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The Real Value of Company Values
I’ve been building, managing, and supporting strong, functional teams for two decades, and while I get lots of great questions from emerging leaders and HR professionals every day, so many of their concerns boil down to two key questions: How can I center my team to...
Are You Overspending on Benefits Your Employees Don’t Need or Want?
As we approach 2020, businesses are more concerned than ever with being scaled and built for profitability. Teams are leaner than ever, superstar talent carry greater workloads, and businesses that aren’t built for sustained growth are disappearing fast. In that quest...
Illinois Employers: What You Need to Know about the New Sexual Harassment Training Requirements
Illinois is seeing some big changes to anti-harassment training requirements for employers. Governor Pritzker signed Senate Bill 75, the Workplace Transparency Act, on August 9th, 2019. This bill amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to add sexual harassment training...
Still Fully-Insured? A Growing Business’ Pathway to Self-Funding
Most businesses begin their employee benefit journey fully-insured for good reason. Early in a business’ growth cycle, it’s highly advantageous to keep monthly healthcare expenses predictable and under control, with any variation squarely the carrier’s problem....
How to Design Benefits for a Diverse Workforce
Addressing diversity and inclusion within your workplace is more than just giving trainings and seminars and sending informational emails. Only with true action will employees know that you’re addressing their concerns, and it can take time to show them just how...
How Diversity and Inclusion Drive Business Value and Profitability
You may already know how valuable diversity and inclusion (D&I) are to the satisfaction of your workforce and to your recruitment efforts and ability to retain top talent. But did you know that these important considerations can also pay off financially? And that...
For CFOs: How Healthcare Consumerism Can Reduce Costs and Improve Employee Experience
As insurers and employers attempt to adapt to increasing healthcare costs, they have moved towards a model that encourages healthcare consumerism. The Affordable Care Act marketplace and the rise of high-deductible health plans mean that employees have more choices...
Getting the Best Bang for Your Buck in Employee Benefits
No business that wants to win with talent can undersell the importance of valuable employee benefits, but if HR leaders and insurance brokers spring for every trend or try to find the most comprehensive possible coverage in every situation, those costs can quickly...
Launchways Client Tandem Fosters Diversity and Inclusion to Spur Innovation
Growing companies are increasingly turning to diversity and inclusion, or D&I, initiatives to fuel their success. People are the ultimate drivers of business success and having the widest range of perspectives available to tackle business challenges is an...
The CFO’s Complete Guide to Assessing the Health of the HR Function
Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) are now becoming more and more engaged in the HR function, and ensuring that each and every aspect of HR is reviewed carefully and regularly is an important step forward for any organization. Data from a Robert Half survey shows that HR...
How to Make Your Workplace More LGBTQ Friendly (And Why You Should)
The LGBTQ community has yet to have full federal protection in the workplace against discrimination. In May 2019, the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act, which bans discrimination because of an employee’s sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity,...
Home Telehealth Can Reduce Your Business’s Healthcare Costs: Here’s How
We live in a digital age where every aspect of people's personal and professional lives is increasingly conducted in the cloud. Companies and employees alike are adapting to and taking advantage of new possibilities for remote working, continuous communication, and...