EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BUZZ: NEWS AND TRENDS FOR WEEK OF 7/26/2016

July 26, 2016      |      Posted on Posted in Benefit Trends
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BUZZ: NEWS AND TRENDS FOR WEEK OF 7/26/2016

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Wellness News:

4 Pro-Employee Trends That Are Picking Up Steam
http://www.eremedia.com/tlnt/4-pro-employee-trends-that-are-picking-up-steam/

How To Use Health Data To Make Smarter Health Plan Decisions
http://www.eremedia.com/tlnt/how-to-use-health-data-to-make-smarter-health-plan-decisions/

The Right Way To Use Tech In Your Wellness Program
http://www.eremedia.com/tlnt/the-right-way-to-use-tech-in-your-wellness-program/

How To Build A Culture That Has A ROI
http://www.eremedia.com/tlnt/how-to-build-a-culture-that-has-a-roi/

What You Need to Do to Boost Motivation in Workplace Wellness
http://www.business2community.com/human-resources/need-boost-motivation-workplace-wellness-01602770#lRTpHjRAg8PoTxiw.97

How (and why) one company successfully revamped its wellness program
http://www.employeebenefitadviser.com/news/how-and-why-one-company-successfully-revamped-its-wellness-program

Is There A Difference Between Employee Wellness And Employee Well-Being?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-kohll/is-there-a-difference-bet_2_b_11112402.html

Broker/Sales News:

How Dawn Sheue became a voluntary evangelist
http://www.employeebenefitadviser.com/news/how-dawn-sheue-became-a-voluntary-evangelist

How can brokers prepare for the millennial surge?
http://www.benefitspro.com/2016/07/22/how-can-brokers-prepare-for-the-millennial-surge

Starbucks to offer health benefits through Aon Hewitt exchange
http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20160718/NEWS03/160719798/starbucks-to-offer-health-benefits-through-aon-hewitt-exchange

Work/Life and Concierge News:

40% of 18-24 year olds cite good work-life balance as career goal
https://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/issues/july-online-2016/40-young-employees-seek-good-work-life-balance-career-goal/

These Are The Secrets Of Work-Life Balance, According To A Google Engineer
http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/07/19/these-are-the-secrets-of-work-life-balance-according-to-a-google-engineer/#78778fb631aa

These Are The Companies With The Best Work-Life Balance
http://www.fastcompany.com/3062026/the-future-of-work/these-are-the-companies-with-the-best-work-life-balance

Flexible working increases work-life balance finds survey
http://www.businessmole.com/powwownow-flexible-working-increases-work-life-balance/

How To Manage Millennials (or A very very very long article about change and how scary it can be)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rena-delevie/how-to-manage-millennials_b_11114838.html

Student Assistance News

One size doesn’t fit all in higher education
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/07/26/one-size-doesnt-fit-all-in-higher-education/

Colleges Nudge Students to Graduate Within Four Years
http://www.wsj.com/articles/colleges-coax-students-to-graduate-sooner-1469471690