health care costs on w-2 offer communication opportunity about employee wellness

February 14, 2013

whoa! what’s that new line item on my w-2? is that taxable? employers are starting to field questions like these from their employees. that’s because employees are having their eyes opened to the cost of their employer-provided health care benefits. some employees have seen the value of these benefits before in companywide communications or total compensation [...]

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cohealth checkup: resolving the work vs life conflict (available for listening)

February 8, 2013

i closed philadelphia public schools on the day we recorded our cohealth checkup on the topic of work-life flex, just to punctuate the need for flexibility. ok, i’m not that mighty. but school was closed and i did feel the pinch, that pinch of wondering how to gracefully manage all of one’s responsibilities while keeping [...]

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we say/they say: what do employees really want from their employer?

February 1, 2013

we often think we know what employees want. when i started my career, title and rank were critical. having both was the only way you could get things done and was a singular way to derive meaning. not so much anymore. careerbuilder asked nearly 4,000 employees via an online survey conducted by harris interactive: what’s [...]

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upcoming cohealth checkup: resolving the work vs life conflict

January 24, 2013

on february 6 at noon EST, cohealth checkup hosts cali yost, author, blogger and CEO of work+life fit, inc. work+life fit’s dedicated to creating a flexible work culture that serves both the organization and the individuals within who are scrambling to get everything done. cali will talk with us about whether: shifts in demographic trends and [...]

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employees are doing it for themselves: new pew study shows we are health care consumers

January 23, 2013

employees have heard you loud and clear, ms. employer. they got the message that it’s time to become a savvy health care consumer. they’re out there researching medical ailments and specific diseases, trying to understand medical procedures, and figuring out how their health insurance works and how to reduce their health care costs. so finds [...]

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recognizing the under-recognized: the second annual tim sackett day honors paul hebert

January 23, 2013

a year ago a group of HR bloggers decided to roast and toast a member of the clan: tim sackett. for those who don’t know him, tim’s a career HR guy and a blogger on the multicontributor blog, fistful of talent. the man has a voice that, i can only say, is uniquely his. thing is, [...]

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10 experts: help employees keep their 2013 health resolutions

January 21, 2013

you can make this the year more employees maintain, if not achieve, their resolutions. for my january newsletter, i reached out to 10 health and wellness experts for their thoughts on how employers can help. i asked for one small change. i wanted the small, doable step, just as we’d advise our employees. i received advice from [...]

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stress keeps me from being healthy, consumers reveal in aon hewitt study

January 16, 2013

we have such good intentions, particularly at this time of year. we intend to eat better, get more sleep, head to the gym more often, budget better. then life happens and our good intentions get sidetracked, put off, discarded. that sweet spot between intentions and outcomes is the focus of aon hewitt’s consumer health mindset [...]

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communications your employees crave: get your shit together
(life and death planning)

January 15, 2013

what it is: a financial advice site why it works: this site was developed and written by someone who knows what it feels like not to have your shit together when all shit breaks loose. chanel reynolds was your average married woman with two young kids on the day her husband rode off on his [...]

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13 small, (mostly) low-cost employee wellness changes for 2013

January 10, 2013

right about now your employees are wondering whether they’ll keep their new resolutions or dust off the old ones and give them one more go. even your employees who didn’t make resolutions are likely stewing over possible ones as they listen to everyone talk about strategies for keeping theirs…really…this year. since health resolutions top most employees’ lists, why not [...]

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