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You may have heard about some of the positive physical effects from singing. According to Lifehack , your body releases endorphins and oxytocin (feel-good hormones) when you belt out a tune. Your blood pressure also lowers, your cognition, memory and posture improve…and your lungs get a good...

Most employers today are aware that the financial well-being of their workforce plays a role in how well the company runs overall. Benefits are expanding to include more financial education and wellness programs, as well voluntary benefits that provide short-term financial assistance when needed...

Happy Star Wars day! We’ve compiled a handy list of popular quotes from the movies for you to use with your employees today and every day—whether you’re trying to encourage, motivate or amuse them. Offering a bit of encouragement “We’ll take the next chance. And the next. On and on until we win…or...

Ah, April. It’s the month we celebrate flowers blooming, baseball fields opening and taxes filing. Spring brings with it a feeling of renewal, and many of us celebrate with a little spring cleaning of our homes, offices and digital worlds. April also happens to be Financial Literacy Month – an...

It’s National High Five day, so we’re talking praise. As a kid, the kudos you received from family and loved ones may have come in the form of desserts, getting to stay up late, atta-boys and even high fives. With grown-ups, rewards like these give us something to look forward to, as well as a...

Communicating with employees is important any time of the year, but especially during open enrollment. Tailoring communications to each generation in the workplace assures that those efforts will be successful. It’s a bit more of a challenge with Millennials because this generation is disrupting...

There’s no need to pull your hair out this year over open enrollment planning. Just the stress of knowing that 50 percent of employees rate their employers' open enrollment efforts as average or worse is likely enough to send you over the top. So just what do employees want in their open enrollment...

There are numerous voluntary benefit providers from which to choose, but employers should be careful to select a partner that’s a good fit with their business. For the more traditional voluntary benefits, companies often sign on with the known brand names as well as other established carriers. For...

Lack of money management skills among employees may be a bigger issue than many employers realize. Even more serious is the impact employees’ lack of financial health is having on companies. Just looking at how employees are handling their finances indicates their lack of basic financial literacy...