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Employee communications: Trends, fads and what's next
March 1, 2010Employee communications link the goals of the HR and benefits departments with employee awareness, commitment and engagement.
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Social media benefit communication picks up speed
March 1, 2010More employers are jumping on the social media bandwagon to savvily communicate with their employees. But, are they taking too big a risk when they attempt to convey complex messaging about corporate strategy and benefits using platforms employees tend to associate with fun, not business?
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Handled with care
February 1, 2010"How can I help you?" For employees concerned about their benefits and the third-party administrators assisting them, this conversation opener and the skills behind it have never been more important.
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Haute communication
January 1, 2010Bebe Stores Inc. takes a stylish approach to benefits communication. "We tie it into the whole fashion aspect. We give it a premiere, a trunk-show kind of look," according to Charles Smith, senior director of compensation, benefits and employee engagement.
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Social media benefit communication picks up speed
December 15, 2009More and more employers are jumping on the social media bandwagon to savvily communicate with their employees, but are they risking a flat tire when they attempt to convey complex messaging about business strategy and benefits?
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EPTA questionnaire offers inside information on IRS audit practices
December 2, 2009The Internal Revenue Service recently published an updated list of common plan mistakes found during the agency's Employee Plans Team Audits and an internal controls questionnaire used by EPTA auditors.
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Connecting the dots: Financial wellness, physical wellness and shareholder value
December 2, 2009MetLife's 7th annual Study of Employee Benefit Trends reports that there is "an important relationship between personal health and personal wealth - specifically, how one's physical well-being may impact current and future financial situations.
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Using payroll cards for unbanked, underbanked employees
December 2, 2009Payroll cards appeal to employers for a number of reasons - cost-containment and ease of administration, chief among them - but the cards also find employers pulled into a national discussion on how to extend financial services and education to underbanked and unbanked Americans.
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Getting your flu facts straight
November 1, 2009Many HR/benefits professionals have the vitally important responsibility of keeping their workforce safe and healthy. Since the H1N1 flu (aka swine flu) virulently emerged onto the world's stage in the spring of 2009, there is a great deal of interest in flu vaccinations.
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Winning the numbers game
October 1, 2009Try going through your day without using or remembering any numbers. You would be hard pressed not to use numbers at some point to access your e-mail or voice mail, a PIN for your bank card, or an employee identification number or Social Security number to prove your identity.
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Podcast: Getting employees physically and fiscally fit
September 24, 2009This year's VSP GetFit Benny honoree Melissa Hubler, group leader of payroll & benefits at Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc., chats with Associate Editor Kathleen Koster
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EBN newsletters go daily
September 22, 2009Employee Benefit News proudly announces that the e-newsletter EBN inBrief will increase in frequency this week, thus rounding out daily coverage of key news and trends for our readers.
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Taking the sting out of benefit cutbacks
September 15, 2009Smart employers realize that the key to managing benefit cutbacks rests with understanding effective communication and the perceived value of their benefits programs.
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Ramsey: speak slowly and simply
September 14, 2009Dave Ramsey, financial expert for the people, spoke last night to a room full of benefits professionals from across the country at the 22nd annual Benefits Forum & Expo. He spoke on the importance of connecting benefits products to the heart and encouraged plan sponsors to “put [the benefits] on the bottom shelf, where everybody can reach [them].” In other words, he advised employers to humanize their message while helping employees shovel themselves out of the economic pit.
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Reason or rhetoric?
September 1, 2009Personal finance speaker, author and TV personality Suze Orman has become a household name by offering financial and budgeting over the last two decades. During the current economic recession, there is no doubt that she has an opinion on the way the average American should be managing their benefits needs.
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