Employee Benefits

Short Videos Make Complex Benefits Easy To Understand

By HR Vendor News | June 8, 2012

Sounds like common sense, doesn’t it? Take a complex topic or message, break it down into smaller segments that are less overwhelming and easier to absorb. It’s a basic presentation strategy that enables your viewers to internalize both key messages and important details quickly. Deliver your message by video and you’ll have an easily digestible…

Insurance Employers Scramble to Find Relief on Prescription Costs

By HR Vendor News | June 6, 2012

Kansas City, Kan.— According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, Americans filled more than 3.7 billion prescriptions in 2010. Because the rate at which individuals developing chronic health conditions continues to increase, the expected decline in drug costs comes as little comfort to insurance industry employers who are largely footing the bill, as an overwhelming majority…

Wellness & Prevention Inc. Study Finds Binge Eating Significantly Impacts Employee Work Productivity

By HR Vendor News | June 6, 2012

Ann Arbor, MICH. — June 6, 2012 — Wellness & Prevention, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, announced that a study published in the April issue in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found significant associations between binge eating and work productivity impairment. Binge eating, defined as overeating combined with a sense of loss…

Alere Wellbeing Helps More Than 3,000 Tobacco Users on World No Tobacco Day

By HR Vendor News | June 6, 2012

Alere division sets new record for live interventions and enrollments in a single day. SEATTLE, Wash. June 6, 2012 — Alere Wellbeing set a new company record this past World No Tobacco Day by conducting 3,342 live tobacco interventions in a single day and enrolling more than 2,000 new tobacco users. The record-breaking attempt was…

Sentric/First Data Offer "Green" Pay Solutions

By HR Vendor News | June 5, 2012

PITTSBURGH (June 5, 2012) — Sentric, Inc., a Human Capital Management software and payroll services firm, announced its exclusive partnership with First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing, to reduce the number of paper paychecks and statements distributed each year to Sentric’s more than 200,000 employees currently under management. The…

June Line-Up: HealthCare Consumerism Radio

By HR Vendor News | June 5, 2012

ATLANTA — June 5, 2012 — The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism Radio Show presents its weekly schedule for June 2012 below. The HealthCare Consumerism Radio show is co-hosted by Doug Field, CEO and Founder of The Institute of HealthCare Consumerism (www.TheIHCC.com) and Ron Bachman, Editorial Chairman. They are joined by special guest health and benefits…

Healthcare Employers Scramble to Find Relief on Prescription Costs

By HR Vendor News | June 4, 2012

Kansas City, Kan.— According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, Americans filled more than 3.7 billion prescriptions in 2010. Because the rate at which individuals developing chronic health conditions continues to increase, the expected decline in drug costs comes as little comfort to healthcare employers who are largely footing the bill, as an overwhelming majority still…

The Occupy Movement How to Prepare For an Event

By HR Vendor News | June 4, 2012

With the increasing popularity of the “Occupy Movement” and their high profile events in many cities, companies often wonder what they can do to prepare. This movement has become popular for a number of reasons that include but are not limited to: – The perception that there is an unjustifiable gap of wealth between the…

HR 360, Inc. Adds Three New HR Applications to its HR Library

By HR Vendor News | May 30, 2012

HR 360, Inc. Adds Three New HR Applications to its HR Library Interview Question Builder, HR Self-Assessment & Employee Cost Calculator STAMFORD, Conn., May, 2012 — HR360, Inc., publisher of the award-winning online HR360 Library, has added three new HR tools— an `Interview Question Builder,’ an `HR Self-Assessment’ tool, and an `Employee Cost Calculator.’ These…

Workplace Violence: a Pinnacle of Warning Signs

By HR Vendor News | May 30, 2012

Workplace violence is not a problem unto itself. It is, in reality, a series of smaller problems that were left unaddressed. It is the culmination of many factors and influences, all of which may or may not have been early warning signs of a situation spiraling out of control. It is no secret that life…