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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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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HR Digest

MARCH 1, 2024

A Gallup employee engagement survey has raised concerns regarding the significant decline in Gen Z employee engagement since March 2020. Following the pandemic, employee engagement levels have consistently been a matter of concern and it has seemingly worsened with each passing year. We could perhaps blame the unstable job market or the rising inflation concerns for this disengagement, but it is likely a lot more complex than just one or two major factors causing the disruption.

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Speaker: Debra Squyres

Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

MARCH 28, 2024

On January 11, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its new final rule governing federal healthcare conscience protection statutes. The 2024 final rule, which went into effect March 11, 2024, repeals the majority of the prior final rule from 2019 that was found to be unlawful by three federal courts […] The post HHS Publishes New Rights of Conscience Final Rule appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG.

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Wellable

MARCH 20, 2024

What’s really on your employees’ wellness wish list? Explore the latest consumer trends to tailor your benefits to the evolving expectations of the workforce. The post Survey: Consumer Wellness Trends In 2024 appeared first on Wellable.

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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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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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Best Money Moves

MARCH 11, 2024

The 4 best benefits in 2024, according to employees. Your benefits choices go a long way toward attracting the right employees. Here are the 4 best benefits in 2024, according to employees. A holistic benefits strategy is one of the most important factors that job-seekers consider when deciding where to work. In fact, according to Forbes Advisor , 40% of employers believe that workers would leave their current jobs to find employment that offers better benefits.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

MARCH 14, 2024

In an apparent attempt to shield physician practices from perceived abuses of close association with physician practice management (PPM) companies, a pending Oregon law could undermine a broad range of structures and transactions between physicians and laypersons, including loans, real estate leases, practice sales, national virtual care platforms, investor sponsored practice roll-ups and payor-provider joint […] The post Pending Oregon Law Undermines Traditional Physician Practice Structu

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Wellable

MARCH 21, 2024

Research reveals a link between sleep deprivation and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Employers play a big role in supporting employee sleep health. The post Study: Sleep Deprivation Raises Diabetes Risk, Even With Healthy Diet appeared first on Wellable.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

In the world of small business management, the challenge of managing payroll & HR efficiently while scaling operations can be overwhelming. Yet, with the right strategies in place, these challenges can become opportunities for growth and innovation. In this session, Joe Sharpe, Senior Director of Managed Payroll Services at IRIS, will reveal practical methods and expert insights for outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes, resulting in substantial time and resource savings.

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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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Employee Benefits

MARCH 20, 2024

Law firm Parfitt Cresswell has become employee-owned after transferring a significant interest in the business to an employee ownership trust. Through the employee ownership trust, staff can attain an indirect beneficial interest in the business and can share in its success through the use of tax-free bonuses up to £3,600 per employee per year. The firm decided to transfer ownership in order to increase productivity, profitability, competitiveness in the sector, sustainability and staff wellbein

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PeopleKeep

MARCH 27, 2024

There are often different eligibility requirements for employee benefits like health insurance , retirement plans, and paid time off (PTO). Employers and employees need to have a clear understanding of what constitutes an eligible employee and the requirements to qualify for specific benefits. In this article, we'll cover what an EE is and what the requirements are for different types of benefits.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

MARCH 12, 2024

If the US Supreme Court strikes down the established doctrine of significant judicial deference to certain government agency interpretations in two upcoming fishing boat cases, this decision could have ripple effects on employee benefit plan sponsors and fiduciaries. Such a decision would rock the boat and create more uncertainty in administering employee benefits.

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Wellable

MARCH 26, 2024

Is 10,000 steps really the golden number for optimal health? Discover how you can achieve significant health benefits with fewer steps than you might think. The post How Many Steps Do We Really Need: A Scientific Review appeared first on Wellable.

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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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