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Inspiring a More Resilient Workforce: Why Employers should Provide Support to Managers Who are Shouldering the Challenge of Propping Up Employees’ Well-Being

By Missy Plohr-Memming, senior vice president, Group Benefits, MetLife Acting as a vital bridge between employers and individual contributors, a managers’ role has become even more critical over the last year and a half. Indeed, managers have not only stepped up to the challenge of navigating recent shifts in the workplace, but also meeting…

November 1, 2021 Leave a commentEmployee Benefits, HR, Uncategorized, WorkplaceBy Missy Plohr-Memming

Changing the Disability Conversation with Your Clients – Making Financial Plans Disability-Proof

Bob Herum, MSFS, CLU, ChFC, RHU, REBC Editor’s Note: Facts do not change your clients’ behavior when it comes to understanding their risk for being out of work due to an injury or illness. Bob Herum presents a primer on how to alter your discussion about the impact of disability on financial plans. Traditionally, the…

October 21, 2021 Leave a commentDisability, Disability Insurance, Employee Benefits, Financial Planning, Insurance, Long Term Disability, Millennials, Plan, Protect Your Income, Short Term Disability, UncategorizedBy Bob Herum

Millennials: Expecting to Make a Life Change this Year? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Overlook Open Enrollment

Author: Marquis Smallwood, vice president of Workforce Engagement at MetLife Editor’s Note: As open enrollment season rolls around on the heels of another challenging pandemic year, many employees are looking at their employer benefits through a new lens. This is particularly true of millennial employees. A new MetLife survey found nearly two-thirds (64 percent)…

October 19, 2021 Leave a commentCaregiving, Disability Insurance, Employee Benefits, Millennials, UncategorizedBy Marquis Smallwood

Benefit Strategies that Protect Employee Income, Drive Enrollment, and Assist Recruitment and Retention

Ernest Dube Director, Enrollment & Account Management Guardian Life Insurance Company of America® Editor’s Note: Employers can help employees better prepare for their future and help close potential income gaps caused by longer-term workplace absences by providing supplemental income protection. This benefit provides additional coverage benefits from a protection perspective and also enhances employee recruitment…

October 14, 2021 Leave a commentDisability Insurance, Employee Benefits, Finance, HR, Long Term Disability, Protect Your Income, Short Term Disability, Uncategorized, WorkplaceBy Ernest Dube

10 Causes of Disability Every HR Leader Should Know

When most people consider disability, they picture something catastrophic happening—an injury on the ski slope, or a speeding car hurtling into theirs—and, for the most part assume it can never happen to them. That’s why human resources experts often find it challenging to convince their employees of the importance of disability insurance even though you…

September 23, 2021 Leave a commentDisability Insurance, Employee Benefits, Health and Wellness, HR, WorkplaceBy The Council for Disability Awareness

Everything To Know About Employer-Offered Life Insurance Going into Open Enrollment

By Juliane Kowalski, Senior Vice President, Group Benefits, MetLife Editor’s note: Life insurance is not only a way to pay for funeral expenses. It can cover major expenses such as housing, childcare, and college tuition as well as everyday ones like groceries, transportation, and credit card bills. If we’ve learned anything from the past…

September 16, 2021 Leave a commentEmployee Benefits, UncategorizedBy Juliane Kowalski

Substitute Perks: How To Give Your Employees Benefits Even When You’re Apart

As the effects of COVID-19 caused offices to close and send workers home, they lost access to many of the perks they might have relied on for comfort and well-being. Given that employees routinely say that benefits play a large role in their job satisfaction, this deficit can lead to a loss of productivity, especially…

July 29, 2021 Leave a commentEmployee Benefits, Flexibility, HR, WorkplaceBy The Council for Disability Awareness

Quick Guide on the Causes of Disability Insurance Claims and Benefits

A disability – whether an injury, illness, or affliction – can be debilitating for people in any occupation. And they’re very hard to predict, meaning that someone can get hurt on or off the job anytime, anywhere. That’s where disability insurance comes in. Disability insurance ensures that you won’t suffer financially, should you become temporarily…

June 24, 2021 Leave a commentDisability, Disability Causes, Disability Insurance, Employee Benefits, Health and Wellness, Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, UncategorizedBy George Newton

Taking Time Off is Good for Employee Engagement

The pandemic couldn’t stop summer from arriving! As vacation season kicks off, it is a good time for HR teams to encourage the value of taking a break. As we all know, vacations are important for emotional and physical health of employees. In fact, studies show that they build a far more engaged, happy, and…

June 22, 2021 Leave a commentEmployee Benefits, Health and Wellness, HR, Reversing Burnout, UncategorizedBy The Council for Disability Awareness

Practical Learnings from the MetLife Annual Employee Benefit Trends Study 2021

By Carol Harnett I recently had the privilege of hosting a podcast with Missy Plohr-Memming from The Council for Disability Awareness’ member company MetLife. Missy is a senior vice president of MetLife’s group benefits national accounts sales organization where she oversees sales strategy and growth initiatives. We talked about the 19th Annual Employee Benefit Trends Study…

June 15, 2021 Leave a commentEmployee Benefits, HR, Uncategorized, WorkplaceBy Carol Harnett

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