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PHILADELPHIA, PA – Robert Yates has been named Director of National Platform Partnerships at Purchasing Power, a financial wellness voluntary benefit that offers the leading employee purchase program through the convenience of payroll deductions. In this new role, Yates will be responsible for...

While long-term financial benefits are important, today’s employees are just as interested in financial benefits that offer more immediate support. SpringFour and Purchasing Power discuss the strengths of working in partnership to help employees reach financial flexibility. Read further on...

Trey Loughran offers further insights to reporter Adam Healy for his coverage of Purchasing Power's 2023 Financial Well-being Survey: Healthcare Industry. Highlights and insights from the survey are included at McKnight's Home Care. Healthcare professionals are feeling enormous pressure not...

80% Agree that Financial Wellness Benefits are Just as Important as Salary ATLANTA, GA - Healthcare professionals are looking for new job opportunities and prioritizing benefits that support financial wellness, according to the 2023 Financial Well-being Survey: Healthcare Industry published by...

While many employers are seeking to provide support by expanding their benefits offerings with solutions like earned wage access, financial counseling, employee purchase programs and student loan repayment programs, 42% of employees do not feel adequately informed about the benefits or...

The pace of hiring into the government workforce continues to be at a snail’s pace compared to the number of job vacancies. In April 2023, there were 963,000 government job openings and just 376,000 new hires (estimated, preliminary). Dutch Ross, vice president of business development at...

Dutch Ross' article covers insights from Purchasing Power's Public Sector Employee Financial Wellness survey. He cites the impact of increasing financial challenges to employees with their well-being and job performance, and offers sound advice to public sector employers to bolster benefit...

In a recent article from Employee Benefit News editor, Lee Hafner spoke at length with Purchasing Power’s Chief Client & Development Officer Assad Lazarus about the wisdom of employer’s that include short-term, more immediate financial wellness solutions along with more traditional long-term...

Purchasing Power® Reports 65% Expect Their Level of Financial Stress to Stay the Same or Increase in 2024 ATLANTA, GA – As employees continue to face financial challenges due to rising inflation and economic uncertainty, among those struggling are people working in the public sector. According...

Speaking with BenefitsPRO editor Lily Peterson, Mike Wilbert discusses the impact of financial wellness on today's workforce. He shares ways HR leaders can provide inclusive benefits solutions to address both long-term and immediate needs, and how they can support talent recruitment and...