Health and Wellness in the New Year - A Holistic Approach

by Sandy Cross, the PGA of America's Chief People Officer It wouldn’t be the new year without a conversation around health and wellness, but as with many things these days, the conversation has changed—due in ...


What Now? How Employers Should Think About Covid Chaos After the Supreme Court Ruling

by Harry Nelson The Supreme Court has weighed in, blocking implementation of the OSHA rule requiring all employers with 100 or more employees to require vaccination or weekly testing. Justice Kavanaugh ...


ASCENDing the Ranks of High Value Health Plans

by Sally Pace Bottom line. Superheros in the benefits industry focus on reduced benefits spend. This was the prevalent theme during this week’s ASCEND Agency Growth and Leadership Summit. Two key questions ...


From Culture Index: Reducing Turnover with Analytics

by Sumeet Chahal, with Culture Index Reducing Turnover Starts with Hiring Any efforts a company may make post-hire to influence an employee will pale in comparison to the influence of their past life ...


Strategies for Honing the Employer-Employee Relationship that Actually Work

by Sumeet Chahal, with Culture Index Focus on Your Peoples' Strengths One of the most common strategies for reducing turnover has been to invest in employee engagement initiatives. These efforts take many ...


What You Need To Know About Captive Health Insurance

As originally posted on Everlong Captive's blog 2020 was a tough year for employers. The pandemic and economic shutdown presented companies with multiple financial challenges, and rising health-related costs ...


Looking Ahead with People-Centered Strategies

by Hannah Robinson There is one silver lining from the past year and a half: the trials and weaknesses that have been embedded in the employer health plan long before the pandemic can no longer hide. And, as ...


Diabetes Awareness Month - Molding Care to Fit the Patient

by Hannah Robinson November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and it’s an excellent time to critically rethink care for a chronic illness that more than 30 million people in the U.S. are living with. The annual ...


From the Experts: Paths to Holistic, Whole-Person Health

by Hannah Robinson What does holistic health even mean? While you do your best to inform employees on the benefits available to them, listening to their concerns and adjusting from there, the healthcare system ...


Celebrate Ergo Month

by Chantel Gorton As previously published by Work Right October is National Ergonomics Month. We recognize the importance of ergonomics in the workplace for many reasons but especially for its injury ...


Shifting Gears Through Covid—A Resource Guide on Where to Turn Now

Last week, we published a list of vendors who provide services that support employers and employees through all the changes that come with Covid-19. We listened to the excellent and thoughtful responses that ...


The Granite List. Live

The Granite List. Live The Cost of Time and Money in Mandating the COVID Vaccine Sally, Leigh and Michael discuss being able to implement strategies that provide a safe environment for the individuals to be ...


Workplace Safety Means Everything - but Covid Changed the Location

by Mark Pew Workplace safety has been top-of-mind since the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911. The deaths of 146 people in New York City effectively launched workers’ compensation in the ...


A Whole New World

by Sally Pace and Leigh Dill On the heels of the 41st Self Insurance Institute of America’s National Conference, attendees were challenged to look at the past few years in order to prepare for the future. In a ...


Open Enrollment - When Work Feels Anything But

by Hannah Robinson This Open Enrollment period will be like none other—said benefits specialists back in 2020. They were anticipating the new challenges a virtual OE was going to present. It might be tempting ...


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