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If your organization isn’t building relationships with local businesses by offering employee discounts, now’s a great time to start.  Especially with the growing war for talent, businesses can introduce discounts as a high-impact, low-cost employee benefit. Employee discounts are a great way to show employees you’re always looking for ways to improve their experience. You […]

According to a 2018 report, Mercer found that $250 billion is being lost annually by American businesses due to employees’ financial stress. Employees spend between 12 and 15 work hours each month thinking about or working on their money issues — time they’re not spending doing the work employers pay them to do. (Learn more […]

Thirty years ago, the executive suite didn’t spend a whole lot of time wondering whether their employees could pay the bills. The attitude: We pay you and it’s up to you to decide how to spend that money. Today, companies are confronted with the reality that not only are 78% of their employees living paycheck […]

This HR director knows something her peers don’t: how Paycom creates time for strategic decision-making, through automation and an easy-to-use employee self-service tool.

HR professionals companywide see significant time savings from open enrollment to COBRA notification, thanks to automated and streamlined processes.

Demand for financial wellness programs in the workplace is unlikely to drop to a zero balance soon, given that 64% of today’s employees are paying off student loans; with 54% of them stressed about finances in general, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Furthermore, research by Prudential found the number of employers offering such programs jumped 63% in […]

 In an ever-changing work landscape filled with 24/7 expectations and an always-on mentality, sleep is often the last item on the to-do list. Sometimes it’s overlooked completely. Indeed, Harvard research found that insomnia leads to the loss of 11.3 days’ worth of productivity each calendar year, or $2,280 per worker. According to Forbes, insomnia may […]

According to the Society for Human Resource Management, 62% of employers outsource their Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Even if you use an external service for your EAP, the reality is your HR department still serves as the liaison between your employees and that provider. A key part of that role includes interpreting the results of […]

The holiday season can be full of highs and lows: Finding and buying the perfect gift for those you love – but also, added financial anxiety. Finding ways to relax during time off – but despite our best efforts, thoughts of the looming backlog of work. Parties to throw and attend – and the continual […]

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in five American adults lives with a mental illness, and one in 25 lives with one that seriously interferes with major life activities. Among individuals aged 18-44 – a large group of working-age Americans – mental health disorders such as major depression and bipolar disorder are […]

Lose weight, quit smoking, eat healthier, save money: Any of those ring a bell? According to Statista, over 30% of Americans had one or more of these aspirations on their New Year’s resolution list. Unfortunately, even the most well-thought-out New Year’s resolutions usually don’t come to fruition. In fact, almost half are broken by the […]

Crisis management professional Larry Barton returns to the HR Break Room to talk about the value of employee assistance programs (EAPs) and how they benefit both employees and your organization's bottom line.