Employee Benefit News - June 2018

From founding paid leave platforms and healthcare management apps to creating a virtual personal benefits assistant, these visionaries are using technology to drive innovation.

The largest healthcare provider in New York struggled to avoid disrupting patient care when its employees took time off, so it turned to predictive cost modeling and benchmarking to solve the problem.

The retail giant is rolling out the tool to its 1.5 million employees in an effort to boost wellness by “increasing engagement, improving health awareness and reinforcing healthy habits every day.”

Spurred on by full-time employees, the Silicon Valley firm is now offering rich perks to non-staffers.

Rather than focus attention — and dollars — on getting workers fit, employers are beginning to zero in on helping them manage chronic illness.

Franklin Templeton’s Drew Carrington sounds off on why plan sponsor reluctance to try something new is problematic for employees.

Led by its venture capital arm, the cable giant launched Brightside, which is now available to other employers.

Employees who say they are not financially fit may be more prone to making poor retirement planning choices. But employers have the opportunity to step in and make a difference, experts say.

Workers look to employers to develop programs that will help them reach financial success, according to a new Prudential study.

Millennials are leading the charge when it comes to increasing their retirement account contributions, according to Fidelity Investments.