Author: Guest Columnist

Getting Started with Snapchat Communications

By Elise James-DeCruise In yesterday’s Advisor, guest columnist Elise James-DeCruise discussed how Snapchat has been embraced as a communications and learning tool at her company, MediaMath. Today, James-DeCruise has tips on getting started with Snapchat at your organization.

Do You Offer Paid Family Leave?

Yesterday’s Advisor took a look at how the slew of sick leave laws have left a new trend in their wake: paid family leave. Today we’ll look at the Department of Labor’s (DOL) plan to research this type of leave.

Supreme Court Decision Could Impact ERISA Plan Litigation

By Jane Meacham, retirement plans editor The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Spokeo Inc. v. Robins, 13-1339, U.S. (May 16, 2016), which encourages Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) plaintiffs to allege a “concrete” injury, is viewed by many in the ERISA legal community as likely to reshape litigation against employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Paying for Health Costs: Basics of the Reimbursement Alphabet Soup

As healthcare costs continue to rise, financial pressure does, too. Your employees are feeling it, especially if you’ve had to shift an increasing share of healthcare costs to them. Higher copays and coinsurance may help control premiums, but they do nothing to rein in employee out-of-pocket costs. To the contrary, in fact.

Snapchat Is a Serious (but Fun!) Communications Tool

By Elise James-DeCruise Tech in training has given social learning a boost, and Snapchat can be embraced for this very purpose. For how to turn Snapchat into a serious communications tool (without all the seriousness), we present an article by Elise James-DeCruise, director of MediaMath’s educational institute, the New Marketing Institute.

Rewards and Recognition Infographic: It’s Not All About the Money

When it comes to furthering career advancement and driving employee engagement, it’s no secret that recognition and appreciation play a major role. But just how much of a role, in what forms, and what frequency? The infographic below from BambooHR, based on their survey of more than 1,000 U.S.-based employees, provides more insight into these […]