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10 Brand Employee Wellness Programs to Take Inspiration From In 2024

Empuls

As a brilliant example of a company dedicated to maintaining employee wellness, Airbnb is just one of many offering their staff members wellness workshops, exercise spaces and an environment to thrive within in 2024.    Employee wellness has become a key concern for a number of brands across the globe.

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Disney Education Program Cuts and Funding Caps Revealed

HR Digest

Employees will still be able to seek assistance for undergraduate degrees through the portal, but even this will come with its own narrow limits. Reports suggest that by November 27, 2024, the Disney Aspire in-network schools will enforce a funding cap of $5,250 on the educational assistance provided to an individual employee.

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How can employers effectively deliver financial wellbeing support to a dispersed workforce?

Employee Benefits

Support and communications that are useful to the majority of employees can avoid exclusion. In its State of financial wellbeing index 2024 report, published in May 2024, Wagestream found that half (54%) of the employees surveyed said financial concerns have caused their mental health to decline.

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Spread the Word About Additional HSA Contributions

InterWest Insurance Services

Usually, these accounts are funded with pre-tax deductions from your employees’ paychecks, but if they didn’t max out their contributions last year, they still can do so up until the tax-filing deadline. Under IRS rules, for 2023 employers and employees can contribute a combined $3,850 for single employees and $7,750 for families.

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Report Details 3 Trends Driving Employers’ Health Care Costs

InterWest Insurance Services

The “ 2024 Employee Health Trends” report by Springbuk, an online health intelligence platform, reflects concerns among employers and insurers about runaway drug costs due to increasingly expensive medications and new diabetes and anti-obesity drugs.

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What is a High-Deductible Health Plan (HDHP)?

Higginbotham

By opting for a higher deductible, employees can secure lower monthly premiums. Let’s say an employee enrolls in a high-deductible health plan providing self-only coverage with an annual deductible of $2,000. Only people currently enrolled in a qualifying high-deductible health plan can make contributions to an HSA.