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May 20, 2020

Short-Term Borrowing from a 401(k): Are There Alternatives?

Employees who are fortunate enough to work for a company that provides a defined-contribution plan like a 401(k) hopefully maximize that opportunity and receive employer matching funds to boot. With many Americans today living longer into their post-retirement years, we need all the retirement...
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February 26, 2020

What Employers Can Do About Employee Credit Stress

The winds of change are blowing in the world of credit scores, and there are roughly 40 million consumers who may be seeing their score drop in the coming months. As announced in January , Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO) – the creator of credit scores – is going to start scoring consumers with rising debt...
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June 20, 2019

SHRM 2019: Our Session Picks

Can you believe that the SHRM Annual Conference is next week? We’re sure that many of you have already selected your top sessions, but as you know it’s always best to have your back ups in case the sessions are full. And with more than 200 sessions to choose from, selecting your first choices and...
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June 14, 2019

What Options Does a Financially-Stressed Employee Have?

We might be living in a strong economy right now, but employees are financially stressed because 78% are living paycheck-to-paycheck. And, they don’t have a lot of viable credit options when they need “extra” money for a household emergency, an unexpected healthcare bill or other expenses that aren...
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May 24, 2019

Take a Guess: Does Employees’ Financial Stress Cost Employers $250 million or $250 billion every year?

Financial wellness isn’t a new topic today. Employers are aware that improving the financial well-being of their workforce should be part of their overall benefits program. However, while we’re all aware of the importance of financial wellness to our employees, we’re probably not as certain about...
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April 30, 2019

What is Financial Flexibility?

There’s financial stress, financial wellness, financial literacy, financial education, financial planning…so what in the world is financial flexibility? Let’s start by looking at it this way. Our economy recovered from the great recession and the 4% unemployment rate is the lowest it has been in...
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March 7, 2019

Financial Stress: 3 Things Execs Need to Know

Employees’ financial health is just as important as their physical and mental health. Progressive companies recognize the potential upside for addressing financial stress. Here are three points about financial stress that every company exec needs to understand: When asked what causes them the most...
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March 7, 2019

Same Topic, New Stats: Why Financial Stress Continues to be an Employer Issue

Financial stress is an employee issue that isn’t going away anytime soon. Although the economy is better and the number of unemployed Americans is down, the fact is a large number of employees are still struggling financially and living paycheck to paycheck. Facts don’t lie. Let's take a look at a...
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March 6, 2019

One Productivity Hack to Implement Now

Some New Year’s resolutions may already be fading, but resolving to be more productive at work doesn’t have to be one of them! Much has been written about personal productivity hacks that can apply regardless of your career. Most deal with ways to be more effective by doing less. And there’s even...
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