How Employee Engagement Has Changed in the COVID Era Across all industries, employees’ (and leaders’) lives have all been upended by COVID-19. Read more
Navigating Employee Support in Challenging Times Over the past 18 years, MetLife’s annual U.S. Employee Benefit Trends Study has examined changing workplace dynamics and how employers can best respond to them. Read more
Loneliness is at Epidemic Levels in America Loneliness is not a diagnosable condition, but Douglas Nemecek, M.D., chief medical officer for behavioral health at Cigna, says checking in on feelings of loneliness may help prevent long-term health risks. Read more
FFT Mental Health in a Pandemic FFT, or “Effing First Time” is a term used by Dr. Brene Brown, research professor, best-selling author and motivational speaker, to describe doing and adapting to new things in the current environment. Read more
New IRS Guidance Allows Mid-Year Changes without a Qualifying Event When employees made their 2020 benefits elections last fall, no one knew that a worldwide health crisis would unfold that would change people’s everyday lives. Read more
Will Traditional Group Healthcare Coverage be a Casualty of the Pandemic? With COVID-19, job losses have been catastrophic, and there’s likely more to come. Read more