Human resources from the trenches

Employee health benefit options are always changing and evolving. Make sure you are up to speed and providing the highest quality and cost-effective health benefits.Many employers rely heavily on their broker or consultant to explain different insurance plans options and for strategies on how best to conduct the open enrollment season. This topic helps the person responsible for selecting the insurance plans and rolling it out to the employees arm themselves with the knowledge to effectively discern between fully insured, self-funding or some hybrid, as well as what ancillary insurance products fit for your company and how best to communicate all of this to the employee population.

The moment you come across a standout candidate during a recruitment process, it is not only crucial that you identify their potential, but that you know how to effectively assess them at the interview stage. To achieve this, you need to know the skills needed for the vacancy – and how to check the candidate matches up. This is the subject of our latest free webinar. During the webinar, we will introduce you to our brand new Skills Finder tool, which allows you to check the most in-demand skills for roles across our sectors. We’ll also offer top tips on finding the right talent.

It’s critical for organizations to take a thoughtful and strategic approach to employee development, but traditional approaches to development take a great deal of time and individualized support. Employees are typically expected to squeeze time into their day-to-day or outside of work hours to drive their own development and managers often don’t have the bandwidth or resources to provide support. Left to their own devices, employees can easily get stuck or focus on skills that are out of sync with the company’s long-term goals.

This year’s midterm elections could potentially bring sweeping change at both the federal and state levels. On a federal level, the Biden Administration is expected to continue regulations on Inflation Reduction Act implementation, mental health, Medicare and Medicaid, to name a few. In addition, Congress and state legislatures will start a new session tackling many issues important to employers related to insurance coverage, including policies related to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.