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Benefits, with Purpose!
A podcast series that explores the topics organizations need to know so they can deliver meaningful health and wealth benefits to their employees
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Episode 13: Modernizing the employee experience through data
Employees desire benefits that are straight forward and reliable. How do employers make sure the valuable benefits being offered to their employees are personalized and accessible? Hear our experts discuss how APIs are enabling the fast, accurate and secure exchange of data between systems, vendors and carriers.
Pratin Shah
Managing Director, Benefits Outsourcing at WTW
Kaitlin O’Sullivan
Director, Benefits Outsourcing at WTW
Chris Keys
Senior Director, Employee Experience at WTW
Episode 12: How HSAs can combat inflation
With inflation top of mind, empowering employees to make the most of the triple-tax-savings opportunity their HSA provides is important. In this episode, our experts unpack the financial benefits of HSAs and the different ways employers can educate employees on how to save their hard-earned dollars.
Philip Massey
Director, Client Service and Delivery CEBS at WTW
Stephen Durso
Associate Director, Benefits Accounts at WTW
Episode 11: A pivotal moment in benefits
More so than ever, health and retirement benefits are key reasons employees join or stay with employers. In this tight labor market, how employers communicate the value of their benefits offering can give them a competitive advantage. In this episode, our experts discuss creative and outside-the-box strategies employers can use to communicate, connect and engage with employees.
Jason Dalbec
Managing Director, Benefits Outsourcing at WTW
Jill Knoke
Managing Director, Benefits Outsourcing at WTW
Annie Rzepecki
Senior Director, Employee Experience at WTW
Episode 10: HSA spring cleaning: Helping employees grasp the value
With the pandemic and higher living costs, financial wellbeing is a matter that employers are prioritizing to reduce the impacts on employees. In this podcast episode of Benefits, with Purpose, our benefits delivery experts discuss outcome-focused communication strategies for employers so they can help employees enrolled in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) take full advantage of their health savings account (HSA).
Philip Massey
Director, Client Service and Delivery CEBS at WTW
Stephen Durso
Associate Director, Benefits Accounts at WTW
Episode 9: Common goal, different paths: Considerations for employers regarding COVID-19 vaccinations
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, employers have been faced with the challenge of ensuring a safe and healthy workplace for their employees. In September of 2021, President Biden announced the COVID-19 action plan, Path Out of the Pandemic, which requires employers with more than 100 employees to ensure workers are vaccinated or tested weekly. What does this mean for employers and their workforce? Our experts discuss the questions you’re thinking about, our latest research from nearly 1,000 employers and the administration and compliance concerns to be aware of.
Holly Murphy
Director, Benefits Outsourcing at WTW
Julie Stone
Managing Director, Health & Benefits North America | Intellectual Capital Leader at WTW
Episode 8: HSAs: HSA spending, saving and engagement
Research shows year-over-year employees are increasingly opening HSA accounts. However in 2020, about 20% of accounts were unfunded—meaning employees were not enjoying any of the tax benefits the HSA provides. Why is this employee benefit so often underutilized? Our experts tackle the issue of engagement and talk strategy and practical tips so employers can act to help employees maximize the value available to them from these accounts.
Philip Massey
Director, Client Service and Delivery CEBS at WTW
Stephen Durso
Associate Director, Benefits Accounts at WTW
Episode 7: HSAs: The best option for retirement savings?
HSAs are often a misunderstood benefit by employees, especially when it comes to how these accounts can help save for retirement. Our experts discuss the reality of health care costs in retirement, and how an HSA in addition to a 401(k) can be a highly effective strategy in planning for the future.
Philip Massey
Director, Client Service and Delivery CEBS at WTW
Stephen Durso
Associate Director, Benefits Accounts at WTW
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