Automation technology can relieve the stress workers experience from bigger workloads as a result of the human labor shortage, and drive enterprise-wide benefits in the process.

Wealth management’s challenge will be innovating and adapting to technology to provide Gen Z with the convenience of a single platform that meets all its needs.

Managers should make an effort to help employees who are feeling strain from the impact of isolation caused by quarantines.

Plan sponsors should realize that now is the time to act and acknowledge that participants, many of whom are unknowingly in heavy equity allocations, will jump out as we hit more realistic volatility cycles.

Face it, your clients and prospects do not want to meet you in person, but here’s how you can still stay connected.

CommonBond is ensuring employees can qualify for employer retirement contributions while they pay off their student loans.

“It's really important for employees to know where they’re at with investments, and that employers educate them so that they don't make rash decisions,” says Tara Mashack-Behney, president of retirement plan consulting firm Conrad Siegel.

Choice and flexibility in benefit options are top of mind for employees, a new Willis Towers Watson survey finds.

The CEO of Perspective Partners shares how software can help answer healthcare and retirement benefit questions during the enrollment process.

Contract workers play a significant role in the U.S. economy, but they aren’t afforded the same benefits as full-time employees.

While culture is a crucial element, it will be hard for employees to become engaged if their financial needs are not being met by your comp and benefits plan.

The technology can tap into the nuances of an employee’s emotional state, helping employers ensure their employees feel supported and heard when working remotely.

“About half of employees at large companies won’t have the income protection afforded by disability insurance,” says Brian Gifford, director of research and analytics for IBI.