Get ready for the jockeying over health care insurance plans to begin. A new study from consulting giant Mercer asked the question, “How likely is it … Read more
Survey: 90% Feel Their Benefits are Important, But 36% Fear Losing Their Job
If there’s one good thing that’s come from all the turmoil and stress caused during the last few years of economic downturn, it’s this – people are much … Read more
Four Signs To Help Encourage Employee Wellness
There’s no doubt that we have a lot of unhealthy people in the U.S. workforce — and more set to enter it at some point. Disease management, acute risk and … Read more
Health Savings Accounts: Not Just for Health, But for Wealth, too
Can the Health Savings Account double as a retirement account? In some ways it can and no one is talking about it. Why? We tend to look at things from our … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Bad Bosses, Dissing Federal Workers, and 85,000 Applicants
Anytime you get into a listing of the “best of” or “the worst of,” you know that the list is going to be highly subjective, frequently shortsighted, and … Read more
Beyond Use it or Lose it: Why FSAs Save Money and Make Good Sense
For years employers have been pushing the word “consumerism” into benefits strategy and trying to educate people about what it is. Unfortunately, too much … Read more
What’s The True Cost of Health Care Reform?
I was able to catch part of the recent webinar put on by the Corporate Executive Board’s Corporate Leadership Council on Benefits (that’s a … Read more
Navigating Health Care Reform: What Are You Telling YOUR Employees?
I was absolutely thrilled with the turnout at a webinar I recently presented for Human Resource Executive: “Navigating the changes: strategically … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Managing Monkeys, Business Cards Thrive, and a Classic Cover Letter
Sometimes it’s good to take the Weekly Wrap on the road, as I did last week from the HR Technology conference in Chicago. As you might gather from my … Read more
What Story Will Your Company’s Health and Wellness Strategy Tell?
By Fran Melmed Employees and employers are set to see double-digit increases again this year. I’m not sure that’s a shocker anymore. It’s certainly not … Read more
The End of Non-Traditional Health Plans Starts With Mickey D’s
See update below I’ll admit it: we need to change how health care is run in this country. It’s ridiculous that in many states, you can’t … Read more
Benefits Expo Day 2: Waking up to Tough Talk on Health Care Reform
There’s nothing quite like kicking off a morning in a room with 500 other yawning people who haven’t had quite enough coffee listening to a … Read more
The Health Care ROI Debate: Do I Really Need to Sell You on Wellness?
I frequently interview non-client companies to hear what they’re doing to build health-supporting cultures. One question I always ask is: … Read more
Plugging Into the 10 Commandments of Benefit Communications
You know the fall is here and that it’s back to business when you attend your first conference of the season. For me, that conference is the 23rd … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Muslim Discrimination, Fired in Philly, and HR Issues at QB
It’s been a busy week here at TLNT, and we seem to have picked up a lot of new readers recently. So that makes me wonder: are you getting anything … Read more
6 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Benefits Open Enrollment
Here we go again. That time of year when you have to grab your employees’ attention long enough to explain why benefits matter and then help them make key … Read more
The Latest You Should Know About Managing Health Care Reform
Little by little we’re learning more about the complex piece of legislation called the PPACA (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). Over the … Read more
No Surprise Here: Double-Digit Health Care Increases Expected Next Year
* See updates below. It’s not exactly a news flash that health care is expensive, so it won’t come as a big surprise to most that, despite all the noise … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Top Job Creators, a Deadly Employee, and “The Office” Goes to India
I know the calendar may not agree, but it’s easy see that the Fall season is finally here. Yes, it’s not officially Fall until September 21, but here in … Read more
Coping With Benefits: How to Help Employees Make Wise Choices
For many employers, the message is clear: health care reform is going to cost money. Removing lifetime limits, adding more dependents to your plan, … Read more