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The Benefits and Wellness Bulletin (BWB) is dedicated to helping you explore new ideas around wellness and benefit offerings. If you are not an ASHHRA member, please check out the benefits here and consider joining ASHHRA here. BENEFITS
By Marlene Y. Satter
Saving for retirement is definitely not the highest priority on the list for 36 percent of Americans. That’s how many have zero, zip, nada put away for the time when they’ll leave the workplace for good, according to a survey from Bankrate.com.
SOURCE: BENEFITS PRO
By Michael Giardina
Online dating site eHarmony is venturing into the hiring and recruiting world with the launch of a new careers platform. Slated for a 2015 launch, eHarmony’s new Elevated Careers platform will seek to pair hiring managers with candidates based on desired culture, personality and skillset traits. The company is planning a beta launch with a handful of companies in December.
SOURCE: EMPLOYEE BENEFIT NEWS
Who’s happier with their health plan: Those in traditional managed care plans, or those in consumer-driven and high-deductible plans? Findings from the Employee Benefit Research Institute show that managed care plan enrollees are happier than their counterparts in consumer-driven and high-deductible health plans.
SOURCE: WORLD AT WORK
By Marlene Y. Satter
Nearly 20 percent of those who help pay the way for another family member are either unable to pay their own debts or are racking up fresh bills in the process, and 12 percent said they have put off retiring because of it.
SOURCE: BENEFITS PRO
By Marlene Y. Satter
A Fidelity Investments survey indicates that 43 percent of workers weigh employer matching funds in their 401(k)s so heavily that they’d accept lower pay so long as it came with a higher match.
SOURCE: BENEFITS PRO
By Dan Cook
More evidence of the potential and power of telemedicine emerged from a Deloitte study of patient "visits" to medical professionals’ offices. Nearly 13 percent of all general practitioner appointments made in the U.S. and Canada this year will be electronic "eVisits."
SOURCE: BENEFITS PRO
CULTURE OF HEALTH
By Lisa Zamosky
Corporate wellness programs have been of growing interest to employers for years. Today, more than 90 percent of employers with 200 or more workers have some type of health promotion or disease-prevention program in place, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
SOURCE: iHEALTH BEAT
By Andrea Davis
Benefit managers looking to get more training in wellness have a new option with an online program from the Institute for Wellness Education.
SOURCE: EMPLOYEE BENEFIT NEWS
With the average wellness incentive reaching nearly $600 this year according to some estimates, it’s no wonder employers are looking to get more bang for their buck. The right incentive program depends on a host of factors and requires thoughtful consultation with your wellness vendor.
SOURCE: EMPLOYEE BENEFIT NEWS
By Zack Budryk
Despite the rise in workplace violence, many hospitals don't know how to prevent assaults. But health care organizations must take steps to stop attacks, because a government agency will hold providers responsible for failure to put safeguards in place.
SOURCE: FIERCE HEALTHCARE
Nearly half of employees (48 percent) need five or more days to unwind, or never unwind at all, when taking a vacation, according to a Monster.com poll. Only 11 percent of respondents unwind after one day.
SOURCE: WORLD AT WORK
By Barry Ronan
Last month a Hospital Impact blogger raised the question: What is a hospital's obligation to promote and model healthy eating and sustainability habits to both staff and patients?
SOURCE: HOSPITAL IMPACT
By Robert Preidt
The weeks after a hospital discharge may be a great time to help smokers quit the habit, and one study suggests a particular program might help.
SOURCE: U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
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