Employee benefits

Companies in Brazil are growing rapidly with their employee-friendly policies and initiatives. Various countries like Brazil, America, Japan, and Germany are providing favourable working conditions for employees with high salaries and…

Mindfulness may be beneficial for stressed and anxious people, and even more so for students, a new study reveals. (Credits: AFP)Indian firms that prioritize the well-being of their employees through the incorporation of these practices…

Residents drop off Covid-19 PCR tests at a testing site run by the Centers for Disease Control, Federal Emergency Management Agency and eTrueNorth in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2022.Eric Lee | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWhen Christopher…

Tommaso79 | Istock | Getty ImagesIf you've opted into your company's group disability insurance plan, you may assume there's sufficient income protection if you can't work due to illness or injury. But experts say your workplace coverage…

Teresa HardingSource: Teresa HardingIt took three months for Teresa Harding to open her termination letter."I couldn't look at it," Harding, 47, said. For seven years, she'd worked at a pain management center in Lexington, Kentucky. "I…

Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesIf you're just out of college, you may be wondering when the right time is to get started with a retirement savings plan. The answer is now, experts say. To that point, 55% of Americans already…

The Biden student debt-relief plan remains stuck in legal limbo, but some borrowers have a saving grace: their employer.Companies have stepped up in recent years to help student loan borrowers throw off the yoke of debt. They are doing this…

Women account for half of consumers, hold power over 80% of household financial decisions and make 70% of health-care-related decisions in their families – but their access to proper health care often comes up short. Especially in the…

After boosting paid parental leave during the pandemic, many companies are now cutting or reducing the popular employee benefit.  In 2022, organizations with paid maternity leave dropped to 35% from 53% in 2020, according to the Society for…

Many people have bought and sold cryptocurrencies as an investment, yet trying to live on a salary paid in crypto is tricky. Alyssa Howell spent much of her career in the gold-mining industry before joining a crypto-wallet company last fall…