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Companies Need to Refocus to Attract and Retain Employees

In a tight labor market, executives are responding to employee demands for more competitive compensation and benefits, according to a PwC survey. For the most part, they have a good grasp of why e...

Having Great Benefits Is Key to Attracting Workers

LinkedIn surveyed job seekers around the globe to learn what matters most to people when accepting a new job. Sixty-three percent chose work-life balance; 60% chose compensation and benefits; and ...

Companies That Prioritize Health Benefits Have Lower Turnover

With an average of 4 million workers quitting their jobs each month, employee attrition is dominating the headlines and putting work under the microscope. Executives say that the employee bene...

Employee Benefits and the Great Resignation

Artemis Health surveyed over 300 benefits leaders to get their take on how to use employee benefits to respond to the “Great Resignation.” With employee turnover in the news, benefits leaders indi...

Group Health Premiums Expected to Jump 5.6% in 2022

Health plans are expecting 2022 premiums to increase by 5.6% for fully insured group plans. This growth is 0.7 percentage points higher than their expectations for 2021, according to a survey by S...

The Key to Effective Employee Communications

Employers will see maximum impact when they tailor health and well-being communications to the scenario and sometimes to the employee. Employees are generally more motivated by peers and managers ...

Will Fertility Benefits Become Commonplace?

For many years, there was no upward trend in health plan benefits for infertility. But that’s changing, according to a survey by Mercer. Over the past five years, more large employers have been of...

A Surprising Shift in Benefit Plans

There’s been an unexpected reversal in cost-sharing trends with health plans, according to a survey by Mercer. Sixty percent of employers say they won’t make plan changes to reduce expected health...

Benefit Communications That Resonate

Employers often worry that employees don’t pay attention to their employee benefits communications. A survey published by the Business Group on Health reveals what resonates with employees: ...

Satisfaction with HDHPs Goes Up Over Time

Fifty-four percent of enrollees are very or extremely satisfied with their high deductible health plan (HDHP) after three years or more on the plan compared to 30% in the plan less than a year, ac...

Private Insurers to Cover At-Home COVID Tests

The administration will soon mandate that insurers reimburse Americans for purchasing at-home tests. Three federal departments will issue guidance on January 15, 2022. People who buy the tests wil...

Americans Consider Health Insurance Changes During Open Enrollment

Forty-five percent of Americans are considering changes to their health insurance during open enrollment. Although a large portion cites the pandemic as the main factor, others are looking at cost...