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January 17, 2021
Healthcare Deductible & Definition Drama
Do you search for a discount code before confirming an online purchase? Or cut coupons out of the weekly paper? If you are shaking your head yes, you are akin to the 92% of respondents in a 2019 Valassis study who reported using coupons. Let’s be honest…It feels good to get a deal. For some,... ...
January 17, 2021
The She-Cession: An Unwanted “Ladies First”
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic affected our work lives in unprecedented ways…workers furloughed, jobs lost, businesses closed, bedrooms converted to home offices. While the Great Recession of 2008 more negatively affected men’s employment rates, the numbers reported last year tell a ...
December 17, 2020
SMART Goal Revamp
January brings chilly winds from the north and often marks the beginning of a new fiscal year for many in corporate America. Some use this month to prepare annual employee goals. The business climate caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 forced many companies to decide overnight how to ...
December 17, 2020
More than Reasonably Priced Furniture: The Ikea Effect
You may shudder recalling the last time you ordered something online, and it arrived in individual boxes with a lengthy set of instructions and an Allen wrench. Believe it or not, a team of Harvard researchers conducted a study on products that involve a do-it-yourself component. You may wonder ...
November 10, 2020
HRIS Clean-Up: Bad Data In, Bad Data Out
What would you say if I told you Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) have been around since the 1980s? It’s true. The use of software to organize and store employee data gained popularity during the dot.com era and continued to grow as the role of human resources evolved – from that of an ...
October 27, 2020
HSA SOS
A health savings account (HSA) is an often-misunderstood savings vehicle that gets confused with a flexible spending account (FSA). Until you understand some of the benefits of an HSA, you too may overlook benefits including triple tax savings, investment options and portability. HSAs were ...
October 23, 2020
Invite New Rituals into Your Workday
If you put a magnifying glass up to the disruption at work caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it is a change management issue at its core. And generally, humans do not like change, especially when it comes as a surprise with little or no choice in the matter. We are creatures of ...
October 20, 2020
Acronym Overload: FSA & OTC Explained
Medical insurance terminology can be confusing. Then the healthcare industry adds in a bunch of acronyms and your confusion can turn to frustration. Consumers may choose to click past these letter- heavy headlines. Employees may put on blinders during open enrollment instead of investigating ...
June 22, 2020
What HR Teams Need to Know About Productivity Monitoring
Even before the pandemic, remote work was trending upward. From 2017 to 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 28.8 percent of college graduates were working from home for all or some of the work week. After COVID-19, that percentage has skyrocketed—roughly two-thirds of the ...
June 12, 2020
Should Your Company Keep Its Telework Option?
Across America, states, cities and counties are gradually easing stay-at-home orders and expanding the industries that can now reopen their doors or return to work on premises. After months of teleworking, many employees will soon find themselves able to return to the office: it’s just that not ...
