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Although extensive travel, large group gatherings and many traditional activities can't happen this year, all of us can find imaginative ways to be just as joyful with a dash of creativity. In fact, many people are embracing 2021 as an opportunity to take a unique approach and discover new...

The impact of COVID-19 on employees' love and their finances has spotlighted the necessity and value of voluntary benefits in the workplace. Purchasing Power's Chief Revenue Officer Mike Wilbert offers his expert opinion about what companies and worker associations might expect in 2021 in this...

Purchasing Power recently conducted an informal survey of HR professionals to assess the impact that both COVID-19 and financial stress is having in their workforces. A second survey sought to identify the recommendations benefit brokers will be making to their clients to address the concerns....

Much attention has been drawn to employees’ financial stress in the past few years and its effect on their job performance. And then came the COVID-19 pandemic that, beyond the health concerns, impacted employee financial stress beyond imagination. Layoffs and furloughs ensued affecting many...

As companies make their employee benefit decisions for the new year, HR leaders and benefit brokers alike are focused on the new realities of the ongoing pandemic and its effect on the workplace. Purchasing Power®, a voluntary benefit company that offers a leading employee purchase program,...

Assad Lazarus has been named Executive Vice President, Public Sector and Chief Development Officer at Purchasing Power, LLC, a voluntary benefits company offering the leading employee purchasing program through the convenience of payroll deductions. In this new dual role, Lazarus is charged...

Benefit communications are vitally important in the COVID-19 world. Employees will likely pay more attention to open enrollment this year and spend more time reviewing their benefit choices. Due to the effects of the pandemic and the resulting economic fallout, employees report a significant...

Even in “good” times many employees face major hurdles when confronted with unexpected expenses and how to pay for them. With the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on employee paychecks, those hurdles are even higher. Prior to the pandemic, industry statistics showed that 78% of U.S....

Brokers are working twice as hard to meet their clients’ needs to communicate benefit options effectively to their employees. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected “wellness” on all levels—physical, emotional, relational AND financial. This Open Enrollment season is a prime opportunity for...

Purchasing Power, LLC, an Atlanta-based voluntary benefit company offering the leading employee purchasing program through the convenience of payroll deductions, is giving its 250+ employees an extra full day of paid time off on or before Nov. 3 to participate as non-partisan volunteers in the...