EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BUZZ: NEWS AND TRENDS FOR WEEK OF 12/28/15
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Wellness News:
How ‘Shared Values-Shared Results’ Can Help Your Business Thrive
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-friedman-phd/how-shared-valuesshared-r_b_8864250.html
5 Ways You Can Proactively Work To Improve Your Employee Retention
http://www.eremedia.com/tlnt/5-ways-you-can-proactively-work-to-improve-your-employee-retention/
3 Strategies To Retain Your Best Employees — And To Advance Their Careers
http://www.eremedia.com/tlnt/3-strategies-to-retain-your-best-employees-and-to-advance-their-careers/
Worksite wellness holds promise in mitigating employee risk for metabolic syndrome
http://ebn.benefitnews.com/blog/ebviews/worksite-wellness-holds-promise-employee-risk-metabolic-syndrome-2747963-1.html
Employers will invest in wellness to drive productivity, engagement in 2016, says report
http://hr.blr.com/HR-news/Benefits-Leave/Employee-Wellness/Employers-invest-wellness-drive-productivity
Broker/Sales News:
Teleperformance Chile Recognized as a 2015 Aon Best Employer
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/11G076615-001.htm
Financial wellness to play larger role in defined contribution
http://www.pionline.com/article/20151228/PRINT/312289999/financial-wellness-to-play-larger-role-in-defined-contribution
Consumers may be the losers as insurers cut broker commissions for individual health plans
http://www.post-gazette.com/business/healthcare-business/2015/12/28/Consumers-may-be-the-losers-as-insurers-cut-broker-commissions-for-individual-health-plans/stories/201512200091
Work/Life and Concierge News:
4 Top Work-Life Balance Apps Recommended for Entrepreneurs and Executives
http://www.jobsnhire.com/articles/32541/20151224/4-top-work-life-balance-apps-recommended-entrepreneurs-executives.htm
Slack Experiments With a Technological Solution to Work-Life Balance
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/12/slack-do-not-disturb/421716/
More than three in four professionals strike successful work-life balance, study finds
http://www.accountingtoday.com/blogs/accounting-tomorrow/news/more-than-three-in-four-professionals-strike-successful-work-life-balance-76784-1.html
Thanks for Quitting, Here’s $10,000. Come Back Soon
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-28/thanks-for-quitting-here-s-10-000-come-back-soon-
Read this if you work with a millennial
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/read-this-if-you-work-with-a-millennial-2015-12-28
Student Assistance News
2015: A year of tumult on college campuses
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-2015-campus-tumult-20151225-story.html?utm_medium=email&utm
McAuliffe’s $240M higher education spending plan is a bigger deal than you might think
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/12/24/mcauliffes-240m-higher-education-spending-plan-is-a-bigger-deal-than-you-might-think/
Three Reasons for Those Hefty College Tuition Bills
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/upshot/three-reasons-for-those-hefty-college-tuition-bills.html?_r=1
College Football, Parties and Rape: Reports of rapes of college-age women in localities of big-time teams go up significantly on game days, national study finds.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/12/28/study-finds-increased-rapes-campus-areas-days-big-time-college-football-games<