For employees to truly understand their benefits, the typical once-a-year open enrollment communications need to become a yearlong conversation in the workplace. In this special report from Employee Benefit News, Catharine Hamrick, Senior Consultant, Segal Benz, discusses why more employers are communicating with employees year-round.
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October 22, 2021
Special Report: Open Enrollment Gets a Makeover
October 21, 2021
Opening the Digital Front Door: Building an Effective Digital Health and Communication Strategy
COVID-19 has shifted consumer expectations regarding how they access health care. As virtual health care evolves, organizations have an opportunity to make the most of their digital tools and services. In this article, Josh Meyer, Senior Consultant, explains how opening your digital front door to participants expands access to care, improves productivity, and drives engagement.
September 17, 2021
What Participants Want from Employers’ Retirement Plan Websites
More employers are now using websites to communicate and educate their people, and that includes retirement plan participants. Research finds that when applying certain strategies, you can make your websites more appealing. In this article, Jen Benz, SVP Communications Leader, and Joey Allen, Website Implementation Manager, explain how employers can create more effective websites that are easier for employees to use.
September 15, 2021
Dealing with Epidemic of Worker Burnout
Overworked and overwhelmed, employees are dealing more and more with the growing mental health issue of burnout. Jen Benz, SVP Communications Leader, appeared on CNBC with Sharon Epperson to discuss the ongoing epidemic of worker burnout and how employer-provided resources and programs can help.
August 05, 2021
Virtual Communications: Expert Tips for Open Enrollment
Last year, the pandemic forced employers to try new types of media. In this article, Joshua Meyer and Ettore Toppi, both senior consultants at Segal Benz, discuss how communications channels should include both digital and traditional components and why virtual benefits fairs, online open enrollment, and digital media are here to stay.
July 08, 2021
To Fight Burnout, Some Employers Declare Companywide Summer Break
Companies have long monitored workplace turnover and surveyed employees about potential burnout. But the shared experience of the pandemic has pushed mental health and burnout to the forefront of executives’ minds. In this article, Jen weighs in on the severity of employee burnout as employees head back to the workplace.
May 05, 2021
How to Use Employee Benefits to Tackle—Not Perpetuate—Racism
Employee benefits are intended to support and advance your employees’ wellness. However, these same benefits can actually marginalize certain populations of the workforce. Learn how racial disparity has taken on greater importance after the unrest of 2020 and what benefits and HR leaders can do to address racial disparity in health and financial outcomes for their people.
April 05, 2021
How Employers Are Educating Employees About Getting Vaccinated
This SHRM article explores how employers are taking steps to make vaccines more accessible to their employees and encouraging them to get vaccinated. It also cites our very own Elena Charleston and her recommendations for talking about the vaccine in employee communications.
April 05, 2021
Jennifer Schuster of Segal Benz: 5 Things You Need to Know to Successfully Manage a Remote Team
Managing a team remotely can be very different than managing a team that’s right in front of you. So, what does it take to make this work? Find out in this article where Jennifer Schuster shares 5 tips on how to create a successful remote environment that works for both your people and your organization.
March 16, 2021
Finding the Right Balance of On-Site and At-Home IT Workers
Some IT staffers don't want to come back to the office, while others can't wait to return. So, IT leaders should begin considering their return-to-work options and plans now, continuously reviewing and adjusting their strategies as local conditions evolve. In this article, Jennifer Schuster talks about how the organizations she works with are tackling this issue.