How insurers are driving holistic health strategies in the workplace

Holistic health has become a potential solution for insurers looking for better ways to improve health outcomes and reduce costs.

By Tom Starner • May 6, 2016

Why seeing healthcare as an investment, not a cost, can boost the bottom line

HealthRight, an ehealth company, believes employers have to change their mindsets to solve the health and wellness challenge.

By Tom Starner • May 5, 2016

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Inside the rapidly changing world of employee benefits

Healthcare costs are climbing and employee needs are changing. How can HR professionals adapt?

By HR Dive staff

Special 'me time' days are just a 'branding' ploy, say HR leaders

Some employers offer employees extra PTO beyond allowed sick days and other PTO to focus on themselves.

By Tom Starner • May 5, 2016

How Roth 401(k) accounts can help boost employee financial health

Too few companies offer the accounts. Even then, too few employees take advantage of them, according to a Willis Towers Watson report.

By Tom Starner • May 5, 2016

Identity thieves steal W-2 data from ADP

The HR admin company provides resources for more than 640,000 businesses, but the company said only a small number of clients were impacted. 

By Justine Brown • May 4, 2016

NJ gender pay equality law conditionally vetoed by Gov. Christie

He said it would make New Jersey "business unfriendly," according to NJ.com

By Tom Starner • May 4, 2016

Supreme Court deals minimum wage blow to franchises

By letting a lower court ruling stand, SCOTUS effectively told large franchise chains that they will not be treated like small independent businesses.

By Tom Starner • May 4, 2016

Why pet bereavement leave may be gaining ground as a benefit

While rare, offering a paid pet bereavement day off could help boost employee engagement.

By Tom Starner • May 4, 2016

WalletHub research reveals top states for working moms

WalletHub's analysis included factors such as daycare quality, parental leave policies and gender pay gap.

By Tom Starner • May 4, 2016

Survey: Middle market employees want more choice in healthcare plans

With copays and coinsurance across both PPOs and HDHPs, the average family could spend nearly 40% more on health care in 2016 than food.

By Tom Starner • May 3, 2016

Why 2016 may be a tipping point for paid parental leave

San Francisco's new parental leave law, passed at the beginning of April, exemplifies the potential struggle employers may face.

By Kathryn Moody • May 3, 2016

Chobani might boost its bottom line with employee stock sharing

The yogurt maker's surprise stock gift may deliver higher profits long-term from more motivated workers.

By Tom Starner • May 3, 2016

How free surgery for employees is cutting healthcare costs

Since 2010, Lowe's has been offering its workforce free surgery for certain procedures. 

By Tom Starner • May 3, 2016

Reports: Labor Dept.'s overtime threshold could be $47,000 instead

The new proposed threshold could affect up to 23% of the current workforce, or 12.5 million workers.

By Tom Starner • May 3, 2016

Will Election 2016 impact employee healthcare benefits?

Whoever occupies the White House next may define the fate of the Cadillac Tax and the ACA as a whole.

By Tom Starner • May 2, 2016

Contingent workforces gaining more clout as their numbers grow

Around 20% of the U.S. workforce is made up of contingent workers, up from 12% in 2010.

By Tom Starner • May 2, 2016

How much mom would make if she was salaried

Salary.com reports that income predictions for mothers have only increased, inadvertantly shining some light on the parental leave discussion.

By Tom Starner • May 2, 2016

Menards relents, agrees to halt NLRB violations

The NLRB told Menards, a Midwest home improvement chain, to end two practices that violated federal labor law.

By Tom Starner • April 29, 2016

Local minimum wage backers in AL take their case to federal court

Two groups representing mainly minorities in Mobile, AL, want a local minimum wage ordinance reinstated after the state passed a law banning such ordinances.

By Tom Starner • April 29, 2016

Enforcing 'living wage' laws proving to be an elusive challenge

The laws look good on paper, but there aren't enough boots on the ground to ensure compliance everywhere, the AP reports.

By Tom Starner • April 28, 2016

Survey: Global healthcare benefit costs continue to rise

Overuse of services is one big factor for why costs keep going up.

By Tom Starner • April 28, 2016

Remote workers are more likely to engage in wellness, survey says

Many organizations divide wellness, work-life flexibility and other employee strategies into separate silos, shorting the effectiveness of such programs.

By Tom Starner • April 27, 2016

Chobani shocks workers with stock-sharing generosity

The 10-year-old Greek yogurt company surprised its workforce yesterday with a program that could make some long-term employees millionaires some day.

By Tom Starner • April 27, 2016

NEBGH offers cancer care guide to assist employer decision-making

The complexity of cancer makes it hard to employers to define one effective way to deliver care, the Northeast Business Group on Health reports.

By Tom Starner • April 27, 2016

With FLSA overtime changes coming, transparency is crucial

The Labor Department's upcoming overtime rule is sure to shake up employers nationwide. Smart HR leaders are already conducting self-audits.

By Tom Starner • April 26, 2016