In recent months, Walmart has beefed up mental health benefits, doubling the number of therapy and mental health coaching sessions it provides to all workers and their dependents. Now it’s focusing on... Read more »
A recalculation of student loan payments, announced July 14 by the U.S. Department of Education, will erase the balance for certain loans such as the Federal Family Education Loans program. More than... Read more »
?As employee benefits open enrollment season looms, HR professionals will be spending a lot of time and resources to create and send messages to employees about benefits plans. Yet, many of these... Read more »
?At a tech conference last fall, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced his desire to increase the company’s productivity by 20 percent. Pichai offered an example of how he would accomplish this goal:... Read more »
?Workers are stressed, and money worries are a big reason for their sleepless nights and lowered mental health. Employees are increasingly looking to their employer for guidance to help them cope with... Read more »
?A growing number of private employers—including Allstate, Target, KPMG and Nike—are recognizing Juneteenth as a company holiday as employers eye diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) efforts in their benefits strategies. Nearly 4... Read more »
?Employers spent more on employees’ overall compensation in the first quarter of the year, according to figures out today, although momentum may be starting to slow as inflation continues to dip. According to... Read more »
?It’s no surprise that retention has been a major issue for employers in the past couple of years: In a hot job market, scores of employees have left their companies for other... Read more »
?In Central Florida, workers at the area’s hotels, restaurants and theme parks confess that they rarely take a vacation. Many take only two- to three-day breaks at a time, spend their leave... Read more »
