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Making employees more comfortable with open enrollment

When it comes to open enrollment employees often finish the process with more questions than when they started. They are finding it increasingly difficult to ...
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New UnitedHealthcare benefit offers alternatives to opioids

Unitedhealthcare is introducing a new benefit for members with acute low back pain which is intended to make accessing physical therapy and chiropractic care more ...
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Walmart expands benefits with healthcare pilots

Walmart is experimenting with new benefits designed to help make healthcare more accessible to its employees. Starting early next year, select Walmart locations will have ...
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3 ways to support employees with complex health problems

When an employee is diagnosed with a complex or life-threatening condition, employer support can help them get the right treatment and decrease the amount of ...
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Common mistakes clients must avoid during Medicare open enrollment

Even if Medicare’s open enrollment period sounds like a big snore fest, you might sleep better next year if you take advantage of it. For ...
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Uber releases new app for shift scheduling

Uber is delving into a new area of the gig economy — scheduling for shift workers. The company, which is most well-known for its ride-sharing ...
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Compliance conundrum: 10 key issues impacting HR

In recent years, a number of changes have rapidly changed the way HR works, as transformations in society, government, culture, technology, communications and the legal ...
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Mastercard partners with financial wellness platform to provide instant wage access

Mastercard has teamed up with a voluntary benefit company and banking institution last week to help hourly employees make ends meet by providing easy access ...
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Free college degrees for Chipotle employees

Forget free meals and flexible scheduling; employees at Chipotle can go to college for free. The Mexican-inspired restaurant chain announced the launch of its newest ...
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What would a workplace emergency-savings benefit look like?

An alarming number of workers don't have enough money saved away to carry them through even a short-lived financial emergency, and experts are urging employers ...
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Minding the healthcare benefits knowledge gap

Over the last decade employers have begun to understand the importance of offering employees financial wellness benefits. Financial concerns are a chief distraction for workers ...
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Higher hourly pay may not help fix poverty

Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 probably won’t fix poverty, and might actually hurt poor people instead. That’s the message of Ryan Young’s Oct. 2 ...
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