Category: Employer News

The terms “wellness” and “well-being” are often used interchangeably; however, they mean very different things when applied to workplace health promotion.

Eighty-one percent of employees have elected vision benefits in 2016, up from 78 percent last year, according to Transitions.

To understand which option is best for your particular situation, it’s essential to know the differences between health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), health savings accounts (HSAs) and health care flexible spending accounts (HFSAs).

Corporate disaster plans used to be just weather-related, but in today’s world these plans should include acts of terrorism.

An often heard excuse for people not exercising is that they don’t have time to do it. We all have time for something, it just depends on whether we want to make time for it.

Many employers have done an excellent job of integrating financial wellness programs with their employees in order for them to improve their overall financial well-being.

Everyone is aware of office politics, but what about politics in the office? Whether you label yourself as a republican, democrat, independent, liberal, conservative, or anything else, it’s best to keep your opinions to yourself.

When it comes to business fashion, my two favorite quotes are “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” by Mark Twain and “You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.” by Zig Ziglar. But do clothes really make the man (or woman)?

To quote singer Warren Zevon, “I’ve been to Paris and it ain’t that pretty at all.” Many people often think of business travel as a “free vacation” or that it’s all champagne and caviar (and if it is for you, I want to know where you work), but the reality is that it’s often very stressful.