Charitable giving can be a strong employee engagement tool. Read how The Standard and its employees are supporting community organizations in the Employee Benefit News article, Charitable Giving Builds Strong Ties Between Employer, Community.
In the Media - Employer
July 21, 2017
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Employee Benefit News
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July 17, 2017
Remote employees are becoming a workplace reality. Consider these 10 questions to help ensure the ergonomic needs of remote workers are met. Read the Employee Benefit News article, “10 Questions to Ask Before Allowing Employees to Work From Home” with some tips provided by Brian Kost, senior director of the Workplace PossibilitiesSM program at The Standard.
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Employee Benefit News
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May 4, 2017
An integrated disability management approach can help employees return to work quicker and prevent future claims. Jeff Smith, a disability and productivity consultant with The Standard's Workplace PossibilitiesSM program, mentions that the concept of integrated disability management programs isn't new, but the amount of cooperation and partnership among vendors has grown. Read why more employers are moving towards this benefits concept in the Business Insurance article, “Integrated Disability Makes a Comeback” (accessed May 4, 2017).
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Business Insurance
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April 3, 2017
Did you know, employees working through health conditions can cost businesses the equivalent of three months per year in lost productivity? To help minimize presenteeism in the workplace, Jeff Smith, Workplace PossibilitiesSM Practice Consultant with The Standard, offers four tips in his Talent Economy article, “4 Ways to Deal With Employee Presenteeism” (accessed April 3, 2017).
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Talent Economy
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October 10, 2016
Too much of a good thing can often be overwhelming. Kevin McNamara, senior enrollment strategist for employee benefits at The Standard, has a few ideas about how you can help employees better understand their benefit choices. Read the Society for Human Resource Management article, “Missing the Mark: Employees Don't Appreciate Benefits Spending” and his sidebar, “Meeting the Benefits Enrollment Challenge” (accessed Oct. 10, 2016).
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Society for Human Resource Management
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July 8, 2016
When dealing with a potential disability leave, there are do's and don'ts for helping employees stay at work. Brian Kost, Workplace PossibilitiesSM program manager, gives a comprehensive look at what makes a stay-at-work accommodation a success in his Employee Benefit News article, “The Do's and Don'ts of a Successful Stay-at-Work Accommodation” (accessed July 8, 2016).
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Employee Benefit News
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April 20, 2016
Ergonomics is one of the most important aspects of any office setup and one of the most overlooked aspects of telecommuting.
Brian Kost, program manager for The Standard's Workplace PossibilitiesSM program, discusses how to help effectively care for employees who aren't in the traditional work environment by creating a robust and efficient off-site workplace.
Read his Employee Benefit Adviser article, “Are Employers Set Up to Correctly Manage Remote Workers?” (accessed April 20, 2016)
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Employee Benefit Adviser
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March 4, 2016
A hidden setback of returning to work after a serious illness or health condition can often be a mental health or anxiety disorder. In the Employee Benefit News article, “Mental Health Issues Hidden Aspect of Returning to Work” (accessed Mar. 4, 2016), Dr. Jeff Guardalabene, a mental health case manager with The Standard, discusses how comorbidity, the presence of dual health conditions, can be very common. He provides some tips for helping employees return to work after a significant health issue.
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Employee Benefit News
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