Indicators of Financial Wellness: How Do You Score?
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Financial wellness is a state of being where you are in control of your personal finances. Financial wellness means you can cover expenses and save for future goals.
Category: Benefits
Retirement At Every Age: How Much Do You Need to Have Saved?
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This is a question that many people don’t even think about until it’s potentially too late. If you are in your 20s, 30s, or 40s now is the time to establish good habits with putting money away at an early age to build your nest egg.
ESG Monitoring: Why Funds Must Practice What They Preach
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ESG assets represent more than $40 trillion globally and expect to rise to $50 trillion by 2025, according to Bloomberg. While that number is increasing, some ESG fund tags are being removed for reasons the fund is not addressing.
How to talk to your CFO about fertility benefits
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As an HR leader, you’ve likely noticed the growing demand for fertility benefits in the workplace. You’re not alone in that observation — the numbers tell a similar story.
5 Things You Didn’t Know Your Primary Care Provider Could Help With
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Over the last few decades, healthcare has become increasingly more specialized and fragmented. Gone are the days of the single town doctor; nowadays, you can find a different specialist for almost every part of the body.
Adulting 101: 4 Financial Lessons for Young People
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Growing up comes with many perks, like living life by your own rules, buying a car, getting a job, living with friends and so much more. While it’s easy to get carried away by the benefits, there are also some financial realities that young adults are faced with as they transition into adulthood.
Insurance: The GC’s Role & What to Think About
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The in-house general counsel, more often than not at young fast-growing companies, is unaware of the company’s insurance policy requirements (e.g.: timely notice, consent to counsel and rates), let alone what is even covered under the insurance policies.
Get out your Umbrella!
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If you’ve filled a prescription recently, you were probably shocked by the price tag.
13 Popular Flu Season Myths: Fact or Fiction?
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Every year when flu season begins, rumors begin flying and old myths pop back up. We are here to help you recognize what’s fact and what is fiction.
Importance of Health Advocacy
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You’re wrapping up your annual physical when the doctor says she found a slight irregularity with your heartbeat and wants you to get an ECG. She refers you to a local cardiologist. You get the procedure done. Then you get a bill for $2,000 a few weeks later. What went wrong?
HMO vs PPO: How to Pick Your Health Insurance Plan
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The majority of people who have health care insurance obtain it through their employers during open enrollment, though only a small minority understands the complexities of insurance well enough to feel like they made an empowered choice.
What is Open Enrollment?
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Whether you get insurance through work, Medicare, or the individual market, open enrollment is the one period of time each year when you can change your health insurance coverage without a qualifying event…
Part 2: Six Things You Should Do to Prepare for Benefits Renewal
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As the end of the year approaches, we know it can be overwhelming as a business owner to navigate the different requirements, timelines, and benefit options without HR expertise. In last week’s blog, we examined the first three things you should do to prepare for benefits renewal: Survey Your Employees About Their Benefits Needs Educate […]
Part 1: Six Things You Should Do to Prepare Benefits Renewal
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If you are like most small businesses, your benefits renewal is coming up. As an employer, you want to offer your hard-working employees the benefits they want, but if you are a small business, it might not be feasible due to the significant costs and few options available to employers of your size. As a […]
Employee Benefits Expectations Have Changed. Are You Meeting Them?
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Employee expectations of what they want from their employer have dramatically changed in part due to COVID-19. The workplace we know has changed, and what employers offer for benefits must keep up with the changing times. According to a study by Kaiser Family Foundation and the Los Angeles Times: Most small and medium business employees say […]
PART 2: Four Things to Know Before Renewing Your Employee Benefits Plan
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Last week in part one of Four Things to Know Before Renewing Your Employee Benefits Plan we relayed that it IS possible to reduce benefits plan costs and support employee health (both physical and mental) when you partner with the right PEO—AspenHR!
