ASHHRA Health and Wellness Pulse
October 2017
 
Oracle America, Inc.
Benefits
Strategy
HR Dive
The value proposition for employers that offer voluntary benefits alongside core benefits like health and disability insurance, is widely acknowledged. But what's increasingly coming into focus is the need for made-to-order benefits packages that address the unique needs of a specific workforce.
 
PlanSponsor
According to the 2017 Aflac WorkForces Report, 67 percent of workers said they are confident they understood everything they signed up for. However, these results may indicate an underlying false sense of confidence, since the same survey also showed that 76 percent of workers make health benefits decisions without a complete knowledge of their health plan.
 
Benefit Trends
Workforce
Worker usage indicates their jury’s still out; expert testimony remains neutral; and employers plead their case with lower health benefits costs as evidence.
 
Employee Benefit News
Attracting millennials is one of the challenges faced by many businesses in recent years. According to Gallup, millennials are the demographic that are most likely to change jobs and millennial turnover costs the economy $30.5 billion annually. One of the keys to convincing talented millennials to take a job with you (and then stick around) is offering a benefits package that is competitive within the industry. 
 
Financial
Employee Benefit News
Now that many employers have a financial wellness program in place, benefit executives are beginning to retool their approach to keep employees engaged and financially healthy through education and communication.
 
RelyMD
Workplace Programs & Perks
HR Morning
Many employers don’t even offer paternity leave to employees, but one organization offers this benefit for both human and fur babies.The latter is called "paw-ternity" leave, and it’s a benefit in a class all its own.
 
Culture of Health
Workplace Wellness
HR Dive
Today’s office designers are already thinking beyond the 21st century, incorporating nontraditional elements into layout and design that are revolutionizing workplace wellness and technological integration — all with an eye toward flexibility.
 
Corporate Wellness Magazine
An emerging trend sees more and more corporate offices initiating programs to encourage their employees to sleep and to sleep well. 
 
Mental Health
Workforce
Employees may not know how to navigate the mental health care system, and more employers are considering benefits that help with that navigation. But should they need to?
 
Business News Daily
A study by online job site Monster.com revealed that more than three-quarters of employees experience "really bad" Sunday night blues. Here are some ways to avoid the end-of-the-week anxieties.
 
Population Health
Milwaukee Business News
Population health seeks to improve the health outcomes of people who are part of a larger group, whether that group is a company’s own workforce or members of a particular community. Consumers today seek value, and so do the payors who expect and demand value for the financial investment made in their covered population.
 
 

 

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