Vision benefits are an important part of a complete health package. Providing the right benefits can boost morale and attract and retain talent. A vision exam is also a mini-physical where a number of medical conditions can be discovered, from...

The nation’s health care system is expected to be one of the top issues for voters in the 2020 presidential election because of the declining number of Americans with health insurance, in part due to job losses, and the rise in health care and...

How the Pandemic Could Shape the Future of Health Care The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly forced the medical community in the United States to rethink how it provides health care. In response to the crisis, new regulations have been enacted and advances...

With two-thirds of employees working from home at least part-time, employers are finding there are advantages and disadvantages. When the danger presented by COVID-19 was discovered, federal, state and local governments ordered businesses to temporarily...

Those changes include making it easier to get health care and allowing employees to make mid-year changes to their FSAs if their employers allow it. The threat of COVID-19 has made people even more aware of how important it is to have good health...

Your employees have worked hard to save for retirement, but did the coronavirus pandemic wipe out their life savings? The answer is no — if you’re talking about long-term investments, such as retirement savings.The trouble with investments...

Furloughs — mandatory, temporary suspensions from work without pay — have allowed many employers to hold on to their businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. If you were lucky enough to avoid having to furlough your employees, congratulations!...

Now that restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic are being lifted, some businesses are allowing employees to travel for work again. If you travel or are considering letting employees travel again — particularly flying — here’s what you...

Unfortunately, as a consequence of the work-from-home, shelter-in-place and quarantine initiatives put in place to keep us safe from COVID-19, there has been a rise in emotional distress. A Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows that 56 percent of...

Providing benefit portability, helping employees manage their work/life balance and maintain financial stability can help employees during this difficult time. The Covid-19 pandemic has been one of the most turbulent times for employers and their...