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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

How To Offer a Supportive, Productive Environment During an Employee’s Absence from Work

By Christina Bridges Editor’s Note: Absence and disability – including a short-term disability – often create uncertainty for both the employer and the employee. Employees are contending with health, wellness, and income concerns; and employers are looking to ensure a smooth return to work, as well as a seamless tracking of the leave. It can…

October 12, 2021 Leave a commentAbsence Management, Disability, HR, Short Term Disability, Uncategorized, WorkplaceBy christinabridges

Building a Resilient Workforce During Periods of Adversity

By Tracey Ferstler, PhD, Head of Return to Health, Global Claims, MetLife COVID turned the world as we know it upside down, and people who work in and around absence management and disability insurance are looking for answers on what’s next. Will we return to normal or is this our new normal? What is unique…

September 30, 2021 Leave a commentDisability Insurance, Employee Wellness, HR, Paid Leave, Personal Finance, Protect Your Income, Uncategorized, WorkplaceBy The Council for Disability Awareness

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

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

How Mindfulness Empowers Us to Skillfully Engage in Difficult Conversations

By Cheryl Jones, Director of Mindfulness at Aetna As if the intensity of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic with its health and economic implications wasn’t enough, we now find ourselves in the midst of rising racial and political tensions. It feels as though our sanity and our humanity are at risk. I believe mindfulness (awareness that…

July 13, 2021 Leave a commentHealth and Wellness, UncategorizedBy 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

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