Benefits Buzz Podcast

We’re still very much in the middle of the Great Resignation. A record 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in August, breaking a record that had previously been set just months earlier. One of the ways to stem the tide...

This is a unique moment for HR professionals. In the last two years, typical office life has been upended by a pandemic. And part of the fallout from that change in office life was the Great Resignation, when a record...

Employee wellness, like other benefits, has changed a lot in the last 18 months. Many employees are still working from home, which presents challenges in engaging employees on their wellness. That’s made incentivizing employee wellness an intriguing option. Watch the...

Lifestyle spending accounts (LSAs) and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) are customizable plans you can offer your employees. Both can help you retain and recruit the best talent, and both will improve the wellbeing of your employees. The latter is particularly...

The best ideas can come from anyone and from anywhere. That’s the inspiration behind WEX’s Innovation Challenge, which is just one annual opportunity any employee in our benefits division has to shape the experience our partners, clients, participants, and consultants...

A health savings account (HSA) or medical flexible spending account (FSA) can be used to purchase eligible expenses, and the list of things that are eligible is sizable and growing. For example, as part of a pandemic relief package in...

You’re likely not a data scientist. The good news is that you don’t have to be. You’re less concerned with the numbers and more concerned with what the numbers tell you. And as data and analytics have taken on a...

Employers are turning to lifestyle spending accounts (LSAs) as an incentive for their current employees and as a recruiting tool for new employees. Why? Because experienced employees carry a wealth of knowledge, a variety of skills, and a mature perspective...

A record 4 million people quit their jobs in April 2021 alone. Why? What’s been called “the Great Resignation” was caused by employees searching for more money, more flexibility, and more happiness. As competition increases for employees in recruiting and...

Email fatigue is real. It’s an issue that’s increased with so many employees working remotely. One recent survey found that 38 percent of office workers cited “email fatigue” as being a likely reason to push them to leave their jobs....