EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BUZZ: NEWS AND TRENDS FOR WEEK OF 7/18/2016
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Wellness News:
Like It Or Not, Your Workplace Is Changing — Does It Work For You?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidsturt/2016/07/15/like-it-or-not-your-workplace-is-changing-does-it-work-for-you/#3f455f043510
What’s Hot and What’s Not in Employee Job Benefits
http://smallbiztrends.com/2016/07/employee-job-benefits-hot-and-not.html
Celebrate The Awesome With Video “Wow Stories”
http://www.eremedia.com/tlnt/celebrate-the-awesome-with-video-wow-stories/
What Buffer Has To Teach Us About Engaging An All-Remote Workforce
http://www.eremedia.com/tlnt/what-buffer-has-to-teach-us-about-engaging-an-all-remote-workforce/
Crowdsource Your Way To An Engaged Workforce
http://www.eremedia.com/tlnt/crowdsource-your-way-to-an-engaged-workforce/
Wellness Programs Take Aim At Workplace Stress
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/18/486093979/wellness-programs-take-aim-at-workplace-stress
A strategic shift in workplace wellness programs
http://upstatebusinessjournal.com/news/strategic-shift-workplace-wellness-programs-2/
Broker/Sales News:
These Are The Most Optimistic Employees In The U.S.
http://www.fastcompany.com/3061903/the-future-of-work/these-are-the-most-optimistic-employees-in-the-us
Benefit Brokers Are Increasing Their Voluntary Sales Productivity, According to a New Eastbridge Report.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160712005127/en/Benefit-Brokers-Increasing-Voluntary-Sales-Productivity-Eastbridge
Unum’s Jeff Smith on why voluntary benefits are surging
http://www.benefitnews.com/news/q-a-voluntary-benefits-are-surging-so-is-the-technology-to-support-them?feed=00000152-18a4-d58e-ad5a-99fc69e90000
Work/Life and Concierge News:
Pet insurance popular with millennials who see animals as family
http://www.benefitnews.com/news/pet-insurance-popular-with-millennials-who-see-animals-as-family?feed=00000152-18a4-d58e-ad5a-99fc69e90000
Startup pays for employee weddings, college tuition
http://www.benefitnews.com/news/startup-pays-for-employee-weddings-college-tuition?feed=00000152-18a4-d58e-ad5a-99fc69e90000
Employees still aren’t maximizing PTO
http://www.benefitnews.com/news/employees-still-arent-maximizing-pto?brief=00000152-14a5-d1cc-a5fa-7cff48fe0001
Startups Should Stop Obsessing About Perks So Much- Or at least start offering different ones
http://fortune.com/2016/07/17/startups-employee-benefits-business/
7 essential apps for mom bosses
http://www.tennessean.com/story/life/entertainment/12th/2016/07/18/7-essential-apps-mom-bosses/87241630/
Student Assistance News
INTERNET RALLIES AROUND HOMELESS COLLEGE STUDENT WHO SLEPT IN TENT ON CAMPUS
http://abc13.com/society/internet-rallies-around-homeless-college-student/1431206/
Closing the inequality gap in college savings
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-debt-closing-the-inequality-gap-in-college-savings/
Welfare Reform, For-Profit Education, and Community Colleges
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/welfare-reform-profit-education-and-community-colleges