InterWest Insurance Services

MARCH 28, 2024

Pharmacy spending, high-cost claimants and newly developed anti-obesity drugs are expected to shape health benefits and affect the cost of care and health insurance for employers, according to a new report. 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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Wellable

MARCH 11, 2024

Research confirms a natural antidote for depression: exercise. Learn how exercise programs boost employee mental health and organizations' bottom line. The post Study: Exercise To Combat Depression In The Workplace appeared first on Wellable.

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Business Management Daily

MARCH 18, 2024

What makes a great manager? How can you improve employee engagement ? Is your talent acquisition up to par? There’s one thing these questions all have in common: you can answer them all by digging into your people analytics. What is people analytics? It refers to analyzing your organization’s employee data to make smarter, data-driven decisions to improve your operations and reach your business goals.

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Employee Benefit News

MARCH 27, 2024

Advisers can do a better job of helping clients understand how to be there during difficult transitions and ensure their employees are appropriately covered.

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In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Money Talk

MARCH 14, 2024

I recently co-taught a webinar for one of my clients about professional uses of artificial intelligence (AI) platforms such as ChatGPT. Below are eight highlights from my webinar presentation and some advice to get started: Previous Experience - Most people have had some experience with AI through word processing software, online searches, online pop-up ads, AI-enabled “smart home” features, and virtual assistants such as Alexa, Siri, and Cortana.

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HR Bartender

MARCH 28, 2024

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I saw this headline recently on CNBC – “ Over half of employees have no idea how their companies are using AI ”. We know AI (artificial intelligence) is a regular headline in today’s news. This article shared the results of a survey that said: Companies estimate that 70% of their workforce will use AI by 2028. 75% of employees would be more excited about AI if the company was more transparent about how the technology is being used. 54% of employees have no idea

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 25, 2024

There are plenty of definitions of the modish concept of biophilic design around right now. But perhaps nobody can top that of Erich Fromm, the sociologist and psychoanalyst who first described it in his 1973 book The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness as “The passionate love of life and all that is alive”. The term biophilia was later popularised more dryly in a 1984 book by the biologist Edward O.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 19, 2024

Poor mental health in the workplace cost the UK economy £102 billion in 2023, according to research by Axa UK. The healthcare group’s fourth annual Mind health study , which surveyed 16,000 people aged 18 to 74 from 16 European, Asian and American countries, also found that around £26 billion was lost to the UK economy from employees taking sick days last year, and a further £57.4 billion from workers being less productive due to work-related mental health conditions.

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Employee Benefit News

MARCH 27, 2024

FlexJobs released its ranking of organizations looking to hire new tech talent.

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Are you helping your people proactively plan for retirement? How are you prioritizing the mental health of your HR team? These are a few of the questions that HR professionals are seeking answers to today. Luckily, Gallagher’s consultants came together with four robust articles (and one infographic) that help address these pain points and provide you with proactive planning tips to help you simplify, personalize and create flexibility in your benefits offerings to help ensure your people thrive

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Money Talk

MARCH 7, 2024

Financial shocks are events that result in unexpected expenses and they are especially challenging for individuals and households with limited resources and tight budgets. Examples of financial shocks are plentiful and include the following: ¨ Big spikes in expenses due to inflation (e.g., childcare, food, insurance, rent, utilities) ¨ Car accidents ¨ Disability ¨ Divorce ¨ Large home repairs (e.g., roof, furnace) ¨ Large out-of-pocket medical or dental bills ¨ Loss of a job ¨ property damage du

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3Sixty Insights

MARCH 22, 2024

In this installment of a series by Nicholas Biron from 3Sixty Insights, the focus shifts towards guiding vendors and salespeople on enhancing the buying process for business executives. Biron advocates for a slower, more deliberate sales approach in the cloud era, emphasizing the importance of sales teams acting as partners to educate clients on involving IT early and building strong business cases.

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HR Bartender

MARCH 24, 2024

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes A few months ago, we published an article about whether it’s okay for job seekers to use artificial intelligence to get help with their job search. I hope you’ll check it out. The reason I wrote the article is because recruiters were saying that they can tell when someone is using artificial intelligence (AI) to write their resume.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 13, 2024

New data from Remit Consulting suggests that UK office occupancy rates have risen to their highest level since the start of the pandemic. Although still below pre-pandemic levels, the data indicates a gradual return to more office-based work patterns. The ReTurn Report is compiled by Remit Consulting each week. It uses data provided by building managers in ten cities based on their property’s access control systems.

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Nearly one-quarter of employees (23%) admit they’ve cried within the first week! Give new hires a positive start with this four-week onboarding roadmap. This schedule outlines all the turns, detours, and speedbumps new hires can expect in their first month. We’ve included suggestions for each week to help you make your new employees’ highway to success an easy road.

PayrollOrg

MARCH 29, 2024

On March 21, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed into law earned wage access bill S.B. 579/A.B. 574, a bill supported by PayrollOrg’s Government Relations Task Force.

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Employee Benefit News

MARCH 8, 2024

On International Women's Day, top female execs share best practices for making equal opportunity part of company culture.

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Money Talk

MARCH 28, 2024

I recently participated as a panelist for a webinar titled Math Matters in Life: Personal Finances and Future Success. This webinar for financial educators, co-sponsored by the AFSA Education Foundation and National Math Foundation , discussed the important connection between math literacy and financial literacy and presented creative, engaging activities to teach money math.

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3Sixty Insights

MARCH 8, 2024

Dive into the evolving landscape of technology procurement with Nicholas Biron, CEO of 3Sixty Insights, as he unveils the complexities reshaping how organizations approach software and technology purchases. Gone are the days when IT departments solely dictated the selection and acquisition of new solutions. Today, the process is a multifaceted journey, beginning with line-of-business leaders who pinpoint needs and set the selection criteria, navigating through a maze of vendor evaluations, polit

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Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

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HR Bartender

MARCH 12, 2024

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes As you may know, Mr. Bartender and I are fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Lately, we’ve been getting caught up on older episodes of the show Jessica Jones. One of the episodes we watched recently showed private-investigator Jessica breaking into a morgue to gather information about someone and she needed to access the computer.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 25, 2024

A third of employees (33 percent) in the UK have experienced a toxic manager at work in the past five years, and over four in ten (41 percent) have left a job due to their dissatisfaction with management. The findings are from Corndel’s Workplace Training Report 2024 , based on research conducted with 250 HR decision makers at large organisations and 1,000 UK employees.

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PayrollOrg

MARCH 26, 2024

Pay data reporting is required in California for certain employers. Employers are reminded that reports are due May 8. Learn more about new data fields required for this reporting cycle.

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Employee Benefit News

MARCH 20, 2024

Professor Mara Derderian at Bryant University explains why mentorship is vital to diversifying the male-dominated finance industry.

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Speaker: Jeremy York

2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 11, 2024

Employers can offer onsite nurseries , workplace nursery schemes, and subsidised and emergency care provisions to help with childcare. There are a variety of different flexible working options that employers could offer those who are struggling. Support for working parents can help with attraction, retention, skills shortages and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

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HR Digest

MARCH 30, 2024

Stepping into the corporate world is always an unnerving experience, and one of the most immediate skills you’re expected to pick up is how to write a professional email. If you think this involves saying “Ma’am” every chance you get and signing off every email with your name and designation in case the receiver forgot who you were, then you’d be right in making that assumption.

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HR Bartender

MARCH 14, 2024

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes One of the conversations that frustrates me is the one about generations. Mainly because a lot of people get the generation conversation wrong. They assume that because you were born in a certain year and fall into a generational date range like Boomer, Gen X, or Millennial that you’re a certain type of person. Granted, some of the conversations about generations are true.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 21, 2024

More than half (51 percent) of UK workers are in favour of some form of so-called return to office (RTO) policy, but flexibility is key to any office mandated approach, according to a new poll from Owl Labs. The survey suggest that while UK workers recognise some benefits when it comes to mandates – where employees are required to be in the office for a set number of days – they want the flexibility to choose when they work from the office.

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Amidst rising cancer prevalence and soaring costs, new cancer technologies and innovations are emerging to support the early detection, treatment, and surveillance of cancer. Read this guide to understand how to evaluate these solutions for your employees and members – and to learn more about the current state of coverage, clinical and cost effectiveness, and impact on quality and outcomes.

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